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  • Getting both speakers to work on a //e?

    From obsbedia2@obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2) to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, October 04, 2004 06:12:11
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    Picked up a pair of new, modern speakers at Big Lots (Pick 'n' Sav) today. Used a cable from a DoubleTalk card to connect directly to the motherboard's speaker connector and the .wav files never sounded better from the //e.

    Problem A: The speakers are stereo and the Apple //e ain't, so only one speaker works. Any way to get both working?

    Problem B: The headphone jack seems to be having even more problems. I'm using stereo headphones, but I can't even get one earphone to stay on--just bits of sound as I wiggle the jack. Solution?
    ][ Infinitum!
    JaY


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  • From Rubywand@rubywand@swbell.net to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, October 04, 2004 07:28:42
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    Obsbedia2 writes ...

    Picked up a pair of new, modern speakers at Big Lots (Pick 'n' Sav) today. Used a cable from a DoubleTalk card to connect directly to the motherboard's speaker connector and the .wav files never sounded better from the //e.

    Problem A: The speakers are stereo and the Apple //e ain't, so only one speaker works. Any way to get both working?

    Yes. You can connect the speakers in parallel.

    If you are connecting to a stereo jack from the speakers using clips, one clip (going to the IIe speaker) would go to the tip and to the band near the tip. The other clip from the IIe speaker would go to the bottom part of the jack shaft.

    If you have three wires, one clip goes to the wire common to both speakers. The other clip goes to the other two wires twisted together.

    If you have two wires from each speaker-- like each speaker has a black and a white wire going to it-- twist together the white wires and connect them to the IIe speaker with a clip. Do the same for the black wires. (It's fairly common for the lead going to a speaker to have a striped wire and a wire with no stripe.)

    Basically, you want the same sides (terminals, etc.) of each speaker connected together



    Problem B: The headphone jack seems to be having even more problems. I'm using stereo headphones, but I can't even get one earphone to stay on--just bits of sound as I wiggle the jack. Solution?
    ][ Infinitum!
    JaY

    Guess you mean a stereo jack on one of the speakers. Probably, it is the kind that automatically switches OFF the speakers when you plug in headphones.

    The jack's contacts are probably gunked up. You can open the speaker case and clean the jack contacts with alcohol swabs and light sandpaper.



    Rubywand
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  • From The Wizard of Oz@wizard@emeraldcity.gov to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, October 04, 2004 18:39:56
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    On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 06:12:11 +0000, Obsbedia2 wrote:

    Picked up a pair of new, modern speakers at Big Lots (Pick 'n' Sav) today. Used a cable from a DoubleTalk card to connect directly to the motherboard's speaker connector and the .wav files never sounded better from the //e.

    Problem A: The speakers are stereo and the Apple //e ain't, so only one speaker works. Any way to get both working?

    Simple hardware based solution... Go to Radio Shack and buy an adaptor which takes mono and converts it to stereo. It's just a tip which fits
    over the plug of your speakers/headphones.

    Problem B: The headphone jack seems to be having even more problems.
    I'm using stereo headphones, but I can't even get one earphone to stay on--just bits of sound as I wiggle the jack. Solution? ][ Infinitum!

    Like Rubywand said it could be corrosion on the plug or socket. It could
    also be a broken wire making intermittent contact.

    JaY

    Later
    Mike


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