On 2 Mar 2006, at 2:53, Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas wrote: > John Jordan wrote: > > So how can I connect the laptop to the input jacks in the home > > stereo? I understand the stereo -- input jacks for phono and > > auxiliary are empty -- but can the output from the laptop be plugged > > into either one of these? And if so, how do I connect to the laptop?
> --I feed the output of my laptop to a 23-year old Realistic stereo > receiver/cassette recorder. I use the AUX input of that old boom box > and the output of the laptop has more than enough umph. I recently > bought a Labtech Note-502 headphone set; it came with an adapter which > female "computer" connector on one end and a male classic stereo jack > on the other end. I don't use that adapter yet, but I remember paying > far less than $15 for the headset. > > Ubuntu is not a biarch distro from what I understand, so that may > explain why you need chroot to run 32-bit applications. I have this > question for you: How about sound mixing? If, say, you are playing > music on 64-bit amarok, would you be able to hear skype (32-bit > application) ring and/or would you be able to hear the output of > 32-bit flashplayer (invoked by Firefox)? Or would the output of > amarok "monopolize" your sound card? BTW, you can listen to streaming > internet radio stations via amarok, too. Amarok can connect to an > i-pod from what it claims (I never tried it though). Thanks for the suggestions. As for your questions: Sound mixing: Never tried it. Don't even know what it does or why I should care about it. Skype: Not installed. Again, have no need for it and pay no attention to it. Playing music on 64-bit amarok: I do have 64-bit amarok installed, but have never really used it, other than poking around in it to see what it's all about. I should just uninstall it, and probably will sooner or later. I only installed it because a local Linux user told me to do so. Connecting to streaming radio and connecting amarok to streaming radio: If realplayer plays everything, why mess with amarok? From what I've seen of amarok, it is confusing and does a lot of things I have no use for. And speaking of what I *do* have a use for, all I want to do is listen to classical music on my laptop while away from home. I have most of my 300+ CD collection ripped to mp3s and on my hard drive. But usually I'd rather listen to the radio, because I don't have to change the "CD" all the time. And that means I will use the streaming stations, of which I have about 20 listed in RealPlayer's favorites folder. At the university I just use my earbuds. Works great. At home I want to connect to the stereo. What I need to know is which ouput port on the R3240 to use, what kind of cables, and where to plug it in on the stereo. So do you connect from the headphone jack to the aux input on your stereo? I imagine I can find a cable somewhere that will do that, or make my own if necessary. What I don't know is if the headphone output would be compatible with the aux input on the stereo. Or should I use the phono input? _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
