Headphones

Posted: 07-21-2003, 10:14 PM

John

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My parents bought this computer and it has this great
sound system, however they don't always want to hear what
I'm listening to so they also bought headphones-here is
the problem-the headphones aren't being detected as an
audio device so I can't listen through the headphones
ONLY the speakers. I have checked my connections and
everything is A-okay on that side of things. Can someone
help?

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Stevan

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Headphones

Posted: 07-22-2003, 02:27 AM

Hello,

Not to sound stupid.......but plug the headphones into
the speakers, not the audio output. Most audio outputs
don't have amps. The amp is in the speakers. Headphones
require an amp. Every set of speakers I've owned, had a
place to plug in headphones. Once the headphones are
plugged into the speakers. Your parents will have peace
and quite.

Stevan

>-----Original Message-----
>My parents bought this computer and it has this great
>sound system, however they don't always want to hear

what

>I'm listening to so they also bought headphones-here is
>the problem-the headphones aren't being detected as an
>audio device so I can't listen through the headphones
>ONLY the speakers. I have checked my connections and
>everything is A-okay on that side of things. Can someone
>help?
>.
>

paul

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headphones

Posted: 10-19-2003, 02:54 PM

i have been trying to find a way of using headphones with
cd's, but i havent had any luck. we used to have 98, but
that had cd player on it, and xp doesnt. what can be done
to use headphones, whikst listening to music?

dev

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Re: headphones

Posted: 10-19-2003, 03:40 PM

paul said:

> I have been trying to find a way of using headphones with
> cds, but I haven't had any luck. We used to have 98, but
> that had cd player on it, and XP doesn't. What can be done
> to use headphones, while listening to music?

Many CD-R players have phone jacks. Otherwise, the speaker outputs of the
sound card should suffice. Radio Shack has adapters that can accommodate
these uses.

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gaza

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headphones

Posted: 05-11-2004, 11:56 PM

no sound from headphone sockety on fron tof tower but can get sound from socket in back

peter

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Re: headphones

Posted: 05-12-2004, 02:23 AM

maybe its not hooked up?
peter
"gaza" <gaza1973.safc@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> no sound from headphone sockety on fron tof tower but can get sound from

socket in back

dev

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Re: headphones

Posted: 05-12-2004, 04:52 AM

/gaza/ said:

> No sound from headphone socket on front of tower but can get sound from socket in back...

Something to test...
Open the sound controls with a double-click on the speaker icon at the
right-bottom of the window. In the play control column, click ADVANCED,
then check or UNcheck the "use digital audio" box. This with a
SoundBlaster card; yours may be different.

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http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://dougknox.com http://aumha.org
http://support.microsoft.com

Yves Leclerc

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Re: headphones

Posted: 05-12-2004, 02:34 PM

If you are trying to get sound from the CD drive jack, you can only use it
if your sound card is configured to deliver "analog" sound and not
"digital". Also, the CD drive analog audio cable needs to be connect to the
sound card. Digital signals use the motherboard to send the signals to the
sound card.

"gaza" <gaza1973.safc@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:7A4743C4-4E83-44EF-BE03-A3064361CE0B@microsoft.com...

> no sound from headphone sockety on fron tof tower but can get sound from

socket in back

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