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SB Live Volume Decreasing

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- - September 10, 2002 at 1:06 am #376244
    
    WSkc0dxh
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    I have a friend whose audio volume persistently decreases. When starting a cd or any other audio source, the volume needs to be increased. Then over the next 3 to 4 seconds the volume will progressively decrease to nothing. I can increase the volume again, but it will decrease in the same manner. I have not been able to find new drivers on Creative’s web page. Any ideas?
    
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  - September 10, 2002 at 2:47 am #615429
    
    WSMarkJ
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    Are there any applications running in the background (or taskbar) that might take control of the volume? Nothing specific comes to mind, but I imagine it will be audio or MP3 related…
    
    Give it a look-see to be sure. You didn’t mention which OS you’re using. If you’re on Win98, ME or XP, you can type MSCONFIG in the Start | Run dialog to get the System Configuration Utility. This will show you what exactly is loading on startup. If you’re using NT or 2000 you can download a nice freeware utility from Mike Lin’s homepage.
    
    Hope this helps
    
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    - September 10, 2002 at 12:35 pm #615512
      
      WSkc0dxh
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      It’s win98se. I’ve had everything disabled/turned off except Windows’ volume control and the problem persists. Any other ideas?
      
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      September 10, 2002 at 12:43 pm #615518
      
      WSMarkJ
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      Hmmmm…. That baffles me!
      
      When you say the volume decreases, do you mean that the mixer level drops? If you have the Windows mixer open, does the volume control actually drop? If so, I would still guess software problem. If not, I would look towards hardware.
      
      And I’m officially out of ideas…
      
      HTH
      
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      September 10, 2002 at 12:47 pm #615520
      
      WSkc0dxh
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      Yes, when looking at the mixer the master volume does sometimes visibly drop. Other times the volume decreases without moving the mixer marker.
      
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      September 11, 2002 at 8:07 am #615842
      
      WSFish
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      This is a long shot.
      
      Are the speakers battery powered?
      
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      September 11, 2002 at 2:06 pm #615914
      
      WSkc0dxh
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      Nope. Powered by another brick in the wall.
      
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