I connected my laptop to my stereo amplifier for better sound, but I'm getting background noise.?
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Sort of depends on how you connected it. If you used auxillary RCA plugs on your stereo and an adapter cable from the PC to the stereo there should not be a problem. If you tried to go in through a phono jack or unused set of plugs that were intended for some other device you may have enough of an impedence or signal strength mismatch to be causing the problem. Phono jacks for example expect a very, very small signal to be input. a PC inputs a much larger signal and would cause a lot of noise.\n\nCheap cables can also be a problem. A third source of noise can be that you are processing the signal twice. If you are using a software equalizer on your PC and a hardware equalizer on the home stereo then you are overprocessing the signal and that can cause a LOT of Noise!\n\nA ground loop isolater will only lessen or eliminate 60 cycle per second AC hum - like the hum you would get on a badly grounded guitar amplifier with single pole pickups, or the hum caused by flourescent lights. It will not reduce or eliminate any other kind of noise. \n\nWith more info about the nature of the background noise and the input, output and cords you are using someone might be able to give a better answer. Good luck. Finding and eliminating something like this can be a frustrating experience.
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It sounds like it may be your speakers that are the problem   if you have them up really loud and/or the treble/bass is really high turn that down   also if you have a mic pluged into your PC unplug it or mute it   also make sure the cable going from your PC to your speakers doesn't have any breaks in the wires anywhere   if possible get new speakers    also sometimes things around your speakers will rattle and shake when they're on making a staticy scratchy sound sometimes
745702
its called "feedback", distance your microphone fom your speakers.\n"should solve the problem".
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try the following steps :\n1) Check your speakers cable that is plugged in the comp.\n2) Check Speakers power cable (if any ).\n3) Check If Sound driver is installed.\n4) Check Your Sound Card Driver Configuration.\n5) Check Windows Volume control (in the system tray).\n6) Call The computer engineer to check your pc.\n\nEnjoy !
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Check if your speaker is connected correctly on your computer. Check if it is not muted. If it still does not work, reinstall your sound card. If it doesnt, maybe there is a problem either on your sound card or on your speaker. To isolate it, try connecting your speaker with other PC, if there are sounds produce then we can conclude that most likely your sound card is defective.\n\nRegards
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Some computers (especially laptops) have their own hardware volume control.  Even with all the Windows volumes at max, you can still get low sound if the computer's hardware volume is too low.  Check your computer and see if the volume is set too low.  I hit the function key and 7 or 8 to descrease/increase my volume.
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A few things to think about:\n\n1) Open the mixer. Make sure the master volume and the wave volume are set high. Enable advanced controls and see if there is a preamp or other switch to increase volume.\n\n2) Make sure your speakers are plugged into the right socket. If you had them in the speaker output and now have them in the line out socket, you'd hear less volume (and probably less distortion, etc. too).\n\n3) Assuming the speakers are the same and the computer/sound card is the same, are the speakers plugged into the wall? If they use batteries, are they fresh?\n\n4) Did you blow your speakers or sound card with loud music?\n\n5) Did you blow your eardrums with loud music? Maybe everything seems 40% quieter? :-)
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If you dont have any external speakers like the previous people suggested, try to use an equalizer to make the sound a bit louder (winamp and most media players have one). It can make the sound quality a bit worse but you would be able to listen better, This worked for me when I wanted to watch a divx movie in my summer house and I could barely listen to the dialogues.
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Is the noise still there you may have something running in the back ground. Shut down and reboot. If noise is still there call tech support.
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You need better speakers/headphones\n\nAlso you could try routing it through either an existing stero or get a pair of headphones that has a built in amplifyer.
487806
Go into your control panel and adjust your speaker settings on your computer. Also check to see if your wires are going through the right audio ports.
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Try upgrading your audio card drivers. If that doesn't help, get a new sound card.
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Is that something wrong with the sound card or your speakers? Go to Start>Programs>Accessories>Entertainment>Volume Control and make sure your balance is balanced. If not, turn your speakers up a little, sometimes mine needs to be a little louder for it to come through the other speaker... If that doesn't work, look for your sound card drivers either on the internet or a CD that came with it.
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You need a male to male cable with a 3.5mm stereo jack plug at each end. \n\nConnect one end to your headphone socket on the hifi, and the other to the line in on your laptop sound card. \n\nHey presto! You simply capture the incoming audio with the software of your choice, and in the format of your choice.
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set up a better ground of some sort or make sure your speakers are plugged in all the way
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Is it possible that the sound is muted on your computer?\nAre you sure they're plugged into the correct port?
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Double check your Cables, Your sound card Drivers.\nPerhaps you've muted your System ;)