Run 5.1 Speaker on 2.1 supported motherboard notebook – Multi plug for Audio output
Recently I went out for a little vacation, I took my ZUNE 30 with me… As I was with my cousin brother, and while on a long distance bus ride, seating beside him enjoying the zune, a question came to my mind…
Why cant we both enjoy the same music or video ??
Infact there is a nifty little tool which makes sure that we can enjoy 2 head or ear phones with a single output device such as ZUNE or iPOD…
Same tools also works for another purpose… Suppose you have a notebook which only has support for single output or rather 2.1 support and you want to run 5.1 / 4.1 on the 2.1 channel supported speaker !!!
The technology is really simple… Multiplug… Same idea as what you may see at wall mounted electrical solutions…
The idea is, take a single input, and provide 2 or more out puts… Bellow is a simple diagram or the idea for Audio out put layout for most of the notebook / Laptop or 2.1 supported motherboard…
As you may see A is Line in, B is line out (which is the jack where you plug the speakers or head phone or ear plugs), C is Mic in…
So basically what this multiplug does is, it gives you 2 outputs in place of one, so that in case of a portable Music player (PMP), such as Zune / iPOD / Zen, 2 ear plugs or head phones may work simontaniously…
And in case of a notebook, it allows you to plug in 5.1 speakers to a single output… As 5.1 speakers would have 2 audio plug or jacks, Rear speaker connector and front speaker connector… !!! So now you may plug in both the Rear and front speaker to the notebook via this multi plug…
How does a multi plug look like ??
Its a nifty little tool…
How much one costs me ??
In local Kolkata (India) computer market is between Rs. 5/- to 10/-… Which is USD 0.25 each…
If you feel confuse, and have any question, drop them as comment !!!
Ankur Gupta on December 27th, 2007
That was really cool!
I though it must have been some virtualisation through software but this is amazing!