I *want* both my speaker and my headphones on at the same time

ziji · 02-24-2007, 03:27 PM

I am running XP Media Center on HP Pavillion 5000 series. I have wireless speakers in other rooms running off the headphone jack but would like sound coming out of the laptop in the room it's in. Can I do this?

**koala** · 02-25-2007, 01:52 AM

You can attach speakers (or an amplifier connected to speakers) to the laptop's line-out jack.

ziji · 02-25-2007, 02:23 PM

That would be sweet, but to my knowledge there is no Line Out jack on this laptop. The is a mic and a headphones jack. The speakers plug into the head phone jack but the jack automatically turns off the laptop speakers. I want both (the speakers are in other rooms, so I can't hear it in the room the laptop is in). Any thoughts? Thanks

**8210GUY** · 02-25-2007, 02:45 PM

Have a look in the sound settings, I don't know if you will have the option or not, but on mine I can select to mute system speakers when the front headphone jack is inserted, or not depending what I want, have a look in yours to see if you get a similar option, if you don't then you wont be able to, the only option would be to add more speakers for that room making sure you don't overload the amp.

02-24-2007, 03:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
ziji Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP	*I want* both my speaker and my headphones on at the same time** I am running XP Media Center on HP Pavillion 5000 series. I have wireless speakers in other rooms running off the headphone jack but would like sound coming out of the laptop in the room it's in. Can I do this?

02-25-2007, 01:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
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02-25-2007, 02:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
8210GUY TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,558 OS: xp Pro	Have a look in the sound settings, I don't know if you will have the option or not, but on mine I can select to mute system speakers when the front headphone jack is inserted, or not depending what I want, have a look in yours to see if you get a similar option, if you don't then you wont be able to, the only option would be to add more speakers for that room making sure you don't overload the amp. Last edited by 8210GUY; 02-25-2007 at 02:46 PM. Reason: Typo

02-25-2007, 02:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
ziji Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP	That would be sweet, but to my knowledge there is no Line Out jack on this laptop. The is a mic and a headphones jack. The speakers plug into the head phone jack but the jack automatically turns off the laptop speakers. I want both (the speakers are in other rooms, so I can't hear it in the room the laptop is in). Any thoughts? Thanks