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Is there a way to boost the speaker output? Like when I watch movies or youtube videos. Its so quiet I can barely hear it. Doesn't have to sound better just louder. I remember on my wing there was a reg edit to do that. Maybe something similar.
speoples20 said:
Is there a way to boost the speaker output? Like when I watch movies or youtube videos. Its so quiet I can barely hear it. Doesn't have to sound better just louder. I remember on my wing there was a reg edit to do that. Maybe something similar.
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Yes. Stick it up to your ear
(but seriously, no, I don't know of any way, sorry)
Just plug in a computer speaker into that earphone adapter that came with the phone.
vdl68 said:
Just plug in a computer speaker into that earphone adapter that came with the phone.
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Too bad those of us dumb enough to preorder didn't get one of those
Sumanitu said:
Too bad those of us dumb enough to preorder didn't get one of those
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You can have my, I don't use it.
vdl68 said:
You can have my, I don't use it.
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dibs if he doesn't take it
i get 2nd dibs. lol
I'll buy it
Dang I was hoping there would be a way. Hopefully there will be an app made to do that .
There was an app called volume control, but it has disappeared from the Market. I bet it will resurface when paid apps will be allowed.
For now, what I do to boost the sound is wrap my palm around the back of the device leaving some space between the speaker and my palm. This sort of reflects the sound back at you and it seems to be a little louder.
Not sure if it helps.
Karolis said:
There was an app called volume control, but it has disappeared from the Market. I bet it will resurface when paid apps will be allowed.
For now, what I do to boost the sound is wrap my palm around the back of the device leaving some space between the speaker and my palm. This sort of reflects the sound back at you and it seems to be a little louder.
Not sure if it helps.
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Hehe yeah I do that too or my put it close to my desk to reflect the sound back. I did see that volume control app but I don't think it boosted the sound but I never tried it out.
the sound volume control app did not raise the volume. It just put all of the sound controls in one apps. Multimedia,ringer,ear piece.
I have tried the various Audio Boost cabs and searching for solutions but no luck so far. None of them seem to boost my BT headset(s) volume sufficiently (or at all...only phone speaker volume). Same headsets on other phones are sufficiently loud, except my Fuze. I drive a loud car and suffer from some minor hearing loss and with the headset volume maxed out and the phone volume maxed out, I still need a bit more.
Any solutions?
Headsets are:
Jabra BT530 (normal headset)
Samsung WEP200 (old backup headset)
Blueant V1 (wife's)
I've been looking for a solution to this forever! I pretty much gave up on the bluetooth headset and went back to wired. I would love to use the bluetooth, but the in-call volume is just too low.
lantern20 said:
I've been looking for a solution to this forever! I pretty much gave up on the bluetooth headset and went back to wired. I would love to use the bluetooth, but the in-call volume is just too low.
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thanks for the reply...
bump for more views and hopefully a solution!
peeps said:
thanks for the reply...
bump for more views and hopefully a solution!
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I have some issues with BT being to low.
Remember there was, if I remember correctly, in some really old MONX thread a discussion of the Audiopara3-file that might affect BT-volume.
I made a futile effort of searching, but with limited time I couldn't find it.
Sorry.
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I have some issues with BT being to low.
Remember there was, if I remember correctly, in some really old MONX thread a discussion of the Audiopara3-file that might affect BT-volume.
I made a futile effort of searching, but with limited time I couldn't find it.
Sorry.
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One of the things I have tried is replacing the Audiopara3 file but it has no effect on BT headset volume.
peeps said:
One of the things I have tried is replacing the Audiopara3 file but it has no effect on BT headset volume.
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That's not what I meant...
What I meant was there was a discussion about a value IN audiopara3 that might affect the BT-volume..
Now, I don't know if this is imaginary, but I looked over some registry-settings, and I atleast think I got somewhat louder sound over BT-headset, but as I said, it might aswell be in my imagination.
What I did, was to increase the values in:
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\waveDev\GainADC_HeadsetMIC_12h
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\BtA2dpSnd\GainADC_HeadsetMIC_12h
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\BtA2dpSnd\GainADC_BluetoothMIC_12h
and rebooted.
Do this at your own risk, I am in no way responsible for any dataloss or your phone or even that it's working or not.
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Now, I don't know if this is imaginary, but I looked over some registry-settings, and I atleast think I got somewhat louder sound over BT-headset, but as I said, it might aswell be in my imagination.
