Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!news-feed-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-wrt-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-wrt-01.southeast.rr.com!news-wrt-01.tampabay.rr.com!news-feed-01.tampabay.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!tornado.southeast.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Marvel" <marvel@wigout.com> Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <4al0qlFtg2oaU1@individual.net> <1145412409.841869.76900@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> <4as59hFut313U1@individual.net> <e2anrs$j6b$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk> <4atannFuhsgaU1@individual.net> <e2cdj1$44b$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk> <4aubq9Fuo3k4U1@individual.net> <e2l124$q5g$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk> <1146004961.831247.194470@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Callback to UK Lines: 38 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: <tZz3g.2666$n13.2017@tornado.southeast.rr.com> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:24:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.75.126.202 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: tornado.southeast.rr.com 1146014681 71.75.126.202 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:24:41 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:24:41 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:162590 <john@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote in message news:1146004961.831247.194470@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... > Paul Blay wrote: > >> If you pick up your headset you will (most likely) see something >> dangling off one side of it. Do not be alarmed. If long and wiggly >> it is the audio cable that is used to connect your headset to your >> computer. (On the other hand if short and stiff it is probably a >> microphone). >> >> On the other end of the wire will be one (or two if you had a mike) >> metal prongy things that you need to stick into holes in the back >> of your computer. >> >> HINT: Metal prongy things are called "jacks" and holes in the back >> of your computer are called "sockets". >> >> If having carried out the above operation you find that you need to be >> stooped worse than quasimodo when wearing the headset in order to >> not pull the cable out of your computer then you need an audio extension >> cable. That is to say a cable that extends the audio cable between >> headset and computer. >> >>The quality of connection between jack and socket varies widely (it is the >>socket side that makes the big difference). You can tell how good a >> connection is made by, amongst other ways, listening for the sharp >> double-click made when putting the two together. > > That's marvellous, Paul! There should be someone like you in every > hi-tech company. Thank you so much. > > John > http://rarebooksinjapan.com > bluetooth