Mike, That has been true up to this year. But I believe that the latest iMac has gone over to the single plug system just like the Macbook Air.
73, Oliver W6ODJ On 12 Jan. 2012, at 06:25 AM, Mike Reublin <[email protected]> wrote: > An iMic will give you separate in/out audio jacks. > > 73, Mike NF4L > > On Dec 12, 2012, at 2:10 AM, Bill Frantz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 12/11/12 at 9:14 PM, [email protected] (Rick Prather) wrote: >> >>> Not sure why you feel the need for the SL [SignaLink] with your K3 but >>> that's up to you. >> >> The MacBook Air has only a single audio port. The Apple web site is a bit >> light on technical information (no surprise there), but it says the MacBook >> Air includes: >> >> Headphone port >> Support for Apple iPhone headset with remote and microphone >> >> If indeed it will take a 4 conductor plug (with a tip, 2 rings, and a >> sleeve), then it may be possible to skip the SignaLink by wiring a plug >> correctly. A friend who has done so for connecting a iPhone to a wired phone >> system says that the resistance value of the microphone connection is what >> is used to determine whether the plug is a 3 conductor stereo plug or a 4 >> conductor stereo + microphone plug. >> >> In any case, having the SignaLink lets you use the cocoaModem "monitor" >> feature to listen to the incoming signal. Not a great advantage with the K3 >> since you can just turn up the audio volume on the K3, but sometimes useful >> to hear what the computer hears. >> >> Cheers - Bill, AE6JV >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Bill Frantz |"We used to quip that "password" is the most common >> 408-356-8506 | password. Now it's 'password1.' Who said users haven't >> www.pwpconsult.com | learned anything about security?" -- Bruce Schneier >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
