[alsa-devel] Clevo P170HM / Sager NP8170 audio

[Raymond Yau]

2011/11/17 Julian Sikorski <belegdol at gmail.com>:

>>>
>>> the four jacks need alc883_4st_8ch mixer of "targa-8ch-dig" which has
>>> been removed
>>>
>>> http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=7a689ebcefe5feba626816929fd75046e455a96f;hp=34913cda7af335d748a424d91984576b8c9d9cae
>>>
>>> The main problem is the signal of "rear" speaker of the notebook is
>>> not really at the rear of the user.
>> I cannot speak for P170HM as I do not have one, but on P150HM there are
>> two speakers between the screen and the keyboard and something supposed
>> to act as a subwoofer on the bottom side of the laptop. On Windows 7 you
>> need THX TruStudio PRO to make it work. No center speaker that I know of.
>> There are service manuals with schematics for these laptops floating
>> around the internet. ALC892 connections are described on page 86 for
>> P150HM and page 91 for P170HM. You should be able to understand far more
>> than I.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julian
>>
> From the official (non-service) manual, page 309:
>
> Audio
> High Definition Audio
> 3D Enhanced Sound System
> S/PDIF Digital Output
> Built-In Microphone
> THX TruStudio Pro
> 7.1CH Audio output supported by
> headphone, microphone, S/PDIF & Line-
> In Jack
> Models A & B:
> 2 Built-In Speakers and One Sub Woofer
> Model C:
> 5 Built-In Speakers and One Sub Woofer
>
> Model A is P150HM, and model C is P170HM.
>

Refer to P170HM 's photo in user manual

There are 3 speakers and a subwoofer at the bottom of the laptop and
two speakers at the top

Refer to user manual of P150HM,

Plug the front speaker cables into the Headphone-Out Jack.

• Line-In Jack = Rear Speaker Out
• Microphone-In Jack = Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
• S/PDIF-Out Jack = Side Speaker Out (for 7.1 Surround Sound Only)

7. As you plug in each cable a dialog box will pop up (see “Auto Popup
Dialog” on
page 2 - 9).

Auto Popup Dialog mean support jack detect

you can try David's hda-jack-sense-test.py

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/85051


Is Node 0x17 also the side jack of your p150hm ?
pin cap support Detect and Trigger but Misc = NO_PRESENCE

which node is your subwoofer ?

Refer to your P150HM alsa-info

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/86475/focus=86601


Node 0x17 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x80 0x80]
  Pincap 0x00000036: IN OUT Detect Trigger
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3 EPSS
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x0f



autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
   speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
   hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
   mono: mono_out=0x0
   dig-out=0x1e/0x0
   inputs: Mic=0x18 Internal Mic=0x19 Line=0x1a

CTRL: add: Channel Mode:0
CTRL: add: Headphone Playback Volume:0
CTRL: add: Headphone Playback Switch:0
CTRL: add: Surround Playback Volume:0
CTRL: add: Surround Playback Switch:0
CTRL: add: Center Playback Volume:0
CTRL: add: LFE Playback Volume:0
CTRL: add: Center Playback Switch:0
CTRL: add: LFE Playback Switch:0
CTRL: add: Speaker Playback Volume:0
CTRL: add: Speaker Playback Switch:0
> jack
NID 0x14: cfg 0x99130110: [Fixed] Speaker at Int ATAPI
NID 0x18: cfg 0x01a11c30: [Jack] Mic at Ext Rear
NID 0x19: cfg 0x99a30931: [Fixed] Mic at Int ATAPI
NID 0x1a: cfg 0x0181143f: [Jack] Line In at Ext Rear
NID 0x1b: cfg 0x0121101f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Rear
NID 0x1e: cfg 0x01451120: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear
> get 1
1 Channel Mode:0
ITEM: 0:2ch, 1:4ch, 2:6ch, VAL: [2ch]



Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0001373e: IN OUT HP EAPD Detect Trigger
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 100
  EAPD 0x2: EAPD
  Pin Default 0x0121101f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0xf
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP VREF_HIZ
  Unsolicited: tag=04, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3 EPSS
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 5
     0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26