Comments on: Audio Distortion of the Dell D/Port Advanced Port Replicator

By: David

David — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:04:55 +0000

Like Stuart, I have a Dell D620 and have had the same problem with short gaps/glitches/distortions in sound coming from the speaker jack - whether I’m using the jack on the dock or the laptop. I just tried the PC Speaker Mute solution suggested above, and it seems to have helped. Thanks a lot for the tip!

By: Glen

Glen — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:06:09 +0000

Wow! Thanks for the tip. I have been frustrated for the longest time that I had to plug the headphones into the laptop, and not the dock, to get any kind of quality sound.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:29:23 +0000

I have a Dell D620. When I use the speaker jack to play iTunes, the sound has small gaps in it / i.e., it is quite scratchy at time. It almost sounds like the music isn’t buffering correctly. Are you familiar with this? Any suggestions?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:01:22 +0000

Jason, thanks for the update! Good work to Robert as well!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:32:55 +0000

Would it be possible to test Robert’s suggestion? Does the internal speaker still sound when the laptop is docked? I’ve heard that the internal speaker does not get muted when certain IBM laptops are docked and this could cause a lot of distortion in the sound. Thanks!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:13:14 +0000

If you open up the Audio control panel and click on advanced…there is a check box “PC Spkr Mute”. By checking this box while the latop is docked it will bypass the internal speaker. This DRAMATICALLY changes the sound quality for the better.