Sound volume level problems

When I want to change sound volume I'm not abled to do that. Below the speaker symbol that appears while pushing the buttons a 'forbidden' sign appears at the same time. Can someone help me?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4161448?start=0&tstart=0
Hope this helps.

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Fluctuating sound/volume level?

I noticed that when playing music in iTunes the volume level somehow fluctuates. Suddenly the music is noticable louder than before. The problem is, it's not really reproducable (it doesn't happen that often but, erm, often enough to bug me). I don't even know if it's a MacBook error (from all the bad luck I already had with this thing, I just assume it). I'm already trying to test my speakers (Creative) on my iPod - so far nothing.
Is there some way to test if the sound hardware is ok on my MacBook?

Yes, use the installer disk and restart while pressing "D".
is the sound is flucktuated per songs or in one songs?
because some songs that had lower bitrate or poor mixing might sounded lower or louder than normar standard songs.
If that what happen, you can use sound check at the iTunes preference to put all songs at the same level.
Try to reset the PRAM to "refresh" the hardware to factory default, and hope that good enough to fix it, if not, consult with apple store near you.
Good Luck.

Speaker made weird sound, volume level is now decreased

I was watching a video clip online when all of a sudden there was this weird noise (kind of sounded like the sound of dial-up internet connecting, except on steroids). It only lasted for about a second but then I noticed the volume on the video clip I was currently watching got significantly lower.
Now I can't have my volume level any lower than 40% because I can barely hear anything when it is lower. Even when I press the F4, F5 function to lower and raise volume, I don't hear the traditional "pop" sound effect until around 40% or higher.
I tried playing music on my itunes, and audio drops when I am lower than around 30% maximum capacity. Anyone have an idea of what the problem is?

Double click to bring up recent app bar-scroll to the left until you see playback controls/screen brightness.
Do you see the speaker icon?
Is it muted(line through the icon)?
Is the volume slider turned up?
Have you tried a reset?

Anyone else having volume level problems?

I have noticed that while playing tunes in iTunes7 that the volume levels rise and fall throughout the song being played. Up a few notches and then down a few. Very annnoying.
I've tried everything to fix this but, this seems to be a bug too.
OTOH, I am still only able to get sound on iTunes7 by opening up the system preferences>sound and reselecting the preferred audio out setting. Have to do this each and every time I open iTunes up.
But this volume issue...........

Have you considered trying to adjust iTunes Preferences>Playback to turn off "playback enhancer" and "sound check", and then back them on to see if that makes a difference?
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Satellite L40-17R - FN Sound Volume Hotkey problem - Windows XP

Hi,
I've recently bought Satellite L40-17R (PSL4CE) without OS preinstalled. I've installed Windows XP Home Edition SP 2.
Then I have installed all drivers I have found for this model on Toshiba driver site. I've even upgraded BIOS.
After that all Fn hotkeys works fine *except those responsible for volume control (Fn + Up/Down Arrow, Esc)*.
I have searched the forum for solution of this problem and found this topic
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=113113
but I am unable to install +ATK Hotkey Utility+ and +ATK Hotkey Driver+ since I cannot find *Driver Package* at Toshiba driver site:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU
as if it was removed.
I also studied instructions from
http://support1.toshiba-tro.de/tedd-files2/0/install-20071214121932.zip
Driver Package is also mentioned there on page 7, 8, 9 but it does not appear in a +Driver type+ listbox as described.
Also when I don't specify "Driver type" field in the search form there is no any Driver Package in search result.
Can anybody tell me where to find Driver Package, ATK Hotkey Utility or ATK Hotkey Driver for Satellite L40+ Win XP?
Am I missing something? Is my Toshiba drivers link not up to date? Is there any other solution to make sound hotkeys work?
Mao

I've tried Ubuntu Linux on L40-17R and it can control the brightness automatically. For example, when u plug out the AC power (i.e. switch to battery) the brightness goes down to certain level automatically. And It can maintain the brightness level after rebooting.
I cannot find the same feature in Windows XP.
I think this is due to the missing of power saver utility. It can control the brightness automatically. and also for all other options.

Volume Level Prob

I have a Audigy 2 ZS and whenever I am using WMP0 and click on the slider bar at the bottom to advance to another position in the music or video clip, the sound volume becomes very loud. I have to use the volume control in WMP to lower it back down. But as soon as I click the bar again, the volume becomes too loud again.
If I adjust the volume in the sound control panel to where the volume is the same when clicking the WMP bar, my volume in the computer environment becomes too soft (i.e. click heard when clicking on a link).
Seems like WMP is always playing softer than my computer environment sounds.
Please help!
Thanks.

