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Gateway GM5076E - No audio
Gateway GM5076E, just purchased 8/18/06.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....1403928 08620 After complete setup and migration, it seems I have no audio. Initially, I simply plugged up the speakers from the previous system(really, better speakers than came with the GW), but no sound. However, I then tried the speakers via the headphone jack, and I'm receiving audio, but faint of course. So, I'm thinking maybe I need to use the GW speakers, but I get the same results. It seems like to back panel speaker jack is bad. The older speakers are AC/miniplug driven, and the new GW speakers are USB/miniplug driven. I'm really just looking for opinions. I fired off a message to GW TS, but I doubt this is fixable without exploration. I'm leaning on simply returning the unit to the local box store for an exchange. Comments? Thanks, Gary |
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Gateway GM5076E - No audio
Your older speakers may be Analog and the new system may only support
Digital speakers. The output from the headphone jack is typically analog also. JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message m... Gateway GM5076E, just purchased 8/18/06. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....1403928 08620 After complete setup and migration, it seems I have no audio. Initially, I simply plugged up the speakers from the previous system(really, better speakers than came with the GW), but no sound. However, I then tried the speakers via the headphone jack, and I'm receiving audio, but faint of course. So, I'm thinking maybe I need to use the GW speakers, but I get the same results. It seems like to back panel speaker jack is bad. The older speakers are AC/miniplug driven, and the new GW speakers are USB/miniplug driven. I'm really just looking for opinions. I fired off a message to GW TS, but I doubt this is fixable without exploration. I'm leaning on simply returning the unit to the local box store for an exchange. Comments? Thanks, Gary |
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Gateway GM5076E - No audio
But, both speaker sets track the same failure, with the same result. Also, what is a digital speaker? Gary "JS" @ wrote in message ... Your older speakers may be Analog and the new system may only support Digital speakers. The output from the headphone jack is typically analog also. JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message m... Gateway GM5076E, just purchased 8/18/06. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....1403928 08620 After complete setup and migration, it seems I have no audio. Initially, I simply plugged up the speakers from the previous system(really, better speakers than came with the GW), but no sound. However, I then tried the speakers via the headphone jack, and I'm receiving audio, but faint of course. So, I'm thinking maybe I need to use the GW speakers, but I get the same results. It seems like to back panel speaker jack is bad. The older speakers are AC/miniplug driven, and the new GW speakers are USB/miniplug driven. I'm really just looking for opinions. I fired off a message to GW TS, but I doubt this is fixable without exploration. I'm leaning on simply returning the unit to the local box store for an exchange. Comments? Thanks, Gary |
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Gateway GM5076E - No audio
Digital speakers have a Digital to Analog converter as part of their input
as the cable from your PC carries a digitized signal. The digital signal is then converted to analog and the signal is amplified, sent internally to the physical speaker in the enclosure, which in most cases is part woofer unit. Analog speakers have no converter since the signal is already analog when sent from the PC's sound card to the speaker(s). JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message news But, both speaker sets track the same failure, with the same result. Also, what is a digital speaker? Gary "JS" @ wrote in message ... Your older speakers may be Analog and the new system may only support Digital speakers. The output from the headphone jack is typically analog also. JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message m... Gateway GM5076E, just purchased 8/18/06. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....1403928 08620 After complete setup and migration, it seems I have no audio. Initially, I simply plugged up the speakers from the previous system(really, better speakers than came with the GW), but no sound. However, I then tried the speakers via the headphone jack, and I'm receiving audio, but faint of course. So, I'm thinking maybe I need to use the GW speakers, but I get the same results. It seems like to back panel speaker jack is bad. The older speakers are AC/miniplug driven, and the new GW speakers are USB/miniplug driven. I'm really just looking for opinions. I fired off a message to GW TS, but I doubt this is fixable without exploration. I'm leaning on simply returning the unit to the local box store for an exchange. Comments? Thanks, Gary |
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Gateway GM5076E - No audio
