topic Sony RX-305 in PCs & Accessories

Sony RX-305

smsmasters — Mon, 07 Oct 2002 14:42:04 GMT

i hav a sony rx-305. Every now and again the audio from only my left speaker sounds distorted. It sounds like frying oil. It's a sound hard to describe. Well anyway, it makes playing music annoying because there is this wierd "distorted-ness" from only my left speaker. If i restart my pc the sound goes back to normal. This keeps happening. Its very aggravating. I have even updated my sounds drivers to no avail

Any help would be most appreciated

Thanks

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EzDoezIt — Mon, 07 Oct 2002 17:31:01 GMT

This sounds like a bad physical connection.

Unplug the speakers from the soundcard then plug them back in. (Try different speakers/headphones if you have any).

If the noisey speaker plugs into the back of the other speaker, unplug that and plug it back in.

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smsmasters — Sun, 13 Oct 2002 06:31:56 GMT

ive tried unplugging it. i even tried headphones. the noise still comes from the left speaker. its really frustrating!!!!!

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EzDoezIt — Sun, 13 Oct 2002 14:19:22 GMT

I understand your frustration. I rely heavily on my audio too.

Try disabling audio hardware acceleration. Perhaps DirectX is causing the problem.

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smsmasters — Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:20:35 GMT

what does disabling audio hardware acceleration do anyway?? will it degrade performance or my sound??

have any of u experienced this problem??

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EzDoezIt — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:43:44 GMT

Disabling audio hardware acceleration will move certain audio processing from the audio card's processor to the VAIO's central processor.

You will experience some performance degradation, but it may well be unnoticable on today's fast processors.

Besides, this is just a troubleshooting step. If it does indeed make the problem go away, then it means there is a problem with your audio card drivers. DirectX is so inbuilt into Windows now that drivers have to be 100% DirectX compatible or weird audio problems will occurr.

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smsmasters — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:04:15 GMT

ok, thank u for ur very informative answer. i have used "standard acceleration" i am now playing music to see if the problem goes away...

If it still continues what shall i do next??

many thanks

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smsmasters — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:25:51 GMT

ok, it still occurs. there is still a wierd sound coming from my left speaker wenever i play something!!! its lyk fuzzy and buzzy... GRRRRR

any ideas?? could my internal components b faulty or do u think its to do wid my drivers??

i am extremely worried

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EzDoezIt — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:34:24 GMT

I'm afraid at this point it does appear to be a hardware issue. If it were a software issue it would be more consistent, but since it comes and goes the only thing remaining is hardware.

If you want to, you can try rolling back the driver (in Device Manager). If the option to roll back is not available try and find a different version of your driver. Also check the Microsoft web site for the latest version of DirectX.

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smsmasters — Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:40:56 GMT

my vaio is still under warranty. shall i ask for it to be repaired??

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EzDoezIt — Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:25:41 GMT

Give Sony tech support a call and see what they say.

If they tell you to do a complete System recovery, tell them you have just completed one and ask what to do now.

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smsmasters — Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:30:09 GMT

ok, now my left speaker has some wierd echoing noise!!! GRRRRRRRR damn sony!!!

Why wont it go away!!!

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EzDoezIt — Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:40:25 GMT

Search for "DXDIAG.EXE", it should be in your "c:\windows\system32" folder, but find all of them and run the latest one.

Run all of the audio tests and see what results your get.

If you're suddenly getting an echo effect it sounds like there is some audio processing going on.

Go into the Windows Media Player and switch off SRS.

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smsmasters — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:58:44 GMT

i have done the tests. i have passed them all. anything i can do?? i dont think my audio card is faulty coz wen i restart it goes bk 2 normal!!

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EzDoezIt — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:49:23 GMT

Tell us more about the problem.

If you are playing a CD, does the distortion come and go while the music is playing?

Does it matter what playback software you use? (SonicStage / Windows Media Player etc.)

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smsmasters — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:58:19 GMT

im not sure. after a while or so wenever audio is played, the left speaker sounds like "frying oil"

once i restart it goes bk 2 normal!!!

this is so wierd

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EzDoezIt — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:52:06 GMT

Download and install the latest DirectX from Microsoft.

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smsmasters — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:24:25 GMT

i hav windows xp home edition, it already has the latest direct x (8.1)

the problem seems to have gone away... hmm.... ill let u know how it all goes....

i think it only happens if i put AIM or Yahoo or MSN messenger on.....

very strange indeed

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smsmasters — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:57:26 GMT

i think im gonna go and ring sony support.

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EzDoezIt — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:50:27 GMT

Let us know what they say, other than "do a full system recovery". :smileyrolling_eyes: