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It doesn’t matter what the level is in Media Center when using digital out. The actual volume of the sound is going to be the same regardless of the number Media Center displays. Unless you do hit the mute button, then of course the sound will mute.
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Via HDMI audio out I also notice that the windows volume mixer does allow you to control various sources outputting concurrently, e.g. turn down 7MC and play something streaming in a browser.