Maybe.... I was about to call you a quack for talking digital speakers. Because, there's no way your runnin' 1's & 0's into a magnet to shiver a speaker cone. But, why wouldn't any/all this circuitry for D/A trans- lation, be part of any digital reproduction device? Personally, I've either never seen any type of digital speaker, or didn't know I'd seen it. Just exactly where might someone encounter a digital speaker as you describe? Were they something that was developed in the early digital explosion, and soon faded. Or, do you think they're still built today. Anyway, that's certainly not related to my original prob- lem. Gary "JS" @ wrote in message ... Digital speakers have a Digital to Analog converter as part of their input as the cable from your PC carries a digitized signal. The digital signal is then converted to analog and the signal is amplified, sent internally to the physical speaker in the enclosure, which in most cases is part woofer unit. Analog speakers have no converter since the signal is already analog when sent from the PC's sound card to the speaker(s). JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message news But, both speaker sets track the same failure, with the same result. Also, what is a digital speaker? Gary "JS" @ wrote in message ... Your older speakers may be Analog and the new system may only support Digital speakers. The output from the headphone jack is typically analog also. JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message m... Gateway GM5076E, just purchased 8/18/06. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....1403928 08620 After complete setup and migration, it seems I have no audio. Initially, I simply plugged up the speakers from the previous system(really, better speakers than came with the GW), but no sound. However, I then tried the speakers via the headphone jack, and I'm receiving audio, but faint of course. So, I'm thinking maybe I need to use the GW speakers, but I get the same results. It seems like to back panel speaker jack is bad. The older speakers are AC/miniplug driven, and the new GW speakers are USB/miniplug driven. I'm really just looking for opinions. I fired off a message to GW TS, but I doubt this is fixable without exploration. I'm leaning on simply returning the unit to the local box store for an exchange. Comments? Thanks, Gary |
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Gateway GM5076E - No audio
The physical speaker (Coil, Magnet, Cone) isn't digital, it the transmission
of sound from your PC to the speaker that digital. Digital is less susceptible to noise (especially 60 cycle hum). Digital is more common today than in the past. Digital Speakers: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...CONTENTID=9486 More Info: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/268 and: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/sound-card1.htm JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message om... Maybe.... I was about to call you a quack for talking digital speakers. Because, there's no way your runnin' 1's & 0's into a magnet to shiver a speaker cone. But, why wouldn't any/all this circuitry for D/A trans- lation, be part of any digital reproduction device? Personally, I've either never seen any type of digital speaker, or didn't know I'd seen it. Just exactly where might someone encounter a digital speaker as you describe? Were they something that was developed in the early digital explosion, and soon faded. Or, do you think they're still built today. Anyway, that's certainly not related to my original prob- lem. Gary "JS" @ wrote in message ... Digital speakers have a Digital to Analog converter as part of their input as the cable from your PC carries a digitized signal. The digital signal is then converted to analog and the signal is amplified, sent internally to the physical speaker in the enclosure, which in most cases is part woofer unit. Analog speakers have no converter since the signal is already analog when sent from the PC's sound card to the speaker(s). JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message news But, both speaker sets track the same failure, with the same result. Also, what is a digital speaker? Gary "JS" @ wrote in message ... Your older speakers may be Analog and the new system may only support Digital speakers. The output from the headphone jack is typically analog also. JS "Gary Walker" wrote in message m... Gateway GM5076E, just purchased 8/18/06. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....1403928 08620 After complete setup and migration, it seems I have no audio. Initially, I simply plugged up the speakers from the previous system(really, better speakers than came with the GW), but no sound. However, I then tried the speakers via the headphone jack, and I'm receiving audio, but faint of course. So, I'm thinking maybe I need to use the GW speakers, but I get the same results. It seems like to back panel speaker jack is bad. The older speakers are AC/miniplug driven, and the new GW speakers are USB/miniplug driven. I'm really just looking for opinions. I fired off a message to GW TS, but I doubt this is fixable without exploration. I'm leaning on simply returning the unit to the local box store for an exchange. Comments? Thanks, Gary |
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