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    speaker "functions"?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mckam826, Nov 20, 2006.

  1. mckam826

    mckam826 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a dell e1505, and use external speakers with it.

    Although it sounds nice, i was wondering if there were any modified drivers that would allow me to play music from both the external speakers, and the built in speakers, so that i have 4 speakers working at once.?
     
    mckam826, Nov 20, 2006
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    BigV Notebook Deity

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    I'm pretty sure that when you plug the external speakers into the headphone port that it basically hijacks the signal that would have gone to the speakers. I would assume this would be a function of the hardware and not anything you could change with software.

    Besides, I'm sure that your external speakers would be much better quality than your laptop's included speakers. Introducing the crappy sound of the built-in speakers would kinda defeat the point of getting nice quality externals.
     
    BigV, Nov 20, 2006
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