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iMac Sound too darn LOUD!!
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Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Los Angeles, CA. USA
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Our company's slot-loading iMac's (350Mhz) have a sound problem. Alert sound volume can be changed as usual, however, when entering a website that contains sound, it plays at full volume!
This occurs even when the volume slider is at its lowest setting. And, there is no difference between the softest setting and the loudest � the sound still comes in full volume.
I've played with the sound control panel to no avail. Since this happens with all our iMac's, I'm sure someone has had the same problem.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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Hi,
have you tried BOTH sound controls (alert sound and system sound)? If yes, then maybe you could trash the sound preference file inside system folder/preferences.
Villalobos
Originally posted by nine11always:
Our company's slot-loading iMac's (350Mhz) have a sound problem. Alert sound volume can be changed as usual, however, when entering a website that contains sound, it plays at full volume!
This occurs even when the volume slider is at its lowest setting. And, there is no difference between the softest setting and the loudest � the sound still comes in full volume.
I've played with the sound control panel to no avail. Since this happens with all our iMac's, I'm sure someone has had the same problem.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Highland Park, IL / Santa Monica, CA
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In the Sound control panel, there's a "Speaker settings" section. Try turning the volume down there...
I have an old Blueberry slot-loading iMac 350, and yes, the sound doesn't get too low. But the lowest setting is hardly too loud.
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Rick58
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I think it's possibly a setting done by the web page code. Maybe the Mac doesn't interpret it properly, and sets the volume at 10x what it should be, or something.
I have the same problem (it's DAMN aggravating!!!); I have the 2 settings set low, etc.. I haven't tried trashing the sound prefs, tho. Seems like other apps would play too loud also if that were the problem, but they don't.
So I don't have a solution, but you are not the only one who has perceived this problem. I use Netscape (Communicator 4.73 at the moment); I refuse to use IE unless web pages don't work at all with NS. - Rick.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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I'm experiencing the same problem when playing quicktime movies on my iMac DVSE. I deleted the Sound Prefs and turned the volume to it's lowest settings . (Alert, Output, Speaker Setup and the volume of the quicktime movie.) The volume will not go down! I don't know what else to do. I have notice that this problem doesn't occur when I'm using MacOS X.
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Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Los Angeles, CA. USA
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Thanks guys for your replies. I haven't trashed the pref's � I'll do that today. I'll also call Apple and see if they have a solution, as I'm sure they're aware ofthe problem.
I'll also try Communicator 4.7 and see if it handles sound on these pages any differently. Hopefully it "Thinks Different."
I'll post anything I find out.
Thanks again.
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