Well, our differing situations appear to confirm that there are several
possible configurations that affect our experiences.
So, experiment and good luck to us all!
- russ.
I would agree with you. I had a similar problem and broke the speaker jack off the back of a soundcard in my computer.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 9:46 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Request: second headphone jack
: Sorry, but that's just not the case. I once had a splitter that was nothing
: but a piece of metal with no wires and it broke the jack into which it was
: plugged in two days. A splitter with two short (two- or three-inch) wires
: will place far less stress on the jack.
:
: ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Russ & Valerie" <valruss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 10:15 AM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Request: second headphone jack
:
:
: The smaller the profile of the splitter, the less leverage there is when a
: cord is pulled.
:
: Having a splitter that has a long throw and 2 long wires connecting to the
: earphone wires causes a large stresss on the receptacle.
:
: Find a low profile splitter that has no wires.
:
:
: ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Thursday, 27 April, 2006 18 14
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Request: second headphone jack
:
:
: > Actually, I think that the physics of the thing would dictate that a
: > splitter that's nothing but a plug; as opposed to one with a couple of
: > short
: > cords; would place more stress on the jack.
: >
: > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Angie Matney" <armatney@xxxxxxxxxxx>
: > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:10 PM
: > Subject: [bookport] Re: Request: second headphone jack
: >
: >
: > My DVD player has a second headphone jack, but I don't think I would use
: > one
: > on the BP. I have used a splitter--I find
: > the one with no cord is the best, because it doesn't add a lot of extra
: > weight that can cause problems with the jack.
: >
: >
: >
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