line in won't quit

[Manjub Num Num]

I recently plugged my satellite receiver into the line in of my Asus
A8N-E motherboard. It has onboard sound (AC97 Realtek).

I need the satellite receiver plugged in so that I can use my PC as a
DVR. Unfortunately, as soon as I plugged it in sound began to come
through my PC speakers.

This would've been great if I was running some sort of audio
application, but nothing was on at the time. It was just playing
within Windows (Windows XP Pro).

Furthermore, when I'm playing back something on the TV, the sound from
a satellite receiver plays back also.

the short-term solution has been to mute the line in, but that's not
really much of a solution at all.

Any ideas?

 

[Charlie Tame]

Open the sound control panel and find the properties - it varies from maker
to maker so no exact guidelines here.

You should find two lots of settings with two lots of faders, one for record
and one for playback. lf line in is included in playback set then it will
play whatever you feed into the line in jack in most cases. If you only want
the sound fed into the software you are running then you want the fader
showing in the "Record" set of settings but muted in the playback settings.
When you play back what you have recorded the sound will be coming from the
"Wav" output so you really don't want the line in on the playback panel at
all to replay your recordings.

Charlie

 

[Manjub Num Num]

I was hopeful when I first read this but...

Did you mean the 'sound control panel' that comes with WinXP (ie
double click speaker icon in taskbar or select the 'advanced' button
on the volume tab from the sound settings in the control panel)

When it comes up it's labelled either "Volume Control" or "Recording
Control". This is where I muted the line-in. Choosing properties and
unchecking the 'show' checkbox removed it from the volume control
panel but didn't change the way it behaved.

hmmm

 

[Charlie Tame]

Sorry for the delay in responding, work etc...

That panel comes with XP but some sound card drivers replace it or change
the appearance.

In the "Playback settings" part if the line in fader is up and the mute box
is not checked then you will usually hear whatever sound is being fed into
the card whenever the "Master" fader is up. Same applies to Mic if you have
one, if it's not muted and the fader is up you probably hear the mic at all
times, right?

You will want to select these two items for recording, but may not for
playback, and yes, removing the fader from the control set will not
necessarily prevent the channel from working.

If that does not work see if the card maker's website has any special
drivers. Some have dual purpose jacks that can act as two different inputs
or outputs depending on the speakers you are using. Mine for example can
have one jack as either input or bass speaker, the software decides, and
without the right drivers it's next to worthless

Unfortunately I don;t have the spec for that chipset on your motherboard but
someone might just hit the cause right away.

Charlie

 

[Manjub Num Num]

I appreciate the responses (and no worries about the delay -- I've got
one myself since the computer is currently at my folks' place and I
can only check on things whenever I make it over there).

I'll give another try with their driver settings, though I thought I
had been through everything. If I find anything useful (or not) I'll
post it.