How to increase TV tuner volume?

[Dayle]

Hi. Back in March, 2006, there was a post for a problem that is
identical to what I have been experiencing for 3 years now...
:-( I'm wondering if anyone has come up with a solution. The
problem seems to be that the TV tuner card for the ATI
All-In-Wonder Radeon 9000 is outputing a volume too low.

I've searched in vain for ways to increase the output volume,
such as a registry key (eg UDA1380_MASTER_VOL), ensuring XP
volume line-in is all the way up, and other things that I can no
longer remember over the years...

Using the ATI MultiMediaCenter (MMC) to play CDs works fine --
there is no issue with playback volume.

I would like to find a way to have the volume of the TV to be
comparable (ideally matched) to the general volume of the system.

I have XP SP2 on a Dell Dimension 4400 desktop with 1.6Ghz
Pentium4 processor.

It seems there should be a way to adjust the TV tuner volume...
Or perhaps there is a cheap hardware solution to increase the
line-in volume?

--Dayle

 

[Captain Midnight]

Hi. Back in March, 2006, there was a post for a problem that is
identical to what I have been experiencing for 3 years now...
:-( I'm wondering if anyone has come up with a solution. The
problem seems to be that the TV tuner card for the ATI
All-In-Wonder Radeon 9000 is outputing a volume too low.

I've searched in vain for ways to increase the output volume,
such as a registry key (eg UDA1380_MASTER_VOL), ensuring XP
volume line-in is all the way up, and other things that I can no
longer remember over the years...

Using the ATI MultiMediaCenter (MMC) to play CDs works fine --
there is no issue with playback volume.

I would like to find a way to have the volume of the TV to be
comparable (ideally matched) to the general volume of the system.

I have XP SP2 on a Dell Dimension 4400 desktop with 1.6Ghz
Pentium4 processor.

It seems there should be a way to adjust the TV tuner volume...
Or perhaps there is a cheap hardware solution to increase the
line-in volume?

--Dayle

Newer Radeons using newer versions of WDM/MMC, IIRC Cat5.4 have digital
audio and volume is controlled with Wave. Older cards and drivers using
analog audio are controlled be line-in or aux. You probably already new this
but didn't mention it so............... Also I'm not sure where the 9000
falls into that.

I have an AIW and an HDTV Wonder. Digital sound is weak from both. Don't
have a direct fix but have been able to get a little more volume with sound
card settings. On my Audigy2, turning on CMSS in the EAX control keeps me
from having to max all the volumes. I have 5.1 speakers so this may not work
for everyone. Seems to affect the TV more than overall volume. IOW play with
your sound card settings even if it doesn't seem like it'll have an effect.
YMMV BTW I seldom play discs but don't remember it being weak either.