Now that's interesting, I plugged in a pair of headphones and heard
absolutely nothing accept what came from the speakers on my Mac. I've
got some audio cables around here so maybe I'll try that again. I
didn't find anything in the software that redirected sound through a
pair of headphones etc.
Thanks for the information, maybe that'll help, but not sure. I tried
a long piece of wire that has a jack on it, but it was mono and maybe
it has to be stereo to help. I also didn't notice the signals coming
in stereo either, I wonder if you only get mono reception.
Scott
On Feb 25, 2006, at 9:36 PM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
Hi Scott,
I've fiddled with one of these (though I don't own one) and
understand that the jack you're referring to is a headphone jack
*and* a headphone extender jack. Griffin's link to info on this
jack is hard to find so I've included it for you below. Apparently
hooking up headphones or and audio extension cable to the second
jack improves reception. Link is below.
Joe
http://www.griffintechnology.com/support/radioshark/RADIOSHARK-001.php
On Feb 25, 2006, at 9:27 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Hey folks, just wanted to ask a question on this unit. Well I
guess I was expecting a bit more, but was disappointed in the
units receiving abilities. It was rather depressing and I know its
environment has a great deal to do with it, but well Guess I was
hoping it could do better. I had some plans, but well to bad.
The question is there is a jack in the rear just above where the
usb cable goes into the device. My buddy and I were mucking about
with it and he looked and found no reference to it in the manual.
Is this jack for an external antenna? I didn't think so being as I
tried one that came with my shortwave receiver and figured it
might help with am reception, but no dice. I'm not sure how far
usb cables can be extended, but perhaps my only hope is to move
the thing out of my office which doesn't have windows and has to
much noise from the computers and router in here. Yeah I know that
contributes to the poor signal, but I guess if it had a
telescoping antenna it would have a much better chance. Will say
the software is pretty friendly as far as I could tell. It also
seemed to me the usb cable is a part of the antenna, but maybe I'm
wrong. Its a neat item and has some potential uses if I could get
the reception problem resolved, but well can't put a window in so
an external antenna of some sort is my only real hope.
tnx
Scott
