Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

Seems I'm back in n00b waters :) It seems that I managed to mute or turn the volume of the mic all the way down somehow (most likely a combination of phone app crash and media player usage), and I'm in the help, I've fallen and I can't get up category. Anybody with a similar problem ? I tried rebooting and mute/unmute on the phone app, alas no change. Kind of irritating as this also applies to the phone section so I can't use it as a phone :) I can probably futz around with xmix or aumix but I think there must be a better/official way...

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

Is the headset working?

its funny, I am trying to figure out how to mute the annoying sound-effects. I think I will stop tinkering around on that front :)

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

To see if the mic is really muted you can enter
in the X-Terminal and play with the mixer settings.

Left/right select the mixers, up/down controls the volume, 'm' mutes/unmutes on some mixers that support it.

Warning: do not activate any of the "bypass" switches. They allow very low frequencies to pass directly to the speakers, which can damage them.

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

Settings -> Profiles -> scroll down

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

Duh (/me slaps himself for forgetting about alsamixer). OK, I have a Master and a Capture column, the Capture seems to be cranked up but does not respond to M and is written in suspicious red.

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

You need the option -c0 for alsamixer to see the whole array of mixers and switches.

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

Success ! The earphone setting was off (?), turning it on made the mic record again.

PS. Thought -c0 was the default, but apparently not :)

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

aah, I guess that previously the scrollbar disappeared before I noticed it. The scrollbar display seems inconsistent across the UI. On some screens it appears momentarily and on some it sticks (browser).

Thanks!

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

I've only seen videos, but I thought it was momentary throughout...

Re: Mic volume / mute on N900 ?
 

Yes, it disappears when you're not scrolling. The bad news is that you can't use it to scroll on HUGE lists, and since you don't have home/end buttons it can get a bit like egg mixing (is that how it's called?)...