What I did, was to increase the values in:
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\waveDev\GainADC_HeadsetMIC_12h
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\BtA2dpSnd\GainADC_HeadsetMIC_12h
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\BtA2dpSnd\GainADC_BluetoothMIC_12h
and rebooted.
Do this at your own risk, I am in no way responsible for any dataloss or your phone or even that it's working or not.
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I do not have those registry keys in those registry locations...I have the 2 locations shown, but not those keys or anything close to them.
peeps said:
I do not have those registry keys in those registry locations...I have the 2 locations shown, but not those keys or anything close to them.
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Ok. I'm on EnergyROM_23504_RAPHAEL_10.Nov.2009_StandardM2.5.rar
Don't know if they are safe to just add either. I guess you could try though.
Suppose you would be safest to make a backup, just in case.
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I just found this while googling. havn't read through the entire thread and don't know if it's any difference between the audiopara you tried but you might wanna give it a shot.
anything? that works yet? i have a bluetooth speaker lg msb100 that i carry around in my hard hat. its not loud enough please someone find a fix to this.
Hi,
Does anyone know a way to tweak a system file so that Inspire's volume is higher?
I personally find its stock volume rather low, and I want to increase it.
I downloaded Zedge. It is a free app with nice louder ringtones.
Hope this helps!
I'm wanting to up the volume system-wide. But, thanks for the info anyway
Yea, I tested a movie and sling player last night. The media volume was all the way up and it was quite.
I went from iPhone 4 (nice and louad) to Atrix 4g (nice and loud) to Inspire 4g (too quiet).
I am loving the Inspire but the sound volume and battery life are definitely the 2 big downsides of it. Still a winner over the Atrix any day though.
I personally don't have issues with the battery. I've removed all extra stuff. Even before removing them, I was happy with its battery.
It can't be that hard to change the system volume. It's done in every smartphone and OS before. Hopefully, some developer notices this thread and help us out.
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I personally don't have issues with the battery. I've removed all extra stuff. Even before removing them, I was happy with its battery.
It can't be that hard to change the system volume. It's done in every smartphone and OS before. Hopefully, some developer notices this thread and help us out.
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I'm half deaf. Need a louder phone please.
same here, the phone volume is too low. Maybe if can acces service codes? I did it on my previous Samsung phone.
Hi, all.
So, I've been doing some digging around, and looks like there are 2 possibilities.
One is to modify the system files manually (which would be very complicated), but I personally prefer this method rather than having to install extra stuff. However, this method is not available to us unless some very smart person shares the method with us.
Two, which seems to be the only viable option at the moment, is DSP Manager. As far as I understand, it used to be available through ROM Manager, but it is no longer there. I saw a thread that said the author was not releasing it anymore because most MOD developers were now including it in their ROMs from the beginning.
So, if we can find a way to install DSP Manager, we may be able to tweak the max speaker volume. But, that's as far as I could find. I'd need someone smarter to look into this.
Hi,
An update and a new idea.
First, DSP Manager doesn't work on Inspire 4G, so don't bother.
Second,
Here's a new idea I have about the low volume sound fix. I just read a comment from HTC employee who said, "The front speaker is for phone calls and the rear speaker is for everything else."
In other words, if we can find a way to keep the front speaker enabled all the time, we should be able to get more sound. I don't know much about what kind of coding is involved in routing sounds from each speaker, but I wonder if this would be an easier hack than trying to increase the entire system volume, which may still feel low volume for as long as we can't get any sound out of the front speaker.
Maybe someone smart can add to this possibility?
#1! I like to use voice recordings as scheduled reminders, and the playback volume out of the rear speaker is way too low.
I did notice the low volume on a movie i downloaded but you never can tell with those sorts of things. Overall the sounds is incredible even through the speakers with (SRS) and dolby mobile.
Could use something to ++output level.
Id like to see an app to change audio volume levels while recording video.
(ive only had the phone a couple days i returned my samsung Cap upgrade for the 4g, forgive me if there is such an app out there)
How often do you go to watch an awesome looking concert video and the sound is trash? It would make for some beautiful recordings i think. I have yet to test this one, but the Captivate could not record decent sound at all in loud environment.
