Audio Ports

When I plug in my headphones, my dv2000t's speakers keep playing and I hear distorted sound from the headphones. I just updated the BIOS, and my audio drivers, so I don't think these are to blame.
Any help is appreciated!!

 

Hi szabodabo.
There are three connectors inside that jack the plug should break the common or ground connection to the speakers when the head phones are plugged in. If that isn't happening the jack may be wired wrong, There may be a short in the soldered connections, or if the plug on the headphones is a little short then the speakers wont cut off and the headphones will play. The distortion be due to an impedance mismatch caused by the load change created when you have both the speakers and the headphones going.

 

What headphones are you using? The problem you're having sounds like a common problem with the headphone jack not being properly soldered on, or your headphone connector is either too short or there is a problem with it. Try a different set of headphones, if you can. Or at least connect something else that uses a 1/8" connector.

On another note, don't expect miracles out of the headphone jack. I use Audio-Technica ATH-A500s, and the headphone amplifier that is built into the notebook can't handle the load at all. Theres heavy amounts of clipping and distortion (as well as sound fatigue) if I don't use a proper mix of low volume settings in whatever software I'm running and low volume settings in Windows. If you want good sound quality, you're better off looking for a USB solution of a PCMCIA card.