I've tried and tried...I've massaged the cfg file till I'm blue in the face...but nothing has helped my TF's speaker balance; the right is far louder than the left.
I think I'm going to RMA it.
One thing that's interesting is that if you tap on the left side edge..you can get the left speaker to be really loud for a second (but distorted) sort of like having a short in a car stereo speaker installation.
I've had the same issue since April. I gave up and decided to RMA it. They have turned it around very quickly - now just need to see if they have fixed the problem.
They fixed the speaker balance with the 2nd 3.1 update last month yo. If that didn't fix it for you then sounds like a hardware issue.
I called Asus and got an RMA number...this was going to bug me forever.
Now I'll be without the TF or the dock for a while...(my dock is RMA'd for the power drain issue.)
You have a hardware issue that's why balance fix doesn't work. Its a lose speaker connection somehow tapping it makes it work for a little while. You don't realize the left speaker does not work because you can slightly hear the right speaker from the speaker holes on the left even if you cover the holes on the other side. After all they are situated in the same unit. Same thing happened to me. 35 days into my purchase. Brought it back to the store and was offered RMA but i demanded a replacement.
How long have you had yours. I would always opt for a replace rather than repair.
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You have a hardware issue that's why balance fix doesn't work. Its a lose speaker connection somehow tapping it makes it work for a little while. You don't realize the left speaker does not work because you can slightly hear the right speaker from the speaker holes on the left even if you cover the holes on the other side. After all they are situated in the same unit. Same thing happened to me. 35 days into my purchase. Brought it back to the store and was offered RMA but i demanded a replacement.
How long have you had yours. I would always opt for a replace rather than repair.
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I have the same issue. Update didnt work. Its a B5 and can exchange but what serial series should i go for? Im still within the exchange period but im not sure if toys r us will have the newest ones.
I had the same issue from day one. When none of the updates fixed the problem I RMA'd it. They just sent it back with the same problem as if nothing was wrong. I have now had to take it back to the retailer, but all they will do is RMA it again. All a bit frustrating.
Probably not a hardware issue.
My B4O had it, the B5O had it and the brand new B6O has it.
I refuse to believe that there's a serious disconnection of the speaker in all three. Here's a test, go to this YouTube video on your TF and listen to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMxZ34Ptco
On your PC you'll notice that the sound only comes out of the left channel starting at 0:44. On the Transformer the same effect is there as well. The right speaker is completely dead at 0:44 and all of the sound comes from the left side which is usually quieter than the right.
I'm beginning to wonder if this is maybe some issue with stereo sounds and possibly mono sounds being played through the right speaker only instead of both. The left speaker is indeed working. The video above proves it.
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While playing Pandora this weekend the speaker on the right side of the device quit working, when it first happened I gave it a little tap with my finger and it tried to come back on. So my question is has anyone else had issues with speakers quitting and second how hard is it to take this unit apart so i can check for a loose connection before I have to send it back.
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While playing Pandora this weekend the speaker on the right side of the device quit working, when it first happened I gave it a little tap with my finger and it tried to come back on. So my question is has anyone else had issues with speakers quitting and second how hard is it to take this unit apart so i can check for a loose connection before I have to send it back.
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What ROM are you running?
My guess is ElocityMod 1.3 and using DSP Manager to crank the volume up a little higher.
Did you notice any distortion before the speaker bought the farm?
If my guess was correct, the speaker is most likely toast. Distortion usually = clipping (when the waveform sent to the speaker is over amplified and gets choppy, sending a square waveform instead of a nice smooth sine wave) this is realllllly bad for the voicecoil of the speaker and not repairable 99% of the time without replacing the speaker itself.
There is a teardown thread in the A7 General section that may be of use to you.
[TEARDOWN] eLocity A7 internals
hi all
i have an issue that i can hear sound only from the right speaker in all the games application and music
i am assuming that this is not a hardware related issue because when i go into the sound setting and play with the volume of the alarm clock i can hear the sound from the left to the right
anyone know a solution ?
i have PRIMORDIAL 3.1
thanks
Hi there,
Give a try to this video (my TF gives seriously lower volume on the left, but speaker is not dead), don't recall if it was already like this before leaked 3.1
Hi
I tested this video and my right speaker is alot loader
So this is a software issue
Is there a way to balance the speakers?
