normal speakers sound but low in headphones

lil mike · 01 Oct 2011

hi everybody :)

I recently bought Acer Aspire 4738 i5 (running 7 ultimate 32bit) and I love it so far. however there's a problem with sound when I plug in the headphone.

when I play it through the build-in speakers the sound is great and actually loud , I've tried another headphones (bought three already :/ ) and still the same thing.

updated the drive, checked the volume to max, tried about everything i could find but nothing seems to work.

I'm starting to think this is an OS issue,
Plz help, headphones are something I can't live without

!

whs · 01 Oct 2011

Check in the "Levels" tab in the Properties of the headphones.

lil mike · 01 Oct 2011

whs said:

Check in the "Levels" tab in the Properties of the headphones.

I can only see speakers and its set to max

whs · 01 Oct 2011

Are your headphones plugged in?

lil mike · 01 Oct 2011

yes they are

whs · 01 Oct 2011

Something is wrong. Try this - see picture.

lil mike · 01 Oct 2011

its already set on show but I redid it anyway nothing appeared Whs

whs · 01 Oct 2011

I can only suspect a bad contact. As you can see, mine shows up properly. Maybe the 3.5mm plug or port is bad and that is the root cause of the problem. Try turning and jiggling it a bit - no force though.

lil mike · 01 Oct 2011

no still nothing I also restart and tried but didn't work

whs · 01 Oct 2011

I would love to help you find the problem, but I am out of ideas. Let it rest for a bit. Maybe another member knows better. Wgat really disturbs me is that the headphones do not show up in Playback Devices.