[parisc-linux] CD-ROM audio output

Matt Taggart taggart@carmen.fc.hp.com
Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:48:19 -0600


John Marvin writes...

> > > I want to install a CD-Drive in my 715/100. Is it possible to use the
> > > internal audio output of the CD-ROM in the same way it used in a PC?
> > > Which type of cable do I have to use?
> >
> > The problem is where to connect it. There's no way to plug it in to the
> > built-in audio.
> 
> That is incorrect. Most, if not all parisc workstations with CD quality
> audio have an internal connector for CD audio input. However, it is just
> another buffered input to the line input, i.e. you can not separately
> control the CD audio level and the line input level, since they are
> essentially wired together to the same input on the CS4216 codec.

I stand corrected. Do you know if systems ever shipped with the CDROM 
connected to that input?

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Matt Taggart
taggart@fc.hp.com