I personally have come to believe that it is really not that the "volume" is low but rather a "wrong" speaker is being used. I mean, if the main speaker is on the back facing away from us, of course we don't hear much sound. If you flip the phone while playing music or video, you'll notice that the sound is actually loud enough. So, if we can enable the front speaker for normal use, I really think that it'll be just fine.
about every HTC phone has a quiet speaker. but cyanogen typically always includes the audio boost add-on. so i'd just wait for cyanogen 7 to include it, and your troubles will be solved.
well, even if the volume is boosted, as long as the sound is coming out of the rear speaker, if you place your phone on its back on a table or something, the sound will still suffer. It makes more sense to find a way to enable the front speaker.
Most of all phone have a rear facing speaker. But some phone are loud and some are not..
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
goldentequila said:
well, even if the volume is boosted, as long as the sound is coming out of the rear speaker, if you place your phone on its back on a table or something, the sound will still suffer. It makes more sense to find a way to enable the front speaker.
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+1 this would be quite useful!
kwin_captivate said:
Most of all phone have a rear facing speaker. But some phone are loud and some are not..
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No, they don't lol. (you may be right if you are talking about specific brand or series, but certainly not "most of all phones").
I just came across something that may be relevant to the audio routing, but I'm not smart enough to figure them out. If anybody wants to take a look at it, it would be great:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html
There are several lines there that talk about Routing.
GT
This may sound ridiculous but works!
Hi, all.
I just came up with a very simple workaround for "only when you are watching a video or something."
Now, you're gonna probably laugh, but trust me. It really works.
Just play any video, and hold your phone as if you are scooping water. The key is the left hand. When you cup your left hand around the rear speaker, it creates a echoing chamber that redirect all sound toward you. You'll be able to hear the sound much better.
GT
This happened on the N4 as well.
**UPDATE** Google has reproduced and recognized the issue, and will be issuing a software fix. No ETR yet.
The same headset (with inline mic) works very well (loud and clear in calls and sound tests) with my S2 and S4. The N5 is barely picking up audio; I have to hold the mic directly at my mouth to be audible. Ug, I had this issue with two S3's before I gave up. What is it with phone manufacturers and headphones with inline mics? The S2 and S4 were the only phones that never gave me an issue on any of my headsets. Glad I didn't get an N4 from swappa; almost did but decided on the N5. Really nice phone, really annoying quirk.
Any ideas? I presume I'm gonna have to RMA it. Does anybody else have this issue?
Edit: Here is another "low mic gain" N4 posting
and here
The N4 and N5 are made by LG. Here is an excerpt from what I found; maybe it really is my headphones. I'm gonna check tonight and edit this post later.
#69 [email protected]
#68 I tried my wife's iPhone 5 headphones this weekend and all the low mic issues were gone. I did some research and found out the Nexus 4 is only compatible with CTIA headsets. To find out if your headset is CTIA look at the rings on the jack and if they are grey then you are good. If they are black or any other color it is OMAP and incompatible. I know Sony, Apple, LG, and Samsung all make CTIA headsets.
Apr 28, 2013 #70 [email protected]
I meant OMTP not OMAP.
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Great.. this is the same issue that N4 had.. not a defect.. it's a software issue.. that's never been amended.. clearly..
THE_KINGDOM said:
Great.. this is the same issue that N4 had.. not a defect.. it's a software issue.. that's never been amended.. clearly..
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Sigh. ****. I'm sending it back, if that's the case. I'll keep trying to find an 32gb dev version of the moto x or a used Google play S4. I don't understand how little things like this can whiz by product testing. It's not like it's hard to catch.
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Sigh. ****. I'm sending it back, if that's the case. I'll keep trying to find an 32gb dev version of the moto x or a used Google play S4. I don't understand how little things like this can whiz by product testing. It's not like it's hard to catch.
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hold on.. are you meaning in the inline mic on the actual headphones or the mic on the phone?
because the mic on the phone on the N4 is what I'm referring too, sensitivity doesn't increase with aux connection..
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hold on.. are you meaning in the inline mic on the actual headphones or the mic on the phone?
because the mic on the phone on the N4 is what I'm referring too, sensitivity doesn't increase with aux connection..
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I'm referring to the in-line mic. The mic on the phone is fine. The speaker gets a bit crackly and distorted during certain sounds; like when I called google. I use JVC headphones with in-line MIC; worked fine on the S2 and S4.
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I'm referring to the in-line mic. The mic on the phone is fine. The speaker gets a bit crackly and distorted during certain sounds; like when I called google. I use JVC headphones with in-line MIC; worked fine on the S2 and S4.
