VLC Media Player WARNING

Hello. Because you are out of warranty, you can go to any competent computer repair shop. The Dell carry-in service center is

If you need the Service Manual for your Inspiron 15R N5110, it is here. Click on the "more languages" button to have the manual in the language of your choice. The Service Manual shows you how to dis-assemble the laptop and how to replace the speakers. It is a simple process for a person experienced with working in laptop computers, but not brief because most of the laptop must be dis-assembled in order to get to the speakers. You can buy replacement speakers from a variety of sources. This is an example.

As far as software solutions, you said that the speaker "gets damage". If you mean that the speaker is physically damaged then there is not a software solution. You should connect headphones to the headphone jack and listen. Lower the volume of the VLC player to 100% or lower. Do not exceed 100%.  If the sound coming through the headphones is normal but is distorted when you listen to the speakers, then most probably a speaker is damaged.

A suggestion: you could set your balance control so that sound only comes out of the left speaker, but if you do that then you will not hear the right channel of stereo content. [To change the balance: right click on the audio icon on the taskbar. Select Playback devices. Select "Speakers/Headphones". Click the "Properties" button. Select the "Levels" tab. Click the "Balance" button and slide the sliders.]

sir i have the same problem that i am not getting servicing from dell due to vlc player installed on my notebook....instead i didn't used it anyways...so please sir kindly help me so that i can get my speakers replaced......i will be highly thankful to you....!!!!!!!!!

.so please sir kindly help me so that i can get my speakers replaced

Hello nehalirshad.

Send DELL - Terry B a private message. The way to do that is to click on his name in the blue letters. That will take you to his profile page where you can click on "send a private message" or "add as friend".

In your message include your contact information, the service tag of the notebook and any case numbers that tech support may have offered. Terry B will investigate further.

Hi Terry,

I was out-rightly denied the warranty as soon as the customer care executive confirmed that I have VLC Installed, without even bothering to go further to look into the issue. I have sent you the complete details in PM please revert.

Hi terry,

please help me get my laptop speaker done same reasons of vlc player which was not used but warranty is void. Service tag  (andheri, mumbai, india)

please help me get my laptop speaker done same reasons of vlc player which was not used but warranty is void.

Hello. To communicate your request to Terry, send DELL - Terry B a private message. The way to do that is to click on his name in the blue letters. That will take you to his profile page where you can click on "start conversation", "send a private message" or "add as friend".

In your message include your contact information, the service tag of the notebook and any case numbers that tech support may have offered. Terry B will investigate further.

Thanks For Share It.

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Why may i ask is KMPlayer a problem. It does not boost the audio like VLC  at all.

Why may i ask is KMPlayer a problem.

Hello. I can't say what the thinking was at Tech Support, if any.

My reason for including mention of it was completeness. In light of that information, a cautious person might feel it prudent to remove all players except Windows Media Player before contacting Support.

Fair enough ;-)

i can see their point that there might be an issue with VLC re the volume boost but my point is that there is no such issue with KMP. It does have a normalisation option but that is something quite different. Dell would be on very shakey ground from a legal perspective denying a warranty on the basis of KMP. It could be said that windows media player or even power dvd is the same. VLC I can understand and i would never use it over 100%.

Besides in order to deny a warranty even on the basis of a VLC installation they would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that VLC has indeed been used over 100% and that such use has damaged the system. Moreover the customer would have had to be contracted within their warranty not to use such software explicitly before purchase and have had to be made aware of such clause and understood it. Such a clause would also have to be deemed reasonable or  would be deemed invalid and unreasonable in various EU countries by means of consumer contract law.

I got the same problem in my dell laptop. One side speaker get damaged but I haven't used any VLC player. I think dell team should be look at this matter about the speaker because I just completed 2 year of my laptop and speaker gets damaged without any VLC software.

i am facing this problem (speaker problem), at the time of purchase they don't aware customers not to use other software and when something mishappend then their customer care try to make fool customers that you should not use this type of software.

Before using the Dell laptop i know DELL as a big brand and Now i know DELL as a big fraud who are not loyal about their products.

I want to aware all people that please don't use DELL products.

This is pure unadulterated BULLSHIIT!

As a Global Director of Engineering for a fortune 500 Federally regulated MEDICAL Device company, with a Masters in Electrical Engineering, owner of an Engineering consulting firm, 20 years in the Engineering sector, I call BULLSHIIT.

Period.

1) "Hard clipping" will not render the audio legible.

2) "Hard clipping" or not, a speaker device CANNOT be damaged by distorting the sound wave itself. Use some common sense!

You have to literally change the bias current in the transistor to push the device in to "breakdown" in which case it merely does not amplify any more (also called 1dB compression point) or shuts down. It does not "Blow up" and it does not "over heat". There are a billion cheap safety protocols in place. Dell is not stupid to let their electronics "blow" up. We are not in the age of vacuum tube triodes.

This is panic mongering.

I would not be surprised if "Jimco" is from a rival software company trying to get an edge over VLC. VLC is the best media player out there, I play videos on it with 200% volume on 5 laptops, never had a problem.

I demand this charlatan be removed from these forums!

Any laptop speaker problems can occur because of multiple reasons. It is not because of using a particular software program.

Its like your eyes went blind. It did not go blind because you were watching too much ***. Get it?