[TriLUG] How to get laptop earphone jack to work?

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 11 January 2008 09:03, Glenn Starling wrote:

> *	Check the way that particular laptop was "supposed to work."  There
> may have been a software combination (function key, etc.) that would
> activate the headphone.  I don't have any experience with the Compaq
> Presario V133CL.  Without knowing, it is difficult to tell if it is
> hardware or software.

The manual says when you stick in the 3.5mm stereo plug, it's supposed to turn 
off the speakers and play through the plug. This unit does neither.

It's hard to conceive of a data-centric way to defeat this, so I'm suspecting 
hardware.

Thanks for the helpful suggestion.

SteveT