Audio Switch - 4.1 / Headphones

Cyan007 · Feb 7, 2004, 09:52 AM

Does anyone know if something like this exists? I hate having to keep going in the back of my comp and switching between my 4.1 speaker set and headphones. I know Plantronics makes a device but I don't believe it has the surroundsound capability or something. Not sure, any comments would be nice. Thanks.

blown503 · Feb 7, 2004, 11:06 AM

I went to radio shack and got a splitter for 3 bucks that lets you keep both pluged up at all times, works great.

Somnambulator · Feb 7, 2004, 12:13 PM

ya, i have one too. the only downside is that the same amount of output is coming from your card so it splits it between your headphones and speakers. it's not that big of a deal, my speakers only get marginally louder when i unplug my headphones.

at home, my z640's have a built-in headphone port that switches off the speakers when plugged in =)
i'm at school =(

i have seen devices that have a big switch on them, but they dont work for surround speakers

blown503 · Feb 7, 2004, 07:06 PM

Mine never change. You should check to see if one set has a short or something.

Feb 7, 2004, 09:52 AM	#1
Cyan007 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 212 Rep Power: 0	Audio Switch - 4.1 / Headphones Does anyone know if something like this exists? I hate having to keep going in the back of my comp and switching between my 4.1 speaker set and headphones. I know Plantronics makes a device but I don't believe it has the surroundsound capability or something. Not sure, any comments would be nice. Thanks. __________________ Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Shuttle SN95G5 v3 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Geil 1024MB PC3200 DDR400 (512x2) ATI AIW Radeon X800XT Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Seagate Barracude 500GB SATA

Feb 7, 2004, 11:06 AM	#2
blown503 HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: S. Indiana Posts: 573 Rep Power: 57	I went to radio shack and got a splitter for 3 bucks that lets you keep both pluged up at all times, works great. __________________

Feb 7, 2004, 12:13 PM	#3
Somnambulator l33t Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	ya, i have one too. the only downside is that the same amount of output is coming from your card so it splits it between your headphones and speakers. it's not that big of a deal, my speakers only get marginally louder when i unplug my headphones. at home, my z640's have a built-in headphone port that switches off the speakers when plugged in =) i'm at school =( i have seen devices that have a big switch on them, but they dont work for surround speakers __________________ 3700+ San Diego, 11x240=2640mhz DFI LanParty Ultra-D 2x512 GeiL Ultra pc4000 1:1 1x74GB Raptor 1x160 gig Seagate 8meg 19" Hyundai Imagequest (1600x1200@85hz) flat CRT Radeon x700 Pro 256 470/451, Cat 6.3 64-bit WinXP x64

Feb 7, 2004, 07:06 PM	#4
blown503 HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: S. Indiana Posts: 573 Rep Power: 57	Mine never change. You should check to see if one set has a short or something. __________________