Balance

[Jo]

Ever try to play Thief and you can't tell if the guard
is coming from your right or left? That is what is
happening to me so I would appreciate any help or
assistance that can be offered.
I am having a little difficulty with the balance in
regards to the left and right speakers. I have the Altec
Lansing 2100 speaker system.
The balance control, in the Volume Control and the
Windows Media Player, when pushed to the left has sound
coming out of both speakers. When the balance control is
pushed to the right, no sound comes out of either
speaker. The Tone Controls in the Volume Control
(Advanced) are greyed out.
Checked the DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Nothing.
Everything that it checks,works. Does not approach nor
test the balance issue.
Audio- ADI AD 1980 AoundMAX 6-Channel audio CODEC.
Checked out the SoundMAX Control Panel. Everything checks
out. Doesn't really talk about balance. The Test
Listening Environment is interesting though. Tried the
Stationary Left 45 degrees. The sound comes out of both
speakers. Tried the Stationary Right 45 degrees. The
sound comes out of both speakers but it sounds "faded".
Like the speakers are really far away.
Contacted the guy who put the system together for me
and he suggested that "all i can suggest is to go to
microsofts knoledge base and lookup any problems & fixes
for speaker balance not working. also checkout there FAQ
for any helpful hints and solutions other people might
have had."
I am running WindowsXP. Includes Service Pack 1.
If any other information is needed, just ask.

Thanks,

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Jo,

Have you tried adjusting the sound settings from inside
the Thief game? If DX sound tests worked, it's most
likely the game itself which is causing the balance issue.

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Jimmy S.

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| Ever try to play Thief and you can't tell if the guard
| is coming from your right or left? That is what is
| happening to me so I would appreciate any help or
| assistance that can be offered.
| I am having a little difficulty with the balance in
| regards to the left and right speakers. I have the Altec
| Lansing 2100 speaker system.
| The balance control, in the Volume Control and the
| Windows Media Player, when pushed to the left has sound
| coming out of both speakers. When the balance control is
| pushed to the right, no sound comes out of either
| speaker. The Tone Controls in the Volume Control
| (Advanced) are greyed out.
| Checked the DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Nothing.
| Everything that it checks,works. Does not approach nor
| test the balance issue.
| Audio- ADI AD 1980 AoundMAX 6-Channel audio CODEC.
| Checked out the SoundMAX Control Panel. Everything checks
| out. Doesn't really talk about balance. The Test
| Listening Environment is interesting though. Tried the
| Stationary Left 45 degrees. The sound comes out of both
| speakers. Tried the Stationary Right 45 degrees. The
| sound comes out of both speakers but it sounds "faded".
| Like the speakers are really far away.
| Contacted the guy who put the system together for me
| and he suggested that "all i can suggest is to go to
| microsofts knoledge base and lookup any problems & fixes
| for speaker balance not working. also checkout there FAQ
| for any helpful hints and solutions other people might
| have had."
| I am running WindowsXP. Includes Service Pack 1.
| If any other information is needed, just ask.
|
| Thanks,
| --
| Jo
|

 

[Buzz]

It sounds to me like whoever set the system up plugged the cables in
incorrectly, or your sound card has a duff slot.

Just a guess mind you. Try plugging the speaker cables into different slots
on the sound card and test each configuration.