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Headphones on a Cube
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My girlfriend purchased a cube a few months ago and she had a question about it. The speakers it comes with have a port which we assumed was for headphones. When headphones are plugged in, the sound goes through them, however it still plays through the speakers. Is there a way to make the sound just go through the headphones and not play through the speakers? (that's the point of headphones, right?)
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Uh.... the sound is supposed to cut off when you insert the headphones. Maybe you've got a defective unit. Perhaps you're using some funky type of headphone that doesn't plug in quite all the way, just shy of hitting the cutoff? (I had a pair of panasonic headphones designed specifically for their mobile tape player and the had a little metal ridge around the plug that caused this exact problem)
If trying another set of headphones doesn't work, call 1-800-MY-APPLE for tech support!
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Slightly related, I'm wondering what if you don't want to use the pro speakers at all? The cube has no other audio out, but through USB, does anyone know of a good solution to go straight to headphones w/ a simple converter?
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Ok, taking this thread in a slightly different direction, she has added a new element to the question.
She also wants to add a microphone or headset to the mix. I think that the Griffin iMic will do this, but I'm not sure of two things:
1. Will the iMic provide enough power to run the speakers? Her USB Hub will not run speakers or a keyboard.
2. If she plugs headphones or a headset into the iMic, will it turn off the speakers and just play sound through the headphones?
Thanks for all your help!
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[accidently hit the back button and it reposted]
[ 08-23-2001: Message edited by: kingturd ]
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Originally posted by kingturd:
<STRONG>1. Will the iMic provide enough power to run the speakers? Her USB Hub will not run speakers or a keyboard.
2. If she plugs headphones or a headset into the iMic, will it turn off the speakers and just play sound through the headphones?
Thanks for all your help!</STRONG>
What speakers are you pugging into the iMic? The iMic plugs into the USB port, but it does not have any more ports to plug the Cube speakers into.
A USB hub will not run the Cube USB speakers they have to be plugged into the Cube or into an Apple display, but it should run a keyboard. The hub may need to be powered...
If you attach the iMic, you get new options in your Sound Control Panel. You will have to manually choose the built-in audio or the new "USB Audio" option which is the iMic. When you switch the audio in the Control Panel the sound switches.
-Doug
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Thanks, that's what I needed to know about the iMic.
The USB Hub is powered, but for some reason it won't run the keyboard. Right now I just have it connected to one of the keyboard USB ports. It's powered so that eliminates the low power situation with the keyboard ports. It seems to work good.
Thanks!
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<yanges>
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Originally posted by proluck:
<STRONG>Slightly related, I'm wondering what if you don't want to use the pro speakers at all? The cube has no other audio out, but through USB, does anyone know of a good solution to go straight to headphones w/ a simple converter?</STRONG>
from what i have heard, you can plug a set of computer speakers into the headphone jack for sound out to a different set of speakers.....
this will disable the Cube speakers though....
yanges
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<proluck>
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Originally posted by <yanges>:
<STRONG>
from what i have heard, you can plug a set of computer speakers into the headphone jack for sound out to a different set of speakers.....
this will disable the Cube speakers though....
yanges
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BUT you then need the apple speakers there!!!!
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