This is a very old stereo, trying to figure out how to get my laptop to send music through my stereo system
If you are still working on the question you asked about. This is what I would do. One of two things:
First: purchase an adapter that goes from your laptop 3.5 mm headphone jack to the microphone input if there is one.
Second: Would be to purchase what is called a "Cassette Tape Adapter". This will take your 3.5 mm headphone jack and play it through your cassette tape area of your stereo.
I hope one of these is a solution that will help you. -- wicc --
You said you are trying to connect the headphone jack from the computer to the headphone jack of the stereo. Those are both 'outputs'. You need to find an 'input' on the stereo.
The stereo system would naturally have 'input' jacks where you could connect other things like tape decks, cd players, etc. They may be marked for specific devices or may be marked aux (auxiliary) , line-in, or microphone.
Generally those wouldn't be the same as the output on your laptop. Most likely they would be 'rca jacks' and they would likely be marked red and white for left and right channels.
You would just need a cable that has a headphone plug on one end and red & white rca plugs on the other end.
Try them in different inputs on the stereo.
SOURCE: Problem with sound
Wait you are confusing me.. You mean that u can always hear the sound when you connect the headphone?But not from the laptop speaker?
SOURCE: sound is working but internal speaker is not working
Connecting headphones to the system will disabled the internal speakers until the headphone jack is disconnected, at which such time the internal speakers should function again.
If you disconnect the headphones and the internal speakers are not re-activated, then there may be damaged to the microswitch in the jack. (Try rebooting after the headphones are disconnected too)
SOURCE: 2nd headphone jack on dell inspiron 1420 will not work
The Solutions that will mostly work :
1) Go to sleep mode - wake up ! - tada !! the headphone jack will work again .. I know it sounds crazy.. i have the same model and had the same problem.. usually restarting solves any problem, but this time even a restart did not worked while putting the laptop on standby(sleep) mode and waking it up worked !!
2) If the above does not work, uninstall the sound drivers from device manager - restart the computer - then let windows detect appropriate drivers by itself. Sometimes the Sigmatel drivers(which are provided by dell) do not work as well as windows vista's HD sound drivers. May solve the issue... Do not worry doing this, in the worst scenario you can always download and reinstall the dell drivers from dell support page.
Please update on [email protected] if the problem gets solved..
SOURCE: speaker/headphone jack won't work
It may not be the problem of sound card,
try following:
1) try uninstalling/reinstalling the sound drivers from device manager.
2) put the laptop to sleep(standby) mode and than wake up.
Please visit http://www.fixya.com/support/t1728089-speakers_work_but_headphone_jack for more details..
Update, if the solutions work..
SOURCE: loose headphone jack on Dell Studio 15
im sorry dell is so horrible . this is why i always to hp.
well to answer your question it might be possible for you to order a replacement sound board online. try ebay. also you can try wo use paper to wedge under the jack
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