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maymay ambassador
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Because it's a monitor you're at mercy of it's terrible audio controls as you've found out. They assumed only people with computers would be using the built-in speakers. After reviewing the manual: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/233...page=14#manual I would suggest pressing the (e) button on the monitor then pressing the 4th button from the left, it should let you control it better. If that doesn't work then I would suggest getting speakers (and whatever necessary adapters) or an actual TV. |
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Dark Desert Fox
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06-24-2014
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Bushwhacked
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It's definitely a button somewhere on the monitor itself, it wouldn't be anywhere else. I found the drivers for the device but they seem to be just for display, which means the audio is straight up controlled by the device itself and nothing else.
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06-25-2014
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Dark Desert Fox
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I actually received it as a gift for Christmas. I was told it was a TV and never really looked at the instruction booklet since I didn't receive one from the person who gave me the TV. I forgot I could have just searched it online and I would have noticed sooner. |
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06-25-2014
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Bushwhacked
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It may have audio output but you'd probably be better off just getting sound from your computer to other speakers (cheap logitechs perhaps?) than deal with the monitor speakers. Generally speaking, the audio you get from a monitor with built in speakers is very poor. There are some that rise above the rest, but by and large the audiophile world considers it garbo! |
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06-25-2014
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Not those monitor speakers, haha! For those of you who don't know, "monitor" speakers are a type of speaker used in sound design to hear the clearest signal of a song or music without any sort of added bass levels or anything like that. |