low volume from speakers

[charliebaps]

Hope someone can help a novice! I have an acer laptop and recently boght some speakers (infinity) . They have a socket which goes into the microphone plug in but when used the volume is really low. Not exactly what I was expecting! I have gone onto the control panel and put the volume to max on everything but to no avail. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

[fo3nix]

Are you sure you mean microphone in port and not headphone (output) socket?

If so, double-click the volume icon so that it opens the window with several volume sliders, not just the main one. Then turn the others up too.

[vehelpfulguy]

Are you plugged into the correct hole ?

Most laptops have 2 or 3 audio in and out connections.

You should NOT plug it into the microphone plug-in.

There should be an audio-out that you plug into.

Most modern laptop speakers have a light green plug and they should plug into a light green socket in the laptop.

See example picture here
http://www.neodivine.com/aucs/hpnc6200a/Dsc058 97.jpg

[vehelpfulguy]

There are a number of places with volume controls on the laptop and speakers.

Volume controls on the speakers themselves

Maybe a volume control on the laptop case.

Also Windows offers a number of places where you can change the volume control.

Try on the bottom right of the blue bar along the bottom of your Windows desktop.

There will also be a volume control on the menus as well.

[vehelpfulguy]

Also have a look in the Windows control panel.

Look under Sounds and Audio devices and you can set the volume there.

[charliebaps]

Thanks very much for responses, yes I did mean the headphone and not microphone socket - sorry!
Have gone onto control panel and turned everything to maximum that I could find but to no avail.
Unfortunately there are no volume controls on the speakers.
Hey ho, maybe the speakers are not very good!

[Keeprockin]

Is there no information on 'Acers' information page. Should be somewehere in 'all programmes'

[dodgyshirt]

Are you sure the speakers are intended for PC use. Infinity make excellent Hifi speakers which are normally driven by a high-powered amplifier. Something a laptop certainly doesn't have.

[Fitzer]

I would imagine the speakers need some kind of power supply (battery or mains) as the signal from a headphone socket would be extremely low. How quiet are they, strain to hear anything quiet or just not enough to fill a room?

[rojash]

If there is no volume control on the speakers themselves then I would guess they don't include an amplifier, so will not be very loud! Is there a mains or battery provision for them? If not, then they definitely don't have an amplifier, so will not be noticeably louder than the internal speakers.

[charliebaps]

Thanks guys, yes it is an amp problem but was mislead buy the seller, am now getting refund and feel confident about it thanks to you coming up with same suggestion as my friend.
Thanks a lot