Re: Getting both speakers to work on a //e?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Obsbedia2 writes ...
> 
> Picked up a pair of new, modern speakers at Big Lots (Pick 'n' Sav) today.
> Used a cable from a DoubleTalk card to connect directly to the motherboard's
> speaker connector and the .wav files never sounded better from the //e.
> 
> Problem A:  The speakers are stereo and the Apple //e ain't, so only one
> speaker works.  Any way to get both working?

     Yes. You can connect the speakers in parallel.

     If you are connecting to a stereo jack from the speakers using clips, one
clip (going to the IIe speaker) would go to the tip and to the band near the
tip. The other clip from the IIe speaker would go to the bottom part of the
jack shaft.

     If you have three wires, one clip goes to the wire common to both
speakers. The other clip goes to the other two wires twisted together.

     If you have two wires from each speaker-- like each speaker has a black
and a white wire going to it-- twist together the white wires and connect them
to the IIe speaker with a clip. Do the same for the black wires. (It's fairly
common for the lead going to a speaker to have a striped wire and a wire with
no stripe.)

     Basically, you want the same sides (terminals, etc.) of each speaker
connected together


> 
> Problem B:  The headphone jack seems to be having even more problems.  I'm
> using stereo headphones, but I can't even get one earphone to stay on--just
> bits of sound as I wiggle the jack.  Solution?
> ][ Infinitum!
> JaY

     Guess you mean a stereo jack on one of the speakers. Probably, it is the
kind that automatically switches OFF the speakers when you plug in headphones.

     The jack's contacts are probably gunked up. You can open the speaker case
and clean the jack contacts with alcohol swabs and light sandpaper.



Rubywand