Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
IMHO there isn't a single 'Right way' to do this. If you amp stages are such that any input beyond your volume's mid point causes clipping or saturation, then it will sound distorted and choppy. Brian is right about one thing though, signal to noise ratio is important. Once you have found the highest input signal without distortion, leave it alone and adjust the volume from the amplifier. In short, find an acceptable volume on the pismo, then use the volume control on the stereo. Sounds to me like you were already on the right track anyway. Kris On 4/8/02 10:12 PM, Jim Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not speaking from theoretical knowledge. This is the only way it works for me. If I set the Pismo at medium volume I get distorted sound from the stereo. Jim -- Kris McGrath CETiBook indigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] 366MHz, 192MB I told my wife I would sweep the floors, but I don't do WINDOWS!!! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
I'm not speaking from theoretical knowledge. This is the only way it works for me. If I set the Pismo at medium volume I get distorted sound from the stereo. Jim On Friday, April 5, 2002, at 11:52 PM, (G-Books) wrote: on 4/3/02 8:20 PM, Jim Freeman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Definitely 1/8 inch to RCA plugs. I just wanted to add that my Pismo works best with the volume down to the lowest level. Then I adjust the volume on my stereo. Jim This is definitively NOT how you should stage the gain. You'd be better off going middle of the road with both but conventional audio wisdom puts the audio out of the Mac at near max and the volume of the stereo down to maximize signal to noise. Cranking the stereo up and barely outputting signal from the Pismo is a recipe for hiss. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
I'm not speaking from theoretical knowledge. This is the only way it works for me. If I set the Pismo at medium volume I get distorted sound from the stereo. Jim -- As I see it, I'll just get the very inexpensive cable, and try and see what works best. That's what I did with my headphones when I got them. It shouldn't be any different now. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
on 4/3/02 8:20 PM, Jim Freeman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Definitely 1/8 inch to RCA plugs. I just wanted to add that my Pismo works best with the volume down to the lowest level. Then I adjust the volume on my stereo. Jim This is definitively NOT how you should stage the gain. You'd be better off going middle of the road with both but conventional audio wisdom puts the audio out of the Mac at near max and the volume of the stereo down to maximize signal to noise. Cranking the stereo up and barely outputting signal from the Pismo is a recipe for hiss. Brian -- In any organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired... -- Yeah, I've noticed that, when using my headphones with independently adjustable volume, I have to set both the device and the headphones to about the middle, because if I turn one way up and the other way down, it either hisses in the background or bottoms out whenever the bass is amplified. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
on 4/2/02 22:22, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Yes, there's the 5 CD changer on top, the controls in the middle, and the dual tape decks on the bottom. The speakers are, of course, separate. I don't think you can make it do what you want. As I understood your original post, you want to be able to hear music and your Powerbook *simultaneously*. Without separates, that would be impossible, unless your system has some sort of mixing mode. -- Well, I could always have an audio CD in the computer playing through the speakers. It's fine if they can't play simultaneously, but one at a time is fine. That raises an interesting question, though. Would I be able to switch the speakers between the computer and the stereo quickly, so if I wanted to listen to the stereo I could? Or would I have to fiddle around with little wires and restart? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
on 4/4/02 15:57, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That raises an interesting question, though. Would I be able to switch the speakers between the computer and the stereo quickly, so if I wanted to listen to the stereo I could? Or would I have to fiddle around with little wires and restart? If your stereo has a knob to switch between CD and Aux, then it would be just a matter of turning the knob. -Mick -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
on 4/4/02 15:57, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That raises an interesting question, though. Would I be able to switch the speakers between the computer and the stereo quickly, so if I wanted to listen to the stereo I could? Or would I have to fiddle around with little wires and restart? If your stereo has a knob to switch between CD and Aux, then it would be just a matter of turning the knob. -Mick -- Oh yeah. Why didn't I think of that? Thanks! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to Powerbook
