ati wdm tv audio crossbar

[williesv]

i have a dell pent III. I have an ati 128 pro pci tv tuner running mmc 7.2. I have a creative audio pci sound card. i cannot get the tv to play any audio. windows audio service is started. i can get audio from the sound card when playing program events ( asterisk - close program- etc) I am using line in to my desktop speakers. Driver for the ati crossbar id 6.13.10.6131 and the driver for the sound card is 5.2.3633.0. using the sound initialization wizzard from the ati mmc 7.2 i've tried line-in and aux but i still have no sound. I can get audio if i play a cd and from the file player but not from the tv. please help

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers Williesv

Line in... means line into the computer... if you have that connected to speakers, the computer is expecting the speakers to create sound and send it to the computer.

You need to put the speakers in the green speaker jack.

[williesv]

that exactly where it is

[NooNoo]

Not according to your first post it isn't!

What source are you recording from? TV analogue aerial, svideo or composite in?

[williesv]

tv analog . sorry about the first post no being clear. the ati card has s-video in and out plugs and vga sub mini out

[NooNoo]

ok.. so where do you plug the aerial cable in please? I think I need the exact model of the ATI Tuner.... is it the TV Wonder or the All-in-wonder with the purple dongle thing?

[williesv]

i plug the cable into the tv card where it is marked catv. the model is 128 rage pro. if needed i can take a picture of the board.

[williesv]

i have bowling tonite -will check again tomorrow - thanks

Edited by NooNoo: you have to host the picture somewhere like flickr or imageshack or whatever and then use the img tags.

[NooNoo]

OK so if you have the aerial going to the CATV socket, the next thing is the output adapter... it is connected to the output of the 128 pro and depending on the model has one or two sound leads... one is the adapter out and must go to sound card line in... the other is not needed for the moment.

Having got the cables in the right place, you then have to make sure that the line in channel is not muted in the sound mixer.

Click start, run and type in
sndvol32
click ok

Click on options then properties and change to recording. Find the line in slider - if it's not there go back to properties and tick the appropriate box) and check that it is up (not quite all the way) and the box is checked (selected) so that it can work. You can only have one recording source at a time as a rule - depending on your card.

Now test the sound output - the ATI card outputs through the WAV so check that the playback for WAV is up and not muted - but if you can hear windows sounds, then WAV is not muted.

[williesv]

i have two output adapters on the ati board - cd in and cd out. I don't have any cd audio cabels so i will hard wire to the sound card. I have four adapters on the sound card - cd audio in - aux - tad i/o and speaker out. I will try the aux first.

[NooNoo]

errr...

could you please take a photo of the connections on the card and the connector cables you have please.

[williesv]

i think i need your e-mail address or maybe u could tell me how at attach the photo to the reply

[NooNoo]

attachments are limited in size - you need to host the image as explained above on somewhere like flickr or imageshack and then link to the image from here.

[williesv]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9066/013zer.th.jpg (hxxp://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=013zer.jpg).
I hope that i did this right. the two adapters are top left on the photo

[NooNoo]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9066/013zer.jpg

I don't see the cables you have...

[NooNoo]

oooooohhhhhh I see what you mean!!

No that's not the output you want, those are inputs from a cd player.
There should be a cable for the end of the card probably looks a bit like an svideo cable and will have a smaller lead with a jack that fits into the line in of your video card.

It will probably look something like this
http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2002/01/22/ati_all_in_wonder_radeon_7500/image5.jpg

[williesv]

i don't have any cabels. that's why i said i have to hard wire it to the sound board. i think that it's just a two wire conection. red and black.

[williesv]

sorry i didn't see your post 16. i think i can get that cabel at radio shack.. i think i'm getting the idea now. I will go shopping tomorrow and see if i can get that cabel. thanks

[NooNoo]

OK. Post again when you are ready.

[williesv]

NooNoo -thank you very much for all your help. I went shopping today and could not get a cable. I can find them online - but with shipping i'm looking at $15us dollars. I think that i will upgrade to a new tv tuner with digital reception. again thank you. If I ever need help again I will surely come here.

[NooNoo]

My pleasure Williesv