laptop - Speakers sound low (lost external controller), any way to make it loud?

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2014-07
  • Rokas

    I got Philips 2.1 SPA 9300 speakers. Unfortunately, I've lost the external controller which connects the bass and the speakers into one system and then plugs into the PC/Laptop.

    Having no controller I can't use the bass, so I'm left out with speakers only. However, once I plug them into my laptop the sound is very low. The laptop on its own sounds three time louder. I've played around with Windows options, but not much out of it.

    I know this due to having no external controller, which would boost the sound and everything would work perfectly.

    Anyway, the question is: Is there any way to boost the sound of the speakers? Any software you may be aware of? Like virtual amplifier etc. Or is there no way?

    Thanks! The best answer gets cookies! :)

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  • waterfallrain

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    Hello,

    I have a Toshiba laptop running windows vista. Whenever I plug in external speakers the sound does not work. THe internal speaker sound works perfectly. What could be blocking the external speakers from working?


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    Thanks for the reply, I thought the yellow triangle was the sound card but it was something else. It turns out the headset needed to be set to the default output device for the speakers to work.

  • William Hilsum

    First the obvious question - Are they plugged in / can you confirm they are working?

    I would try to plug them in to a MP3 player or alternatively try plugging in known working headphones in to the laptop in order to diagnose this problem.

    Next, try to look in the sound properties (Right click Volume / Speaker icon on taskbar and choose Playback devices) and make sure that the external sound port is set up correctly and not muted / disabled or anything silly like that.

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    If you are still having problems, please say and I will try to help further.