Home audio & video: Can I get earphone & speaker audio out of earphone jack?
Can I get earphone & speaker audio out of earphone jack?
by pcabuzer - 10/4/07 10:33 PMMy wife brought home an 'Element' Plasma TV. It has a earphone jack (located on the BACK of the TV; the dumbest placement EVER!!!)
My handicapped daughter likes to watch it using her earphones but when I want to watch it and she's doing something else, I like to use the TV's speakers. (Even though they are terrible speakers).
Because of the unbelievably bad placement of the earphone jack, it's VERY hard to put her earphones back in.
Is there a way that I can use something like an audio switcher to go back and forth between a set of earphones and a pair of new external speakers? Will I have to use an amp to jack up the volume on the speakers?
My daughter and I thank you.
If fidelity is not a requirement then...
by ahtoi - 10/4/07 11:56 PM In reply to: Can I get earphone & speaker audio out of earphone jack? by pcabuzerthere are many computer speakers that has built-in amplifier as well as earphone jack (so that you can also eliminate the switching as well).
headphone extension cable
by walt9876 - 10/5/07 9:26 AM In reply to: Can I get earphone & speaker audio out of earphone jack? by pcabuzerOne cheap and easy possible fix would be a headphone extension cable. Hopefully the tv speakers will remain active when there is nothing plugged in to the end of the extension cable.
computer speakers
by FMCook - 10/5/07 12:35 PM In reply to: Can I get earphone & speaker audio out of earphone jack? by pcabuzerhere's another vote for a quality set of computer speakers like a Klipsch (my favorite brand) 2.1 set. just be sure you are getting something that has an earphone plug in one of the speakers. then you'll leave the new speakers plugged in the back and your daughter will plug the headset into the speaker. you can buy a factory refurbed ProMedia 2.1 from Klipsch for $90 bucks and freight.
do, however, fool around with your TV's setup menu to see if there is a way to tell it to play to both the speakers and the jack at the same time. that'd solve the problem for nothing.
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