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Posted by JB on August 29, 2008, 3:58 am
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>>>> Hi.
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>>>> I purchased the subject laptop today and have loaded the latest windows
>>>> updates.
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>>>> The sound on this unit is pretty wimpy but useable. My concern is the
>>>> LED volume indicator between the "+" and "-" touch controls above the
>>>> keys.
>>>>
>>>> I believe the tic marks should indicate where the volume level is
>>>> adjusted but none are illuminated. The controls are illuminated.
>>>>
>>>> The screen does indicate the sound level when I touch the controls
>>>> above but, IIRC, my previous HP laptop displayed the level with the
>>>> LEDs also.
>>>>
>>>> Do I have a defective unit or is this by design?
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>>> The tick marks do not illuminate. You increase volume by wiping you
>>> finger from '-' to '+', and decrease by wiping you finger from '+' to
>>> '-'.<
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>> Thank you for the confirmation that the tick marks don't illuminate. I
>> have been "tapping" the controls rather than "wiping" but both methods
>> work.
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> Actually, so did I. I dicovered the wiping method by accident. The
> documentation (such as it is) doesn't exactly make the latter option
> clear. <
They have a video tutorial in the preloaded bloat somewhere that tells you
to wipe. But even at 100%, the sound level is not high enough for dvd
movies more than ~ 3 ft away sometimes.
I have not opened the documentation but I have gone through the sound device
and speaker options with no improvement. I suspect that the distortion
will be excessive if they try to drive those little speakers any harder.
But I had an earlier model in the dv2000 series and don't recall any
problems with sound. I was not running movies with it though.
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