[Virtualacorn-list] Sound from a RiscCube

[ralph_valmai at ntlworld.com]

In his message to virtualacorn Jeremy Nicoll wrote:

> ralph_valmai at ntlworld.com wrote:

>> I have attached the sound output (socket B10) at the back of my
>> RiscCube to the stereo socket on Iiyama AU4831D monitor. I do get
>> sound but it is very quiet indeed....

> Well, first, does it work when you play sounds in Windows?

> Have you gone through the control panel 'sounds and audio devices' & 'sound
> effect manager' (for the audio chip in the pc) stuff for configuring sound
> outputs (on my laptop there's lots of options for defining what its built-
> in speakers will do, and whether or not the 'line out' and/or headphone
> sockets get anything at all).

> Do you get sound in headphones plugged into the same socket?

> Very faint sound (in audio generally, not just computers) sometimes suggests
> an iffy connection where what you're hearing is interference or 'crosstalk'
> on one channel or wire that normally you'd never hear because the much
> louder sound on another cable would drown it out.

Thank you Jeremy, and thank you Brian for your replies. It was Brian's 
reply that make me look again at the setting of the monitor's volume 
control. I had set it, but it turns out that it was set at minimum not 
maximum! It's a wheel, a segment of which pokes *below* the lower edge 
of the frame around the screen. Without thinking about it I had pushed 
it the wrong way! It has to be rotated clockwise to increase the 
volume and this would involve pushing the *top* of the wheel from left 
to right. I pushed, unthinkingly, the bottom of the wheel (the only 
part available to push) from left to right which turned it 
anti-clockwise and, of course had the opposite effect.

I feel foolish! I don't think I have had a volume control in this 
configuration before, but that's no excuse! It now works perfectly!

Thank you, and please accept my apologies for wasting your time.

Ralph

Memo to self: Engage brain before putting finger to keyboard!



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