Re: Volume Level Problem? OK, i have fixed my volume problems.
I can't say this will work for anyone but this is what i did.
As stated before i did a fresh install from the CD after i cleaned out my system of creative software. Or i have found also you could look up the posts here about plxcore.plx just search for that file, and you will find that if you delete two registery key then reinstall or i just did a repair that all will work again from the SB CD install files.
Anyways once you get the old software work correctly and have the volume problem stated above. I downloaded the driver file "Creative Sound Blaster Audigy, Audigy 2 series and Audigy 4 series Driver 02.09.006". I extracted the file with winzip. I opened taskman and killed the process taht started wit CT, not sure this is needed. I went to the "Drivers" directory of the files i extracted and ran the setup file in that directory.
Now this is what happened, and this is why i can't say it will work for anyone else. When i ran the setup file, a window opened up and i selected install driver, WDM, and overwrite shared files. I clicked OK and it started. At some point i got an error SPI something and then a windows error box orpened. I clicked OK and setup seemed to continue. Then i got a BSOD. I power cycled my PC and it rebooted and after it started up i got a message from windows that it had recovered from a serieors error. Now everything seem to work good.
I have no idea what got changed but i don't have the new console interface installed but i must have the new driver files some how.
So now if someone form creative would just tell use the correct way to do this type of setup us old timers just might be able to get this setup on our older PC that have worked for years without problem until these newer files come along.
Rainey

Sometimes my iphone 5S produces low sound even on full volume level. Then i do restart it. But i am not sure where exactly the problem is? Need help.

Sometimes my iphone 5S produces low sound even on full volume level. Then i do restart it. But i am not sure where exactly the problem is? Need help.

Hi saiyed adil,
Thank you for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
It appears that your iPhone 5s sometimes produces low sound, but a restart corrects it.
It can take some time to isolate and resolve intermittent issues like this one, and I'd recommend going through the steps in this guide the next time it occurs:
If you hear no sound or distorted sound from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch speaker - Apple Support
All the best,
Jeremy

Using compressor DVD Studio Pro 4 will only accept ac3 format in the burn process. ac3 makes a nnsense of the good sound delivered, 30% reduction in volume, auto volume levelling giving unwanted volume variations. Used to be able to burn using AIFF/WAVE,

AS Above. Edited in FCPX. Excellent sound file. Using Compressor 4 to DVD Studio 4. Wanting AIFF or WAVE sound for acurate sound.
Previously DVD Studio 4 has accepted AIFF etc and delivered sound as reuired. Now, during the burn process everything other than ac3 is declined as 'video bit rate too high', but will burn if the AIFF format is replaced with ac3 (which I presume meanss the 'video bit rate too high' is referring to the sound file)
The issue with ac3 format is the huge reduction in original volume and worse, the 'auto volume levelling' that makes a nonsense of the original soundtrack - with simply aweful unwanted variations in volume Throughout the the dvd.
I have tried everything I can think of to get around this. The 'volume gain' in compressor doesn't make any difference. Exporting just AIFF and the Video to DVD 4 doesn't make any difference, it always declines anything but the aweful sound ac3 delivers.
I have customers awaiting a musci DVD, not with thei quality I can't.
Cheers
Phil

The total video bit rate is determined by audio & video. Depending on what rate your video file was encoded at will determine how much room is left for audio. PCM(aiff/wav) audio requires a bigger piece of the pie. Video bit rate too high means your overall(video+audio) rate is going above 9Mbps which the format won't allow. The only way to use aiff would be to lower your video file's data rate. The length of your program is also a factor in all of this.
I had some problems in the past with using aiff instead ac3. Although there shouldn't be any issue I experienced playback issues on some players that couldn't be explained but were cleared up by ac3. I have been using the same specs as Dave's suggestion for almost nine years and have not had any issues with mix, quality, or levels.

