Brad Cook
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2001
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Hey Everyone:
I have a dual 1 GHz Power Mac G4 and I recently picked up some Creative 2.1 speakers for it. Unfortunately, the speaker jack didn't fit in the speaker port on the computer, so I had to plug them into the headphones jack, which meant that nothing came out of the subwoofer.
I stopped by Radio Shack today and picked up a 1/8" to 3/32" adapter that the salesguy said should work. (He knew exactly what I was talking about when I told him the issue.) When I plugged the speaker jack into the adapter and plugged the adapter into the speaker input, though, I got a ton of static and a pop-up that said the computer couldn't recognize the device plugged into the speaker port. If I try to play a DVD, for example, I get tons of static.
So what's the deal? Do I need a different adapter? And why the heck does Apple make their speaker ports that way? Silly me, assuming I could just buy some speakers and plug them in.
I have a dual 1 GHz Power Mac G4 and I recently picked up some Creative 2.1 speakers for it. Unfortunately, the speaker jack didn't fit in the speaker port on the computer, so I had to plug them into the headphones jack, which meant that nothing came out of the subwoofer.
I stopped by Radio Shack today and picked up a 1/8" to 3/32" adapter that the salesguy said should work. (He knew exactly what I was talking about when I told him the issue.) When I plugged the speaker jack into the adapter and plugged the adapter into the speaker input, though, I got a ton of static and a pop-up that said the computer couldn't recognize the device plugged into the speaker port. If I try to play a DVD, for example, I get tons of static.
So what's the deal? Do I need a different adapter? And why the heck does Apple make their speaker ports that way? Silly me, assuming I could just buy some speakers and plug them in.