DSL causing echo in all forms of audio

chewie8008 · Joined: Nov 15, 2003 Posts: 44

We have DSL and just recently started having problems with severe echo anytime we play anything with audio on our PC. It does it on videos, music etc...

Just wondering what may be causing this and how we might fix it. There hasn't been any recent changes in phone connectivity or internet connectivity since the problem started. There is no echo when the internet is not connected, so that is why we figured it has to do with the internet connection. We have Bellsouth DSL wired.

Thanks for any information!

goretsky

Hello,

By any chance, do you happen to have a microphone near your speakers?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

bern · Joined: Mar 12, 2007 Posts: 1487 Location: ann arbor

Do you have a sound card with a "surround" mode? If so, maybe this is being turned on by the internet connection via a switch you can turn off. This could be part of a "Multimedia" feature that thinks DSL feed is a movie or something. Look in the Audio applet in the Control Panel for such a switch.