It's not a software issue according to Asus (I've contacted them about this problem, and I need to return my tf in order to fix this problem). I guess the positioning of the left speaker or maybe the hole to the outside is different from the right. Not every tf has this issue, a friend's tf has a little imbalance, not as clear as my tf, so I think it's definately not a sw issue. Maybe it ís fixable by software, but the left speaker will then probably be more stressed than the right one, deminishing its life span.
I'm on my third unit, and they've all had the problem.
I have this problem also and was hoping there would be a software fix. But I read a post on another forum, that mentioned a potential cause and he may be onto something. If I press on the black area of the screen along the left side near the speaker, my balance is much better. it seems like the screen on my left side is not quite set as deep into the bezel as the right side. So I suspect that the software and the speaker is fine, but this issue is due to some assembly issues. With those tiny speaker grill openings, alignment is probably ultra critical. I may RMA this later but figured I would wait a few months until they hopefully work out all of the other manufacturing issues.
hi
after trying this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118010
my speakers are now balanced
Hi,
Has anyone encountered any issues with their speaker apart from that infamous volume balance?
My right speaker refuses to play anything but if I press the chassis of the transformer together the speaker works but stops working as soon as I let go. To me it sounds like some sort of loose connection/contact.
How easy is it to dismantle? Has anyone encountered a similar issue?
Thanks.
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How easy is it to dismantle? Has anyone encountered a similar issue?
Thanks.
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My left speaker doesn't work, but very occasionally will momentarily come to life. Squeezing the edge doesn't make a difference. I assume its a loose connection, but I have'nt done anything about it yet.
My left speaker doesnt have any sound at all
Hey OP, I have the same issue, except mine still plays at times, gets fuzzy and buzzy at loud volumes, then stops. However, if I press the right side together, it plays again, so it's not noticeable if I use a really tight sleeve on it, but with the loose sleeve I normally use on it .. :/
Same here, when it does play, its very buzzy. I am inclined to open it up and check if its some loose contact or something but I don't fancy messing my Transformer up as of yet lol.
No problems with either of my Transformers myself, but there were a few reports in the past of poor connections to one of the speakers on some TF units. (Right speaker, if I remember correctly.) Forum search will find them.
If my TF had these issues I would send in for repair
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118010&highlight=speaker
My left speaker quit working all together and right speaker from the start was extremely weak. I sent it to ASUS for repair with less than one week turn around and both speakers are nice now. Well worth the time to have done properly.
I'm scared of the RMA process tbh :/
I Managed to fix mine if you people are interested.
It involved disassembling the Transformer.
I took the speaker out of the "compartment" it was in, switched on the tablet and put on some music. No music came out. Pressing the speaker in sound came out but as soon as I let go the sound disappeared. I cut out a small piece of paper and folded it a couple of times and placed it in the compartment the speaker goes in.
When I put the speaker back in the paper sort of squashed the speaker in a bit which in turn kept playing music.
Its not the best of explanations but if someone has a similar issue they may be able to use that as a guideline lol
How hard is it to disassemble the tablet? Also, what tools would I need?
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How hard is it to disassemble the tablet? Also, what tools would I need?
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Its not very hard. You just need some patience as removing the bezel is the only bit you need to be careful with.
You would need a Phillips screw driver (one of the small ones) and a Torx T5 I believe was the correct size.
I used this video as a guidance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG9gEYRALtU
To remove the bezel he uses a plastic tool with a very thin edge but many people have had success simply using a guitar pick to remove the bezel. Luckily I had one of those plastic tools and was able to remove it.
Once you can see the insides:
That little black rectangle on the right is the speaker, inserting the small screwdriver in the compartment its in, you should be able to take it out and if your encountering the same problem as me, just press and hold the speaker from both sides to see if audio works.
Picture credit goes to hybridau
neoghio said:
Hi,
Has anyone encountered any issues with their speaker apart from that infamous volume balance?
