Dan Frakes wrote, F> Unfortunately, the new Sony playback-only units don't have an auto-switch F> headphone/line jack. They are headphone-ONLY. Several people have posted that the same jack acts as a line-out under certain circumstances. Dan Scellen wrote (I've modified the diagram slightly; the tildes represent the control signal connection from the remote body to the edge card; the equal signs represent three-conductor coax and 3.5mm jacks and plugs), S> [Niels's] problem is this: S> ______________ ______ S> | MD |=====|Re= |======AirHead Amp (big, heavy)======Headphones S> | unit |~~~~~|mote| S> -------------- ------ And the headphones can't be used without the amplifier? They sound totally unsuited and *unintended* for portable use in the first place. In that case the best plan seems to be to use headphones that don't require a large, heavy piece of additional equipment and leave the Airheads at home. As Dan [Scellen] explains, Niels wants to have this instead: ______________ | MD |===================AirHead Amp (big, heavy)======Headphones | unit |~~~~~Remote -------------- So what he wants to cut off isn't the remote's headphone jack but rather its 3.5mm *plug*. No wonder it didn't make sense. He wants to leave only the edge card connector on the remote so that it won't use or block the unit's 3.5mm output jack. But he'll still have the big, heavy amplifier to contend with. Where is that supposed to dangle while he's out? ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
