RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] connecting a computer to a sound system

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Make sure you plug into the line out, and not the headphone out. You won't break any thing, unless it's not properly protected from being over driven, but it sure could sound crappy. :-)
This one is pretty much a no brainer, but hooking headphones to a desktop can be a challenge. A lot of sound cards only have line out, and can't decently drive a pair of headphones. And then there's the whole reaching around to switch between the speakers and the headphones if it can drive them. That is a problem to try and get around. I fought with it for several months, and finaly bought a new sound card when nothing else worked.
 
Shannon

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Mark Rages [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
	Sent: Sun 7/7/2002 10:11 PM 
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	Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] connecting a computer to a sound system
	
	

	That's the famous 1/8" headphone jack. Every Walkman has one.
	
	You need the 1/8" stereo phone plug to RCA (phono) plugs cable.
	Wal-mart's got it. Radio Shack's got it. I have a half-dozen of
	them because my soundcard came with a bunch.
	
	Radio Shack and other places also have little battery-powered FM
	modulators, if you are one of those that would rather not tether
	your laptop down.
	
	Regards,
	Mark
	
	On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 09:21:17PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
	> I have a laptop which has not so nice sounding loudpeaker.  I would like
	> to connect it to my fancy stereo system (Onkyo TX-DS575 if that means
	> anything).  Well the outlet on the side of the laptop, which is exactly
	> like the outlet on any soundcard, seems to have a plug completely
	> different than the inputs to the stereo system.  Is what I want
	> possible?
	>
	>
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