On Monday 13 July 2015 10:25:40 Baron wrote:
> Good Morning Lisi,
>
> On Sunday 12 July 2015 22:05:47 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Sunday 12 July 2015 20:06:56 Baron wrote:
> > > Hi Lisi,
> > >
> > > > Someone, please - I am hopeless on sound technology.  What does
> > > > "line" tout court mean?
> > > >
> > > > Lisi
> > >
> > > "Line out" is an audio output intended to be fed into an
> > > amplifier. Its at a higher voltage level than a microphone, but a
> > > lower voltage level than a "Speaker output".
> >
> > So "Line"  means "line out".  Thank you, Baron.  It could have
> > meant line in.
> >
> > If it means line out, should it not be unmuted for there to be
> > sound?
> >
> > Lisi
>
> It doesn't normally say in or out unless its in the mainboard manual !
> Depending upon the switches it seems it could be either.  But yes I
> would unmute it regardless.
>
> If its any help I did find that unmuting the sound in one place caused
> it to change to mute somewhere else.  After that it gets very
> confusing because of the, in my case three, number of sound devices
> that it seems to find and they all appear to have some interaction
> even though you can select different settings for each one.
>
> I played about for ages trying to get sound to work.  When it did I
> left it alone.  It was much more simple on my old machine, only one
> device on there.

Thanks, Baron.

Lisi