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bohdanz · Feb 3, 2003, 08:32 AM

I've got a G4 733 (Digital/Audio) tower - and need to find a mini to RCA cord?

Any idea where to look?
Thanks.

tr · Feb 3, 2003, 10:18 AM

umm....have you tried RadioShack ?

tr

bohdanz · Feb 3, 2003, 11:17 PM

Yes = I went to Radio Shack yesterday, showed them my mini plug, explained what I needed and three salesguys said 'there is no such thing.' None of this will work for a Macintosh.

I actually found this assault enough to make me leave the store.

now on second thought I should have just looked through their stack of stuff and found it.

tr · Feb 4, 2003, 08:43 AM

Originally posted by bohdanz:
Yes = I went to Radio Shack yesterday, showed them my mini plug, explained what I needed and three salesguys said 'there is no such thing.' None of this will work for a Macintosh.

god, i hate radio shack...

i swear, the people who work there are a bunch of idiots...well, at least at the radio shacks i go to. as soon as i walk in, and they ask if i need help, i say "no, i think i got it" and immediately walk to the electronic components (IC's, resistors, etc), even if that's not what i'm looking for. this usually acts as a deterrent for radio shack employees, since they probably won't be able to help you if you have questions about those parts.

then, when they've left you alone, you're free to roam!

just to make sure, you want to plug into the headphone jack, right? you can't use the DA speaker jack (since it's powered, and used only for the apple pro speakers, and it's actually a smaller plug than 3.5mm).

if you're having trouble finding one, or just don't want to go back to radio shack

, just go to a local department store like walmart, target, etc, and look at the electronics section. i'm sure they will have it, and it may even be cheaper than radio shack.

tr

buddhabelly · 01:42 PM

actually I seem to remember that somenone made an adapter to use the Digital Audio amp to drive speakers..

what do you know.. google search..

http://www.griffintechnology.com/pro..._breakout.html

I would like to continue the Radioshack bashing though. You've got questions? Tough sh*t.

tr · Feb 4, 2003, 06:33 PM

Originally posted by buddhabelly:
actually I seem to remember that somenone made an adapter to use the Digital Audio amp to drive speakers..

what do you know.. google search..

http://www.griffintechnology.com/pro..._breakout.html

I would like to continue the Radioshack bashing though. You've got questions? Tough sh*t.

yeah, i was looking for that breakout box on their website (i was going to mention it), but for some reason, couldn't find it. they have it at the local apple store, though.

so, on to more radio shack stupidity

i was in the store once, and this older man came in, young employee pounces on him "can i help you?". well, the guy starts explaining to him that he has a digital camera, and he needs to get more media for it. the shack dude doesn't understand.

older man: "well, you know how FILM cameras use FILM? well, this camera uses a type of MEMORY CHIP instead of FILM."
young shack dude: "oh, but we don't sell film here. you'd have to go to a camera store to get that special digital film. i've never heard of it..."

tr

AsahiToro · Feb 14, 2003, 08:26 AM

Just curious, what is the quality of the internal amp in the DA G4? I have one and have just ordered a Revolution 7.1 card. I'm exlporing my options. Maybe it would be better for me to do a miniplug to RCA via the revolution card and a decent amp if I want to drive a good pair of speakers. I'm just concerned about getting the best 2 channel sound quality right now. Thanks for any input.