diff -Naur skinsoppalusikka-1.1.1.org/soppalusikka.c skinsoppalusikka-1.1.1/soppalusikka.c
--- skinsoppalusikka-1.1.1.org/soppalusikka.c	2007-08-18 21:20:00.000000000 -0400
+++ skinsoppalusikka-1.1.1/soppalusikka.c	2007-11-28 10:15:34.000000000 -0500
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 THEME_CLR(Theme, clrVolumeBarUpper,         0xC8000066);
 THEME_CLR(Theme, clrVolumeBarLower,         0xFF33CC33);
 THEME_CLR(Theme, clrVolumeBarMute,          0xFFFF0000);
+THEME_CLR(Theme, clrVolumeBarAttenuate,     0xFF0004A7);
 THEME_CLR(Theme, clrChannelNameFg,          0xFF000000);
 THEME_CLR(Theme, clrChannelNameBg,          0xFFFFFFFF);
 THEME_CLR(Theme, clrChannelNumberDateFg,    0xFF000000);
@@ -1485,10 +1486,14 @@
   const cFont *font = cFont::GetFont(fontSml);
 
   // select behaviour
-  if (Mute) {
-     ColorBar = Theme.Color(clrVolumeBarMute);
-     Prompt = tr("Mute");
-     }
+  if (Total == MAXVOLUME - 1) {
+     ColorBar = Theme.Color(clrVolumeBarAttenuate);
+     Prompt = tr("Attenuate");
+     }
+  else if (Mute) {
+          ColorBar = Theme.Color(clrVolumeBarMute);
+          Prompt = tr("Mute");
+          }
   else {
      ColorBar = Theme.Color(clrVolumeBarLower);
      Prompt = tr("Volume");