No Sound From Headphone Jack On CD-RW

[RobHW]

I can play a music CD on my CD-RW drive and hear it on my speakers just fine. But I don't hear it if I plug my headphones into the headphone jack on the front of the CD-RW drive. The volume is on and nothing is muted. Any suggestions on what the problem might be would be appreciated. I'm using Windows XP. Thank you.

 

[Sirrion]

Check your cd-rom drive and make sure there is a connector from the CD-ROM to the sound card. Most sound cards and/or Cd-rom drives will come with a small connector wire (not sure of technical name) with a flat 4-holed piece on each end. These ends plug into the back of your CD-Rom and on the 4-prong receptor on your sound card. Any good brand sound card will have the CD-ROm connector labeled on the actual sound card. Make sure this is this is connected.

 

[ddeder]

Check the volume control on the front of the CD-RW drive?

 

[tomcas1]

If you want to play music cds through the speakers and the jack, without turning the digital audio settings on and off in two different locations ( both device manager and windows media player) each time, then you must do as Sirrion suggests and add the analog audio cable. I'd add the cable. If it's already there then just follow these directions to disable digital audio.

http://support.ap.dell.com/ap/en/kb/document.asp?DN=FA1049871

http://support.packardbell-europe.c...&c=ap headphone jack on cd-rom drive not work

 

[tdowning]

Right... for whatever reason WMP normally pulls the audio data into the computer over the IDE controller, (the same as when you rip a CD)

but it used to be that the analog cable was used to pass the analog signal to the sound card, and the CD-Rom just had a small amp connected to the headphone jack.

If the audio is being passed to the computer a cable direcly from CD-Rom to sound card, (Analog or SP/DIF) the headphone jack will output the signal, but because WMP treats the CD as a CD-Rom that circutry in the CD-Rom is not active.