Volume level on line-in at 100% but still low sound level when I rec

For many years and hundreds of times I have successfully recorded wave files using a wave editor (Goldwave). I have transferred albums, tapes, and now satellite radio by running stereo cables from my receiver into my line-in on my sound card (using a stereo-to-mono adapter). The volume level on the line-in was always too loud on my old sound card, so I always turned the volume of the line-in down to about 20% and it worked just fine.
Two weeks ago my old sound card fried (don't know the brand - got it from a friend, and I've already thrown it out). I replaced it with a Sound Blaster Li've! 24-Bit. However, using the same configuration (receiver into line-in on card), when I record now the volume level that it records at is way too low. Even when I set the line-in level at 00% the volume that it records at is not even half the level it was with my old sound card set at 20%. Basically, when I record now at 00% on the line-in, the volume level it records at is too low. I have no problem with the line-out level - when I play mp3's or anything else on my hard dri've the volume is crisp, clear, and plenty loud at 40%.
But what is the deal with the low volume recording level? Is there another setting I need to change? Or do I not have the right sound card to do this with? Please let me know if it is a setting issue, or if I just need a different sound card to do this. Thanks.

I've had an Audigy2-nx for a week and have struggled with low
recording levels as well.
Have you tried selecting "what you hear" instead of "Line-In"?
This gives me about 20% higher input levels.
I gave up on MedeaSource for variable bitrate recordings and
moved to dbPowerAmp. (direct recording to lame-mp3)
Others here mention good VBR recordings with MedeaSource, but
it won't exceed 90kbs (average) on my system.
I'm finally getting decent recordings from line-in.

Sound check (volume leveling) not working newest ipod

Dear Apple community,
Thank you for your help with this problem.
I am extremely disappointed with my new iPod. I have been using iPods for 15 years. Many years ago I solved the problem with volume leveling by using a fantastic program called iVolume. I have over 25,000 songs (collected over 20 years) in my music library and I have never had a problem with the different sound levels when I play them back through my various Ipods and Iphones over the years.
Unfortunately when I recently purchased the latest generation of iPod I quickly found out that volume leveling no longer works. The discrepancy in the sound playback is most apparent when I use the bluetooth connection but is also present even when I play through the audio jack. I have tried turning sound check on and off, and have done a complete reboot of my ipod, and have not seen any difference.
Any help with this problem would be most appreciated.
Sincerely,
David Rojer
Maplewood, NJ
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Specs:
I am using a Mac with OS X version 10.9.4.
My Itunes is version 12.0.1.26.
My iVolume is version 3.7.4.
My Ipod is model PD478LL with version 1.0.3 Mac.
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Nevermind I worked it out. Just had to restart iTunes. Classic IT Crowd: "Have you tried turning off and on again?". Lol.

DVD volume levels dip as sound peaks

This is driving me mad and I'd really appreciate some kind of explanation. Perhaps one of you guys can help? If I'm watching a DVD on my iBook and an obtrusive sound is fired off (a gunshot for example), the volume levels appear to plummet. This can be DAMNED irritating, especially when the volume dies in the middle of a conversation because someone on-screen flicked open a lighter or something.
I tried watching Casino Royale tonight and encountered the problem reasonably early in the film, with the first gunshot. I tried resolving the problem by disconnecting my JBL Creature II speakers and using my Sennheiser HD 485 headphones. Still the same problem (although perhaps not as noticeable). I decided to try out the Sennheisers with my Griffin iMic and watch the same part back again. Once again the same problem.
I did a little research on the Internet and I can't seem to find anything relevant. It's really winding me up. Unfortunately, I don't have another DVD player to try it out on at the moment. I presumed it must be a lazy bit of DVD encoding on the manufacturer's part, but the problems have been noticeable in both Casino Royale and Mullholland Drive in particular.
Is my iBook's circuitry starting to suffer or is this a common problem? Is it the disc? I don't notice any problems with iTunes. Is there some kind of auto-volume option I have turned on that I don't know about?
Cheers for reading.

Is there a reason why you don't use Sound Check on both iTunes and your iPod? The one thing I have read is that you need to update your songs on your iPod when you turn on Sound Check in ITunes, for them to to take affect on your iPod.
The volume setting you're using in the individual song(s) should not affect the output level through the universal dock, but as you are noticing it does change the volume on your earbuds. Not exacly sure why the dramtic increase in volume though.
I suggest you try putting the volume on the songs you changed back to default, and use Sound Check on both iTunes and your iPod. Try a couple songs, see what happens.
And again, in order for this to work properly, according to Apple, you need to reload all your songs on your iPod after you have turned this on in iTunes.
Good luck!

Please Help! Sound is stopping in every 5 seconds until volume level is changed.

I have G60-535DX model and recently I came across a strange problem. Sound of my laptop speaker works fine for 5 seconds and then stops. When I change the volum level either from task bar volume icon or through keyboard shortcut it starts playing again for next 5 seconds. Please note that it has no issue with headphones.
I have used windows troubleshooting wizard, checked in device manager, drivers are up-to-date. Could you please post the solution for it?

