Questions tagged [analog]
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Why is there a delay before changes to EQ settings take effect?
When I change physical EQ controls on a stereo, I hear the change immediately. When I change software EQ (like in Mac's Music app), though, there's a ~4 second delay before I hear the change. I've ...
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Can a audio splitter work to join 2 male 3.5mm from the same DAC to one output?
The problem arose due to the nature of the audio meant for headphones with two inputs, left and the right one. But my headphone only has a single input. This, instead of sending the DAC back I’d like ...
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Serial port incompatible with monitor
This question is similar to:
Will a VGA monitor work if connected to 9-pin serial port?
Can this workstation be used with modern serial monitors?
The blue serial port has a box with "10101" ...
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Why are VGA ports still included on new laptops and towers? [closed]
Why are VGA ports still included on new laptops and towers? It will be 2020 in less than ten weeks and computer manufacturers are still shipping laptops and towers with VGA ports. VGA was introduced ...
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Can zone plug a new monitor in via VGA without installing drivers?
This is probably an incredibly stupid question, but if I plug a new monitor into a computer via VGA are any drivers for the monitor required? Or, will it just display?
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Is the operating system playing lossless audio?
Considering we have a lossless audio player, and a lossless audio recorder both of which are digital (meaning the audio does not ever go through an analog cable) we should be able to play back the ...
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How does HDMI-to-RCA cables without converters work?
While looking for some HDMI-to-RCA converters I found out that most of them are simple cheap cables from China without any conversion circuits
Kebidu 1m Wholesale 1080p HDMI Male to RCA Male Adapter
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Choppy sound ONLY on front panel ONLY on youtube
My computer had no sound issue what so ever.
After an app of my motherboard (asrock shop, asrock z370 taichi) updated the Intel HD driver I have a very strange issue.
When I play a youtube video ...
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How do I convert VHS tapes to digital format? [closed]
I, or rather my parents, have a PC running Windows, a collection of VHS tapes, and a VHS tape player with the following outputs: RCA A+V Out (Red, White, Yellow), S-Video, Component Video, RF.
How ...
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Are aux, Bluetooth and USB equally sensitive to interference?
I recently bought USB-powered aux (line-in, 3.5mm audio jack) speakers for a PC. Unfortunately they seem to pick up interference so I'm going to return them.
If I replace them with USB-data [1] or ...
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DVI-I to VGA adapter not working (Analog signal issue?)
I have two monitors that have only VGA imputs on them. The computer I'm plugging them into has VGA and DVI-I outputs on the motherboard. To connect the DVI-I to the second VGA monitor I'm using the ...
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A TV and two monitors on one PC solution
Currently I have two monitors attached to my GPU:
1x 1080p/144hz TN - (GPU) DVI-D -> (Monitor) DVI-D
1x 1080p/ 60hz TN - (GPU) DVI -> (Monitor) VGA
These monitors are set to Expand in Windows.
Now ...
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Use a TRRS aux port as analog video output
I found a 4 pin (TRRS) aux cable lying around with 3 RCA outputs (video and 2 channel audio. It was originally made for a Xbox 360. This got me to wondering: Would I be able to have video output ...
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Headphone jack stopped working on windows, but it still works in ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my Acer laptop 1 or 2 days ago. Then I started using Windows, and I realized that my headphones not working at once. I tried different headphones from different brands ...
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USB switch for both data and power
I would like to make a switch for my USB cable.
It's a microscope, so its data is important.
Question is, in the "off" state, after disconnecting the two power cables, do I have to disconnect both D-...
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Using RCA to read voltage [closed]
I've connected an RCA cable to a device to read an analog voltage signal that's +/- 2.5V from what I can tell. The problem is that I need to somehow connect the other male RCA end with the computer in ...
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Realtek HD Audio ignores mic input
I'm servicing a fresh install of Windows XP (yes, really!) with an on-board Realtek ALC888 HD Audio chipset. The trouble is that I get no sound input from the mic.
The mic is connected to the front ...
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Analog RCA splitter
We just got an Airport Express to use AirPlay on our stereos. Now our most 'advanced' stereo system we want to connect has a single analog RCA input for audio. This is of course bullshit.
The stereo ...
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Cisco SPA112 ATA only rings half the time
I have a Cisco SPA112 ATA Unit which I have set up to connect to an online SIP account (no LAN Asterisk servers in use) and I have this issue where sometimes the unit will not ring when someone calls ...
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How can you convert audio (3.5mm) to S/PDIF?
I have a monitor that I want to use as my 'TV' for my gaming system. I connect it via HDMI, so sound and video go through the monitor, but I want sound to my headphones, which travels via optical (S/...
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VGA slight flickering/wavy pattern on dark colors
I have a vga monitor attached to my laptop. Whenever I am displaying darker colors, there is a sort of wavy flickering (not seizure inducing, but smooth flickering). It is also more profound when I am ...
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converting lots (100+) of analogue audio sources to RTP/UDP/'IP packets'?
I was 50/50 posting this here or the electronics board.. maybe I can get some help!
Basically I have a scenario where I'll have just over 100 analogue audio sources (50 in and 50 out) from 50 devices....
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Can temperature change affect graphic card or monitor to change analog signal and cause blurry image?
My computer is located near the window, and I noticed that when I open my window, after a minute or two the picture on the screen often gets blurry and I have to press "auto" to make it sharp again. ...
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Theoretically(!) is it possible to write analog signal (sound) to HDD, like on magnet tape?
I mean, with hardware modifications of HDD, for example, by connecting directly to heads to record signal, and then play it back.
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Dual Link DVI to VGA
Well, I have a dual link dvi port graphics card, do I have to use both of these dvi ports to hook up the graphics card to a monitor, or can I just use one?
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Is Analog-Digital conversion alone sufficient to put analog data on USB? [closed]
Just what the title states ...
A geophone gives an analog output. It must be digitized before it may be posted on USB.
Is mere digitization sufficient? What else must happen after digitization ...
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Is there a twisted pair standard for video+power+RS485?
I am building a PC-based security DVR. I am using Cat6 to carry the video signal (converted via balun), power, and RS-485.
Is there a standard or convention for which twisted pairs I use for which? ...
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How to use analog headphones and USB headphones on a computer at once?
Is it possible to use analog headphones (in the regular headphone jack area) and USB headphones at once on a windows computer?
Every time we plug both in the USB headphones override the analog ...
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Best way to output analog video from a PC?
I have been working on a project for some time that involves using frame grabbers to get frames of video from a camera running algorithms on the result.
There are lots of different frame grabbers that ...
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Dual-monitor Windows XP, monitors are "identified wrong"
Trying to use a dual-monitor desktop system with Windows XP.... 1 graphics card... with digital/analog outputs.
Picking: Desktop -> Properties -> Settings -> Identify
It shows "2" as my left monitor....
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Connecting a computer to analog cable
I have a PC with all the usual outputs and a couple of TVs in the house with inputs to connect to a computer. Now, what i would like to do is get rid of cable TV and using the input into the splitters ...
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Transferring analog media (VHS casettes, vinyl records) to PC [duplicate]
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Converting home video tape to digital?
I have some VHSs and vinyl records which I'd like to convert to DVDs and CDs, respectively. I have a couple of questions about how to ...
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Analogue clock for Windows 7 in the system tray
Does anyone know of an analogue clock that works in the system tray of Windows 7?
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