I have a PowerBook Wallstreet 233 and I wanted to hook it up to my Audiovox stereo CD player, so that my computer's sound comes from my stereo speakers and allows me to use the stereo as normal. I do have a cord that looks like a two-sided headphone jack, which came with my 14 A-V monitor that I don't use anymore. It allowed me to use the speakers on the monitor instead of the single speaker on the computer. Could I use this to connect my PowerBook to my stereo, or would I need a new connector? I have been able to play sounds from the stereo on the computer's built in speakers, but that's not what I'm really looking to do. Assuming your Audiovox stereo has an input jack, you should have no problem. Look for LINE IN or AUX or TAPE on the stereo. The MIC jack won't do, as it will need a different impedance than what your Powerbook puts out. The cord you have is a standard 1/8 (or (3.5mm) connection. If your stereo uses that size, you're good to go. But if it has RCA type jacks, you'll have to run to Radio Shack or Frye's to get an 1/8 stereo to RCA stereo adapter cord. __C -- Chrys R. Cruz, Exhibit Design/ Engineering Liberty Science Center Jersey City, NJ Greatest inspiration: Ground Zero -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
on 4/2/02 22:22, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Yes, there's the 5 CD changer on top, the controls in the middle, and the dual tape decks on the bottom. The speakers are, of course, separate. I don't think you can make it do what you want. As I understood your original post, you want to be able to hear music and your Powerbook *simultaneously*. Without separates, that would be impossible, unless your system has some sort of mixing mode. -Mick -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
on 4/2/02 19:48, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a PowerBook Wallstreet 233 and I wanted to hook it up to my Audiovox stereo CD player, so that my computer's sound comes from my stereo speakers and allows me to use the stereo as normal. Aside from the speakers, is your stereo all one piece? -Mick -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
on 02/04/02 22:48, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a PowerBook Wallstreet 233 and I wanted to hook it up to my Audiovox stereo CD player, so that my computer's sound comes from my stereo speakers and allows me to use the stereo as normal. I do have a cord that looks like a two-sided headphone jack, which came with my 14 A-V monitor that I don't use anymore. It allowed me to use the speakers on the monitor instead of the single speaker on the computer. Could I use this to connect my PowerBook to my stereo, or would I need a new connector? I have been able to play sounds from the stereo on the computer's built in speakers, but that's not what I'm really looking to do. I think you could use that cord. Why don't you try it? I don't think you could damage anything, so give it a shot... -Laurent. -- I tried the cord already but all I could get it to do is have the computer speakers play music from the stereo, not the other way around. That's probably because the cord only fits into the stereo's headphone jack, which allows sound to go out but not in. There must be some other sort of connection that fits in the AUX ports on the back of the stereo. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook
The output of a Wallstreet powerbook is approximately at Line Level, which means you can connect it via a lead with a 3.5mm stereo plug (mini headphone plug) to two phono (RCA) plugs, plugged into your Aux sockets on your HiFi. If you don't get any sound, check that the Mute button is not checked in the Sound Control Panel. Andrew -- From: Laurent Daudelin Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2002 5:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook on 02/04/02 22:48, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a PowerBook Wallstreet 233 and I wanted to hook it up to my Audiovox stereo CD player, so that my computer's sound comes from my stereo speakers and allows me to use the stereo as normal. I do have a cord that looks like a two-sided headphone jack, which came with my 14 A-V monitor that I don't use anymore. It allowed me to use the speakers on the monitor instead of the single speaker on the computer. Could I use this to connect my PowerBook to my stereo, or would I need a new connector? I have been able to play sounds from the stereo on the computer's built in speakers, but that's not what I'm really looking to do. I think you could use that cord. Why don't you try it? I don't think you could damage anything, so give it a shot... -Laurent. -- = Laurent Daudelinhttp://home.cox.rr.com/nemesys Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] brute force adj.: Describes a primitive programming style, one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones. The term can also be used in reference to programming style: brute-force programs are written in a heavyhanded, tedious way, full of repetition and devoid of any elegance or useful abstraction (see also brute force and ignorance). -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
