I bought an Ultra Media Dashboard: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=578778&sku=U10-8201 and I'm having trouble getting it to work properly. I have a SoudBlaster Live! Value sound card, and I'm wondering if it is possible to hook up the dashboard's headphone jack so that I can just plug in headphones and have it work. At the moment, the speakers are plugged into the back of the SB and they work fine. However, I can't figure out where to plug the headphone jack. I've tried it in every jack on the SB, and it only works in the speaker jack. This means that I'd have to hook the speakers to the front of the computer, then unplug them, and plug in headphones to hear them. This defeats the purpose of having the dashboard. Does anyone know how to have both? Is it even possible with this soundcard? Any help would be great. My full specs are as follows: Asus A7V8X-X motherboard 500MB Kingston Value RAM (400mhz, PC3200) AMD Athlon 2500XP ATI Radeon 9600 (current drivers) Creative Labs SB Live! Value (current drivers) PCI USB Card (4 external/1 internal ports) 80GB hard drive Lite-On CD-R drive 500W power supply Lexmark X93 color printer/scanner Hewlett Packard P1100 21” monitor Monsoon Speakers Logitech Cordless MX duo (mouse/keyboard) Logitech Freedom 2.4 Cordless Joystick Logitech QuickCam Logitech Wingman Cordless gamepad Ultra Media Dashboard
Get a splitter for 1/8" jacks. They're available at Best Buy or Radio Shack for less than 5 bucks. Split it at the sound card's front speaker jack.
Heh. I swore I've seen some thingamajig that would let you switch between your speakers and headphones. I shoulda picked it up, but I didn't and can't find it. I know some speaker sets have a headphone jack, which is pretty nice IMO.
