In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:40:59 -0000 (UTC),
Chris wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , micky
writes:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:23:24 +0000, "J. P.
Gilliver (John)" wrote:
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Or, use a splitter with real headphones (or a resistive load) on the
other arm, so the 'phone _does_ think it is driving 'phones.

Well, believe it or not, even though I'm traveling, had to take a plane,
I actually brought a splitter with me. I didnt' know why, I can't even
remember why I got the thing in the first place.

And it worked!! Well.

Excellent!

Using spare earbuds.

It worked with the PC. I'll try it in the car radio later.

So explain this to me. Don't most people just connect their phone to
the PC or car radio with a simple cable. They don't need a splitter or
earbuds.

I imagine most people connect digitally - Bluetooth, wifi, USB "cable",
or otherwise - rather than by analogue means.

There are still a lot of older cars on the road which don't have Bluetooth.
Like mine, a Mazda coincidentally, and I just use the audio jack with my
phone. Works flawlessly. No need for a pairing dance.

Yes, that's what I did for the first 2 or 3 days, but then it stopped
working. I don't know what year the car is, and I've looked (I still
have to see if there is a registration paper in the glove box.) but it's
only got 15,000 miles on it, as a rental, so I suppose it's a 2019 or
18. It does have bluetooth but it took me 4 or 5 tries to get that
connected.

But JP, I spoke too soon about the splitter and the earbuds. It had
quite a bit of static that way, even if the phone wasn't playing
anything.

I also found a more recent audio driver on the Dell page, installed
that, and it was applied only after I restarted windows. Now great, it
has a setting for Line-in vs. Mike. It's called IDT Audio Control
Panel, but no matter what settings I use, nothing from the phone comes
out through the PC. Until finally it crashed and it went back to the
staticky output.

I went to the control panel and restarted the Audio Control Panel and
though it came up on the screen, the sound didn't change, until I went
to where it was set to Mic and I changed that to Line-in. Then t he
sound disappeared, and changing it back to Mic didn't get the sound
back. Finally Closing the Audio Control Panel did nothing for a 3 or 4
minutes until it went back to the scratchy output.. Well that worked
the first time but this time I have no sound and the Microphone Line-in
part of Sounds/Recording is listed as Not Available.


I want to read my mail and go out, and I want to try the splitter in
the car