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Jim Thompson  
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 More options Sep 19 2012, 9:28 pm
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic, sci.electronics.design, sci.electronics.cad, sci.electronics.basics
From: Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:28:29 -0700
Local: Wed, Sep 19 2012 9:28 pm
Subject: Re: USB Mechanical Switch?

On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:05:30 -0500, flipper <flip...@fish.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:29 -0700, Jim Thompson
><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

>>I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype
>>calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers.

>>Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect
>>the head-set when not in use?

>>                                        ...Jim Thompson

>Maybe I'm missing something in the problem description but seems to me
>you can just leave them both plugged in all the time. Set the PC
>Speakers as your 'default' sound device in Windows so it operates
>'normally'. Then tell Skype to use the headset and, in the third
>option, ring 'all devices' so that comes out the speakers too in case
>you're not wearing the headset when a call comes in.

This particular box drops speakers and outputs to a headset anytime it
senses the headset., which is just fine with me... I use the headset
for YouTubing when the wife is still asleep.

                                        ...Jim Thompson
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