Speakers work but headphones do not?
Bdonner2006
headphones but the speakers still play. It's like my headphone jack doesn't
pick up my headphones and i have tryed a few different headphones. Can any
body help?
Shenan Stanley
Where is this 'headphone jack'?
Sounds like a hardware issue.
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be in multple groups, you would be better served by cross-posting instead.)
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Mark L. Ferguson
function.
1) The cd drive with the jack in it has to have a small plug in the back
attached to the soundcard with a rather thin wire.
2) The small volumn 'wheel' in the cd drive front face must be adjusted to
loud enough.
3) The cd drive Properties (and properties tab) in device manager has a
volumn slider. (start/run, type: devmgmt.msc, doubleclick the cd drive
device, see properties tab and slider)
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<MarkLFergu...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> There are three different things that must be true for the headphone jack to
> function.
> 1) The cd drive with the jack in it has to have a small plug in the back
> attached to the soundcard with a rather thin wire.
> 2) The small volumn 'wheel' in the cd drive front face must be adjusted to
> loud enough.
> 3) The cd drive Properties (and properties tab) in device manager has a
> volumn slider. (start/run, type: devmgmt.msc, doubleclick the cd drive
> device, see properties tab and slider)
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> Mark L. Ferguson
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> "Bdonner2006" wrote:
> > My speakers work fine but when I plug in my headphone it doesn't play on the
> > headphones but the speakers still play. It's like my headphone jack doesn't
> > pick up my headphones and i have tryed a few different headphones. Can any
>
> - Show quoted text -
Your #1 is incorrect! The CD's audio jack is not required to have the
cable. This jack is "analog" and will play CD audio only. The thin
cable is only required when you want to send the "analog" audio out
thru the sound card.
Bdonner2006
VanguardLH
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> Bdonner2006 wrote:
>> My speakers work fine but when I plug in my headphone it doesn't
>> play on the headphones but the speakers still play. It's like my
>> headphone jack doesn't pick up my headphones and i have tryed a few
>> different headphones. Can any body help?
>
> Where is this 'headphone jack'?
> Sounds like a hardware issue.
>
> (Why did you multipost? If you feel - in the future - your posting
> needs to be in multple groups, you would be better served by
> cross-posting instead.)
What the OP failed to mention which is CRITICAL information is that
the computer in question is a laptop (as stated in a later post from
them here and in their MULTIposted message in another newsgroup). The
spkr jack on the laptop doesn't go through the CD drive in the laptop.
It is like the headphone jack you find in some computer cases which
requires that it be connected to a header on the motherboard (although
some end up going out the back of the case to then plug into the
backpanel jack). If the headphone jack is not connected then the
headphones won't work and the speaker out (or internal speakers) won't
get disconnected.
Assuming the OP is plugging the headphones into the correct jack and
that the jack doesn't require to be enabled in a mixer or other app
provided with the laptop, could be the jack isn't connected.
Mark L. Ferguson
speakers on your laptop fail to 'cut out' when you put in the jack indicate
that the jack needs to be wired correctly by someone with the knowledge
necessary to do it without damaging your laptop.
(aside to the lune) Thanks, I was wrong on that one for a long time :) I
always thought the cd sound went to the sound card first. Glad to learn
better.
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smlunatick
<MarkLFergu...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> As VanguardLH points out in another branch of this thread, the fact that the
> speakers on your laptop fail to 'cut out' when you put in the jack indicate
> that the jack needs to be wired correctly by someone with the knowledge
> necessary to do it without damaging your laptop.
>
> (aside to the lune) Thanks, I was wrong on that one for a long time :) I
> always thought the cd sound went to the sound card first. Glad to learn
> better.
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I've seen "laptops" where one the jacks is a "digital" only jack where
you can see a "light" in the jack.
Then, you need to check in the BIOS and or Sound options of the
Control Panel, for a setting to "enable" these ports.
BaileeNeedsHelp
I have the exact same problem now.
Did you ever find a soulition?
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Nate Grossman
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>I have the exact same problem now.
>Did you ever find a soulition?
You can't be so foolish to believe that someone is still monitoring a
thread that lasted for only two days and that ended in January OVER A
YEAR AGO.
BaileeNeedsHelp
Well you never know.
Yes chances *_ARE_* low that someone is still montoring it,
yes i am aware of that.
but someone MIGHT actually reply.
*******.
Shenan Stanley
> I have the exact same problem now.
> Did you ever find a soulition?
Please quote some of the conversation you respond to in the future - for
continuity.
I assume you have somehow ruled out hardware issues?
Here is the original (and current) conversation in its entirety:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support/browse_frm/thread/570c519ac1cb065e/
Jinanna
I had this problem on Vista when I plugged in headphones into the analog
jack on my laptop. I could hear sound through the headphones, but the
laptop speakers stopped working when the headphones were not plugged in
to the laptop. Windows device manager couldn't find any problems with
the headphones or the internal speakers. I did a backup on Vista's
Backup and Restore Center that used all the laptop memory allocated on
the laptop to drive D. I kept getting a error message pop-up that drive
D was full - back up required. I need to buy new DVD-RW to do the new
backup on external media and was putting off that task. I deleted all
the files in my backup except the folder. Still no sound. Then I went in
and deleted the whole folder and viola! The speakers began to work
again. Don't ask me why!
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Dragonforce2000
hey you guys ive got this old computer and some new headphones for some
reason when im about to plug them in the holes are blocked?
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