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Old 06-16-2006, 05:02 PM   #1
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This Has Been Buging Me For 6 Years!!!

Damn!

hi, i never really needed to use the headphone jack on my cd drive for awhile, sometimes i try it but never got it to work.
When i plug it in, sound still come out of speakers.

THIS IS LAST Straw i want to play games with headphone I NEED IT TO WORK!!!

ok, i have soundblaster, and when i open PC, i see a gray wire that leads from Cdrom to Soundcard, but still no work,

plase, help

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Old 06-16-2006, 05:54 PM   #2
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so you want to play games with only headphones?

have you tried plugging headphones into the output on the back of your computer? (i know, might seem obvious, but you've not specified what you have/haven't been trying for the past six years!)

the headphone socket on your CD-ROM drive is for the audio from CDs in that drive only, the socket is totally independent of the computer.
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The headphone jack on your cd rom will not mute the speakers. The only thing it does is play the music on a cd in the drive. You will need to connect the jack to the soundcard or to your speakers if they have such a jack. That grey wire you see is for digital audio form the cd drive and isnt even needed any more. The ide cable will handle all the digital output from the drive. If your soundcard (specs would help) doesnt have a headphone jack and your speakers do not have one then you will have to plug the headphones into the speaker jack.
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Old 06-16-2006, 06:11 PM   #4
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ok,

so basically its impossible to get sound out of the cd rom jack unless im lessiong to audio cd?


ok instead of the speakers i plug my headphones in teh card and it works!!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!

BUT CRAP! the cord doesn;t reach, lol damn it.


thanks you very much man!
peace
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Old 06-16-2006, 06:16 PM   #5
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You can go to a place like Radioshack, or anywhere that sells basic audio equipment and buy an extension cord for your headphones. I bought one so I could use my headphones at LAN parties.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search
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Old 06-16-2006, 07:38 PM   #6
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Reminds me of the pair of old headphones I have that have a 16ft cord. To say the least it's long enough to allow me to listen on the clear other end of the room.
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Old 06-16-2006, 07:40 PM   #7
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LMAO:

ok i will buy extension 2marrow, but now i came up with a temparotry yet extremly stupid idead but works: I plug in my FM transmitter in my sound card and plug headphone in my mps3 player with radio and now i can play games and hear with headphones.

YEAH!
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Old 06-16-2006, 08:07 PM   #8
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The Mcgyver approach I love it.
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Old 06-17-2006, 02:21 PM   #9
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Also, in order for the headphone jack on the CD drive to work with audio CD's, an analog audio cable must be connected from the drive to the sound card jack. Don't ask me why, but this is how it is. That's what that gray wire is you see.
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Old 06-19-2006, 04:57 PM   #10
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hi guys, thanks for the support- man! $6 for an extension cord!!! wth! it costs .50$ in china to make one, ridculous!

instead i will be droping $50 to get a pair of Plantroics Gamecom pro1.


peace out
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