Mic playback and volume slider

[Gil Paul]

I have a volume slider control in "record" for my mic but not in
"playback".

I need to be able to simply speak into a mic and have it pass through
my laptop (dell latitiude d600) into my external speakers. I can do
this with my old laptop and my desktop with no problem but with this
laptop, can not figure out how to get my voice to just pass through.
Note that i can record and play back using sound recorder. That is not
the goal or problem. I want to be able to hear my voice through the
speakers as i speak and no output option seems to be available for
mic.

Suggestions would be greatly apprecitated!

Thanks,

Gil aka leadhead

 

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|I have a volume slider control in "record" for my mic but not in
| "playback".
|
| I need to be able to simply speak into a mic and have it pass through
| my laptop (dell latitiude d600) into my external speakers. I can do
| this with my old laptop and my desktop with no problem but with this
| laptop, can not figure out how to get my voice to just pass through.
| Note that i can record and play back using sound recorder. That is not
| the goal or problem. I want to be able to hear my voice through the
| speakers as i speak and no output option seems to be available for
| mic.
|
| Suggestions would be greatly apprecitated!
|
| Thanks,
|
| Gil aka leadhead

 

[Gil Paul]

Thanks much for the pointer. Problem is not really related to this
though. I simply have no volume slider available to me in playback.
Within the Volume Control dialog box, where you can typically select
the volume sliders you want shown, either for record or playback, I
can not get a mic option for playback.

Again, the goal is to be able to speak through a mic and hear myself
on external speakers. Note that sound recorder is workign fine so
this is only a playback issue as far as I can tell.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Regards,

Gil aka leadheae

 

[Gil Paul]

Ok. I found the fix in the Dell forums. For anyone else having the
same problem - no MIC control in playback, if you have a Dell Laptop
with a sigmaTel sound board, either Dell or Sigmatel, has added lines
in the regedit that effectively "turnoff" this option so that the
check box for volume control of mic playback does not appear as an
option. This is done so that the internal mic, if active, will not
cause a feedback loop because the internal mic is obviously close to
the internal laptop speakers. Of course, if you enable the mic, use
an external mic and external speakers, this is not a problem and you
can then monitor your vocal or recording, "live".

To enable this, you need to edit registry.

"disablemicfromplayback" shows a 01 value. Change it to 00.
"disablemicselect" shows a 01 value. Change it to 00.

Once you are in regedit, use f3 and just cut and past the above lines
to search. I think it disablemicfromplayback actually appears in the
registry twice so be sure to hit f3 a couple of times until search is
complete for both registry lines.

After values are changed, reboot, and volume control for mic during
playback will now be an option. By default, when the option appears
and you add it as an available slider, it will be muted.

Note that I spent two hours on the phone with Dell Tech Support (about
half of that time on hold or being transferred around) trying to fix
this. I guess it was not a total waste because I took the opportunity
to update my bios and soundcard drivers. But regarding the mic
playback issue, they had no clue and yet the answer was in their tech
support forum.

To see the original thread that helped me out, go here:

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfo...sage.id=5120&highlight=disablemicselect#M5120

 

[nethaji]

Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks

I just got myself registered here, Just to say thankyou for your reply. I was searching for this for a long time and thanks for your post.

-Subash