ITunes alert sounds

I'm trying to set up a Mac Mini as a living room media player. Sound is a real issue with the big speakers. Not with music, movies or any other media, they sound fantastic. It's iTunes propensity to ignore the System settings for much, MUCH quieter alert and interface sounds. The volume up/down feedback noises are deafening and I can't seem to find a way to force them to use the System settings, or to turn them down. Or, to even make a choice of feedback sounds, or the "Holy Grail" would be to shut them off completely! What am I missing here? Thanks.

If you lose sounds for keyboard clicks, games or other apps, email notifications and other notifications, system sounds may have been muted.
System sounds can be muted and controlled two different ways. The screen lock rotation can be controlled in the same manner as well.
Settings>General>Use Side Switch to: Mute System sounds. If this option is selected, the switch on the side of the iPad above the volume rocker will mute system sounds.
If you choose Lock Screen Rotation, then the switch locks the screen. If the screen is locked, you will see a lock icon in the upper right corner next to the battery indicator gauge.
If you have the side switch set to lock screen rotation then the system sound control is in the task bar. Double tap the home button and in the task bar at the bottom, swipe all the way to the right. The speaker icon is all the way to the left. Tap on it and system sounds will return.
If you have the side switch set to mute system sounds, then the screen lock rotation can be accessed via the task bar in the same manner as described above.
This support article from Apple explains how the side switch works.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085
Also look at Settings>General>Sounds and make sure that all sounds have been turned on. And Settings>Notifications - check the settings in there for FaceTime and iMessage.

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