Whee! (radio!)

[jaala]

I discovered a couple weeks ago that I can connect my laptop to the aux outlet on the radio receiver and play sound through the high-quality speakers. It's so obvious, I'm embarrassed I hadn't thought of it before. I had been stymied in previous attempts to play sound off my computer because my speakers use old-fashioned wire cables and can't connect to earphone jacks. Yes, I could have bought computer speakers... but that would have been too easy a solution, wouldn't it?

Paired with an ethernet connection, this means that web radio broadcasts and mp3s take on new usefulness. Unfortunately, annoying (although necessary) system sounds (e.g. WS_FTP's "CLANNG!") are amplified as well, but one can't be too picky.

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I should have been out shopping for some missing necessities today, but I woke up very late and spent much of the day mucking about with electronics. When I connected the T-antennae, I found to my delight that the radio reception here is the best I've had at university. Then, on to trawling through the uni website in a desperate search for instructions for using the web proxy. I updated some packages off Packman... and in the processed screwed up my Eudora installation because the installer claimed it would read/write user files in "Documents and Settings" but instead put them under "Program Files". Now, after failing to find guidance on Qualcomm's website, following multiple uninstallations and installations and judicious file cut-and-pasting, I think I've got everything set up properly again.

Comments

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

you can disable WS FTP's dumb "clang" sounds =P

Just go to "options" then "sounds" and disable as you please.

[jaala]

Thanks for the advice, but I did know that already. I've intentionally left the WS_FTP sounds on because when I'm multitasking I tend to let connections time out without the audio reminder that a task has been completed. (Most other annoying system sounds were disabled long ago.) I probably should change them to something less grating though.

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you can probably replace the sound file... =)

[evershed.livejournal.com]

Heh - I do that when I'm at home, with my nice huge stereo system - alas not DAB or even RDS radio, but I've had no complaints (apart from those from the neighbours) about the volume...

Here at uni, I have a 7.1 surround sound system to play with, and stereo PC speakers for Bach (the Fujitsu) . Next year, that last is getting replaced by the stereo though :)