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Yeah my speaker gets often crackly and distorted when I talk to other people or call my voice mail.. So annoying.. Started RMA. Hope next one else will be ok..
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Mine will be on its way back to Google by this time tomorrow. Loved the phone but I won't live with the distorted speaker and the nonfunctional in line mic issue.
I'll try again next year. Damn, I was really excited to use this phone for a long while to come. Oh well.
There are two type of headset with mic. The mic and the gnd pin are swaped. I have a nokia hadset with mic i can use it my lg optimus 2x but the volume is low and the mic not working, because the gnd and the mic pins swapped. If you have a button on your headset, then hold it and the volume will be normal.
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Yeah, I have buttons on my jvc set. Holding it will correct the issue? I'll try this evening, if that works then I shall worship you.
Are you holding it while talking?
Setting the gain in ASR for 2x allows me to make an audible recording. But the gain is still too low for calls. Oddly, Google now can hear me fine with any headset or ear buds with in line mic. What the hell?
Didn't have thus issue on the moto X either. I'm thinking I may go with the moto X if I can find a Development version decently priced.
Used an audio level app to see what's up there. The handset mic is perfectly fine but records crap quality with ASR relative to the galaxy phones I've used. The earbuds and headphones with in line mics all work but with significant reduction in gain. So, is this a hardware issue or software?
Sounds like I'm Sol in either case.
Bump. Who else is having this issue? If so, are you keeping the N5? Did you find a work around? This was the only reason I returned my N5. I use my phone alot for skype calls and calls using grooveIP. I can't be having low gain issues with an inline mic. I'll try calling google to see if anybody else reported it.
Mic gain issue on Nexus 5
I'm having the same issue on my new Nexus 5 I received on Monday. I tested the following headsets which all replicate the issue of low mic gain on headsets plugged into the Nexus 5. Please see the attached jpg I created to visually explain this test with a noise meter app.
Samsung Galaxy S3 headset
HTC EVO 4G headset
Yurbuds Focus Talk headset
I do have the same issue.
I tried two different headsets.
1. a headset with a single button inline control
2. a headset with an iphone compatible three button inline control
Both of them have a much lower mic volume on the nexus 5, compared to galaxy nexus. ( I playback recorded audio on a PC to confirm this)
OP, i saw your G+ post, do you mean you have to hold the play/pause button while you are talking, in order to work around the issue?
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I do have the same issue.
I tried two different headsets.
1. a headset with a single button inline control
2. a headset with an iphone compatible three button inline control
Both of them have a much lower mic volume on the nexus 5, compared to galaxy nexus. ( I playback recorded audio on a PC to confirm this)
OP, i saw your G+ post, do you mean you have to hold the play/pause button while you are talking, in order to work around the issue?
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No, I had to hold the play/pause button while I was connecting the headset. I made a final update to the google product thread:
****FINAL UPDATE**** WTF, google, seriously. Holding the play/pause button on my headset (and connecting my other set with the mic muted) seems to correct the low input volume issue -- it doesn't. It merely enables a sort of "speaker phone mode" where the audio is being inputted from the phone's mic, not the inline mic. Test it yourself. When you connect an inline mic as you normally would (not pressing any buttons, just plug that bith right in there), the nexus 5 switches to the inline mic input and it sounds too low to be functional (that's the problem). Disconnect the same headset and connect it while holding the play/pause button and you'll find it sounds much better. Tap on the phone, put your mouth right next to the phones mic, then listen to your recording. You'll see what I mean.
The better sounding audio isn't coming from the inline mic, it's coming from the mic built into the nexus 5 because it thinks you've connected earbuds with no inline mic. The nexus 5 (much like the N4) has a glitch with most inline mics. I'm done testing. Sending it back this week and requesting a full refund. I talk on skype and GrooveIP far too much to tolerate. such a pity. Perhaps I'll try again next year when there has been a patch or two out. Maybe a developer can find a fix. Good job LG and Google, you've created a phone that is perfect for folks who don't use earbuds or headphones with inline mics. I guess we'll just have to stick with samsung phones or get a moto X. Geeez.
How do you contact google? I think I have to try to force them to realize this is a widespread issue by submitting a long list of link containing mic volume complains. I found over 10 different forums discussing this issue.
I will also be visiting a headphone specialist store here in town, there are over 50 headsets available to test. I will try every one and ensure this is not a headset related issue, but a phone issue.
