[Elecraft] [K3] Line out, speakers, and L-mix-R settings...

[James Sarte (K2QI)]

No suggestions?

Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving.  I know mine is about to start; my
11mo daughter just came home from pediatric ICU.  I am thankful for that.

73,
James K2QI

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:19 PM, James Sarte (K2QI) <k2qi.nyc at gmail.com>wrote:

> Curious thing I noticed today; plugged in my headphones only to continue
> hearing monoraul audio coming out of my PC's speakers.  It took me a second
> to realize that audio from the K3 was being piped out of the LINE OUT jack
> in the rear, into my PC's input, and out to the two speakers I have sitting
> on my desk.
>
> At first I thought it was strange that the audio I was hearing was only
> coming out of the left speaker rather than both.  I checked the manual and
> after a few minutes of reading realized that under normal situations,
> activating the SUB would provide the right channel.  I then started playing
> around a bit more, and figured I'd post this question to the group just to
> make sure I understand how these functions work properly.
>
> My experimentation led me to the SPKRS settings which was currently set at
> 1.  With the SUB off, I changed the speaker setting to 2 but no change;
> audio was still being heard on the left speaker and not the right.  Am I
> then correct in my assumption that the speakers setting has no bearing on
> the actual number of channels being output from the LINE OUT jack?
>
> This brings me to my second question - is there a way to get both L and R
> channel audio output to the LINE OUT jack just from the main receiver
> without the SUB being activated?
>
> My last question, does the SPEAKERS setting only affect the SPKR OUT jack
> on the rear panel?  According to the manual, leaving it at 1 will only
> provide one channel of audio.  Would setting it to 2 provide both L&R
> channels to the speakers regardless of SUB activation?
>
> Mni tnx es happy thanksgiving.
> --
> 73 de James K2QI
> President UNARC/4U1UN
>
>


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73 de James K2QI
President UNARC/4U1UN