Why can't i hear another person through my speaker

[lixy]

when i chat, i can use my mic and the other person can hear me but i can't
hear them. the first two times I tried it it did work but i can't get it to
work again.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Regardless of whether you cannot hear anyone when you are chatting, can you
hear anything when Windows launches/shutdown or an error occurs. What
happens if you play music can you hear that? On the right hand side of your
desktop (bottom) you should see a speaker icon. Click on that speaker icon
and see if the volume control is set at a suitable volume. Also check to see
if the little speaker in the mixer box has a red zero with a line through
it. If it does you speaker is muted and you need to click on it to switch
the speakers back on.
If you have no sound at all are the speakers plugged in and if they have a
powered amplifier is this turned on. If there is separate volume controls on
the speakers are they turned up. Silly thing, I know but it is easy to
forget to turn on the amplifier power or turn up the volume.

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[lixy]

I can hear music and everything else it's just when someone wants to
communicate with me i can't hear them

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

My wife accuses me of having that problem.

I can hear music and everything else it's just when someone wants to
communicate with me i can't hear them

 

[lixy]

My wife accuses me of having that problem.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

It may be the person you are talking to has his/her microphone turned off or
not set up correctly.

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John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert

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