Just don't understand why there is so few people complaining in this thread, no one talk on phone anymore?
osmium2 said:
How do you contact google? I think I have to try to force them to realize this is a widespread issue by submitting a long list of link containing mic volume complains. I found over 10 different forums discussing this issue.
I will also be visiting a headphone specialist store here in town, there are over 50 headsets available to test. I will try every one and ensure this is not a headset related issue, but a phone issue.
Just don't understand why there is so few people complaining in this thread, no one talk on phone anymore?
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There are more people complaining here: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/DbvPiXcyhi4/AKAMH6SykloJ
I would suggest adding your findings to that product support ticket I have created. It's already being referenced by the support folks with which I've been dealing, as well as showing up on search results.
Of course, you could call Google and report your experiences directly. Whatever you do, please add your findings to my original support ticket to ensure continuity. This thread was buried in XDA because last week was sofaking crazy with new nexus 5 threads popping up every where. I haven't yet heard back from the two media outlets I contacted. Nobody in any major review has mentioned this issue -- I think it really needs to be mentioned.
Same issue N5 16 black. Both headset mics work with the GNex. None with the N5.
I'm having this issue too. The inline mic has terrible gain. I used Smart Voice Recorder app and disabled automatic gain control and calibrated mic gain. The difference between a voice recording before and after the tweak is day and night. Unfortunately I don't know if there is a way to alter this system wide but right now it's pitiful.
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Unfortunately I don't know if there is a way to alter this system wide but right now it's pitiful.
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Hi!
If your phone is rooted, you can modify the headset microphone volume in the file /system/etc/mixer_paths.xml (see below).
I've done that on my Nexus 4 and it's working great.
If your phone is not rooted, I've published a patch on android source : https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/73711/
Hopefully someone at Google will see it and merge it for the next release => vote/comment it so that it gets attention!
/system/etc/mixer_paths.xml - before modification
<path name="headset-mic">
<path name="adc2" />
<ctl name="ADC2 Volume" value="2" />
</path>
/system/etc/mixer_paths.xml - after modification
<path name="headset-mic">
<path name="adc2" />
<ctl name="ADC2 Volume" value="2" />
<ctl name="DEC8 Volume" value="99" />
</path>
Cheers,
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Steph
Hello,
I'm wondering how I might override the volume on my device in order to make the loudspeaker... louder. My device is rooted and has SmartPack Kernel app on it.
Any help is appreciated.
i am using this app. Hope this answers your question.
George528 said:
i am using this app. Hope this answers your question.
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Well it did help and it has also made me realize how loud I listen to music with headphones on. My iphone which I use as a music player gets very loud whether it's the loudspeaker or using headphones. With the app you suggested I can tell the Note 3 is getting very old it doesn't handle its volume being overridden well, it sounded distorted and unclear (I had it at 5% boosted).
Oh well, I can live with how it is as-is.
Gave it another shot today.
I rooted the device and then flashed LOLZ kernel and with SmartPark have been able to up the decibels for the headphone jack and for whatever reason SmartPack's method doesn't distort the audio like the Booster app did.
Lahpyrcopa said:
Gave it another shot today.
I rooted the device and then flashed LOLZ kernel and with SmartPark have been able to up the decibels for the headphone jack and for whatever reason SmartPack's method doesn't distort the audio like the Booster app did.
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probably because the free up that i suggested that doesn't require root is a piece of sh*t
George528 said:
probably because the free up that i suggested that doesn't require root is a piece of sh*t
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Perhaps. I fear that my phone is going to be toast soon, the loudspeaker is starting to get that airy failing noise of a speaker sound haha.
I upped the decibel for the loudspeaker by 2% and the headphone jack I think to 3-4%.
BUT even before I did that to the loudspeaker it was giving me that failing sound.
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Perhaps. I fear that my phone is going to be toast soon, the loudspeaker is starting to get that airy failing noise of a speaker sound haha.
I upped the decibel for the loudspeaker by 2% and the headphone jack I think to 3-4%.
BUT even before I did that to the loudspeaker it was giving me that failing sound.
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i am not sure i can help you from here
or deal with it, or buy better hardware
best of luck
George528 said:
i am not sure i can help you from here
or deal with it, or buy better hardware
best of luck
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It's just getting old, I guess. Either I'll have to upgrade soon or keep replacing parts.