My right speaker refuses to play anything but if I press the chassis of the transformer together the speaker works but stops working as soon as I let go. To me it sounds like some sort of loose connection/contact.
How easy is it to dismantle? Has anyone encountered a similar issue?
Thanks.
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This happened to me tonight while watching a youtube vid! Been looking through the forums for successful speaker replacements and messaged one guy already who might have the correct replacement speaker part.
Will update when I know more.
Cracking it open is very easy as long as you take it slow. I did it to fix my power button. It is pretty well known by now that the TF101 was one of the most cheaply built but still amazingly performing tablets on the market.
OK everything been fine with my phone until this evening. My phone comes from the 2 week delivery estimate from the Nov. 27/2012 order batch
I needed to look for a local restaurant. Pressed the mic on google search bar and it would not recognize that I was talking. Tried a few times. Then reset the phone. Tried again. Turn the phone off and on. Tried again. Downloaded a voice recorder. It recorded static but no voice at all. Downloaded sound meter. It flux between 20-30db. I then called my wife. She couldn't hear me. Switched to speaker phone and she could hear me just fine. So now I reset my phone to factory and same results.
Any ideas? I know it worked earlier because I used voice recognition to send some texts without problems. I visually checked the mic hole in case lint or smeg might have blocked it. But it's clean. Blew into it just in case too. The top noise cacellation mic seems to work picking up ambient noises according to the gray rings around the google search mic icon. But it doesn't light up red.
Same issue. I used to be able to make it work better by plugging a cable in the charging port. Now nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a way to set sensitivity of the mic? I am assuming the same mic is used for speaker phone as with every other app including phone.. Since speakerphone seems to work..
So I decided not to waste any more time and get the RMA process going before I am outta my 15 day return period.
Was quick and easy. Exchange will arrive with in 3-5 days. Return label was in my email before I hung up.
on the iphone 4s and the gs2... speakerphone uses different mic. i could be wrong, but the reason i say this is... in my iphone.. i got sand on/in my phone and was blowing it out with air compressor. i ended up dislodging the bottom mic and had to use speaker. then on gs2 the leaked roms, specifically showstock... needed noise reduction turned off in order to use bottom mic. had something to do with the 'mic swap' from international to att version. but the end game was... i had to use speaker.
as far as maybe getting it back in shape before your rma arrives... did a piece of lint or something get lodged in the mic hole?
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on the iphone 4s and the gs2... speakerphone uses different mic. i could be wrong, but the reason i say this is... in my iphone.. i got sand on/in my phone and was blowing it out with air compressor. i ended up dislodging the bottom mic and had to use speaker. then on gs2 the leaked roms, specifically showstock... needed noise reduction turned off in order to use bottom mic. had something to do with the 'mic swap' from international to att version. but the end game was... i had to use speaker.
as far as maybe getting it back in shape before your rma arrives... did a piece of lint or something get lodged in the mic hole?
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Running a sound tester app or recording, initially it gets sound, but it seems to be static. It looks like what you are talking about with the gs2, the noise suppression kicks in and stays that way.
I really wish I could troubleshoot it before having to send it back, just to know what caused it and not repeat it on the replacement..
I looked at the bottom mic again, looked like a grain of sand. Got it out but still same results.
I noticed that when I was playing with Snapchat and was trying to record music from my earbuds that the best place to hold my earbud was next to the hole on the back of the phone and that when I held the earbud next to the speaker on the front (specifically the bottom one) the audio from the headphones was almost inaudible. This seemed pretty weird to me since when I talk to people it's usually into the bottom part of my screen and not the back of the phone... Regardless, when I switched to the mic on the back it was equivalent to hearing the music directly from the earbuds. Any reason for this?
My microphone wasn't working that well..everybody I talked to on the phone said I sounded muffled . I got a replacement today. You have to notify project Fi
It's a common problem, RMA won't fix it as it is a software issue.
It happens because of noise-cancellation being set to too aggressive. You can't change it without root, so we'll just have to wait for Google to fix it via patch.