Yup, found the speaker cable with no problem.

Thanks for the thought, though.

73 de KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: OffTopic: trying to get a PC to play audio through monitor 
speakers


are the monitor speakers plugged in? there should be a speaker cable for
those speakers, the usual monitor cable doesn't carry the audio. Usually the
speaker cable is totally detachable but it just a usual cable with like a
1/8 stereo plug on each end..
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:50 PM
Subject: OffTopic: trying to get a PC to play audio through monitor speakers


> Hi, everyone.
>
> I am still trying various things to deal with my RFI problem on 20 meters
> when using the Alpha Delta DXCC antenna.
>
> I am finding that whenever I transmit on 20, a cheap set of computer
> speakers I have becomes extremely  susseptible to RFI, and I am wondering
> if
> using those speakers is creating a ground loop that may be part of my
> overall RFI problem.
>
> As a way to find out if this is true, I would like to see what happens if
> I
> play the audio on the PC through the speakers in a computer monitor that I
> have.  The monitor is on, but I can't seem to get the computer to play
> audio
> through the monitor speakers.  I have gone to the control panel, and have
> selected the speaker option called "monitor speakers", but that doesn't
> appear to have done me any good.
>
> Is there something else I need to activate in the control panel to make
> the
> monitor speakers work?
>
> There appears to be an extra plug on the monitor for a speaker connection,
> but when I plug it into the jack on the PC  where the speaker plug would
> normally go, again, nothing happens.
>
> This particular PC has Windows XP, and Jaws 10 on it.
>
> The monitor is a fairly new flat screen monitor, and it does have speakers
> on the front.  The speakers are small, and certainly won't deliver great
> sound, but this will be my ham radio computer, so the overall sound
> quality
> will not be a big issue.
>
> Since this post is off topic, I encourage anyone to respond off list.  My
> private e-mail address is:
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