Please reply with solution as its very annoying issue

Sound level problem

hi all,
My iPod Nano 6th gen, suddenly turns the sound level all the way down whether I have the earphones on it or not. I restarted it and even restored it, but the problem remains. Anyone sees the same problem? Any solutions?
tks all

So I took my 1.33Ghz iBook back to the Apple Store to have it replaced for this clicking/popping noise, volume balance problem that they are unable to fix or acknowledge as a bug. While I was waiting to be helped by the genius, I thought I would do a test with the iBooks and Powerbooks in the store.
Here are my startling findings....
ALL OF THE 12" IBOOKS AND POWERBOOKS IN THE STORE HAD THIS POPPING/CRACKLING SOUND.
Seems to be a bigger problem than even I had thought. I guess we will have to wait for a 10.4.4 update that hopefully will fix this problem.

HT1849 hello i downloaded an album on my iPad yesterday but the sound volume is very low. Can you help me to fix the problem ?

hello i downloaded an album on my iPad yesterday but the sound volume is very low. Can someone help me to fix the problem ?

Hello Kishore1022,
It sounds like you have a new album downloaded and the tracks all have a very low volume. I recommend checking to see if Sound Check is enabled in the Music settings.
iPad User Guide
http://help.apple.com/ipad/7/#/iPad99f37037
Go to Settings > Music to set options for Music, including:
Sound Check (to normalize the volume level of your audio content)
You can also try downloading the purchases onto a computer, with either of these articles depending on your version of the operating system:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12491
Or
iTunes 11 for Mac: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12283
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

Portege R500 audio problem: sound volume too low

The sound volume on my R500 is ridiculously low. Only with volume maxed out (100) and using headphones do I hear anything at all, and even then it's way too low to be useful. I can just make out the test sounds in the left and then right earphone when using the test sound found at Control Panel -> Sound -> Speakers (there are no Headphones to be selected) -> Properties -> Advanced -> Test. Unplugging the headphones I hear nothing from the speakers, due to the (very low) sounds made by the fan and HDD. Playing music (with headphones) I can just make out that sounds are being produced, but I can't even make out what is playing.
I've tested the things mentioned in the "Satellite 5105-S901 Sound is very low (even on max volume) using supplied Toshiba driver" thread with no success (including Loudness Equalization).
I'm running Vista Business 32bit, and have tried the driver_audio_realtek26117B.exe, driver_audio_realtek_TC00157600B.exe, and Vista_Win7_R243_x86.exe driver files, and also used the util_mute_off_25847B.exe utility.
Enabling mute makes the already faint sounds go completely silent, so I don't think it's a mute issue.
Jack detection does work, I can see that in the Realtek HD Audio Manager program. Using that program's sound test (Speaker Configuration) I have to go to a completely silent room, and even then I only hear something in the right earphone. (I think; it's so darn low I could be imagining I hear it.)
Does anyone have any ideas what I can try next? I can boot to XP or Linux if anyone has any ideas on how to get sound there, just to get started. (They're silent as well, I haven't done as extensive testing under those as under Vista.)

Update:
Tried increasing the volume in control panel -> Realtek HD audio manager. No success.
I have used a bunch of different drivers, both from toshiba's website and realtek's.
Recently did a fresh XP install on another hard drive (don't have Vista install media), tried both 5.10.0.5869 and 5.10.0.6066 drivers (5.10.0.6066 is from march 13, 2010), sound still as low no matter what I do.
Did the really desperate thing: bought a new (used) sound module on ebay ("Toshiba Portege R500 (PPR50E-00L048EN) USB jack" on ebay.co.uk), but it has the same problem as the original one.
I was thinking perhaps the sound module doesn't get enough power from the motherboard, but since there is some sound (although very low), the USB jack on the module works, the headphone/mic jack detection works, and the diagnostics found in the Control Panel all say that the device is working OK, I don't think it's a hardware problem.
I'm guessing there is a problem with the drivers initializing the sound to a ridiculously low setting, and increasing the volume level to 100 makes it go up to a level equal to perhaps 2 in a regular system. That should be solved by a fresh install, but it isn't.
Perhaps the BIOS messes up the sound? But re-flashing the BIOS doesn't help...
Anyone got any other ideas?
I've googled and found people having problems with low sound volume on other laptops using the ALC262 chip, but no general solution.

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