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    5.1 through headset/mic input...sort of

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by poliuy, Apr 19, 2009.

  1. poliuy

    poliuy Notebook Evangelist

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    Well if anyone was following my previous thread about trying to connect my 5.1 speakers to my laptop, you are in for a surprise :rolleyes: .

    I was told I would need to buy some type of external soundcard :( , or some adapter, but to be honest I didn't really care to have full 5.1 sound, I just wanted some of my speakers to work and my sub, this is where i get lucky

    After the gf and I were trying to watch a movie from the bed on my monitors crappy speakers :mad: and her getting fed up with it, I tried a crazy move. I connected the 2 of the plugs meant for a desktop into the mic and headphone outlet, then I changed the settings to laptop speakers default and tried and...IT WORKED :eek: ! sort of... Now I have a 2.1 setup, but I have something and I didn't need to pay extra, my sub is frakin awesome and my setup is now complete =). Anyway just wanted to let y'all know :D
     
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  2. Syndrome

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    So your getting 2.1 out of a headphone port, Yeah, thats normal and thats how its built to work. Getting the other speakers to work is when you need more connectors.
     
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    Yea, but the 5.1 speakers wasn't really built for it, and no where did I find out that I could get the sub connection working through another port, so im happy :)
     
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    The 5.1 just has the other plug for the rears, and then one for the center, although sometimes the center and sub are together, but its not surprising that you can use them as a 2.1 system. The sub doesn't require its own signal, you can pull that off of anything. They just have a built in crossover that makes it only play less then 50-100hz, depending on what its set to. Some even have crossovers that you can adjust yourself.
     
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