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Flex6400 audio set up

Welshian
Welshian Member ✭
in SmartSDR for Windows
Hi just taken delivery of my 6400 and getting to know it, a bit different to my previous radio which was a 5000A which served me well for a couple of decades. One of the functions I used was VAC, as my PC has speakers I made use of them for the audio output. I have briefly looked through the manual and I am still getting to know the radio but I have not as yet discovered if anything similar is available on the 6400. Am I correct then in assuming that separate speakers are required for the audio output.

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  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator
    Answer ✓

    You can use your PC speakers if you want. In the upper right-hand corner of the SmartSDR screen is the PC Audio button. Click it and you will get your receive audio from the PC speakers. I have to turn the Windows audio up to max and increase the volume level of the slice to get reasonable volume on my PC.

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    Note that the latency of audio in Windows is fairly high. For non-contest operations, this is probably fine.

    For better audio, I would recommend getting powered speakers. I like the Creative T-10 speakers ($50 USD from Amazon), but they have an annoying feature that turns them off when there is too low of a signal input. I have a way around that if you decide to get these speakers. Others on this community like Bose speakers. I am sure there are many more brands/models that would suit your tastes and budget.

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  • Neil D Friedman N3DF
    Neil D Friedman N3DF Member ✭✭✭✭

    I like my AudioEngine A2+ powered speakers. However, 98 percent of the time I find the 6600M’s internal speaker entirely adequate.

  • Geoff AB6BT
    Geoff AB6BT Member ✭✭✭

    FYI, there is no internal speaker on a 6400.

  • Welshian
    Welshian Member ✭
    Ok all sorted thanks to everyone, look out for more queries :*

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