[LAU] a question on Lenovo laptop

[Djého Youn]

thanks for all the replies,

I'll check out all the stuff suggested then choose what I need...
let you know guys what's the outcome if someone is interested...



On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Joel Roth <joelz at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 02:54:26PM +0100, Dj??ho Youn wrote:
> > oh yes, maybe you're right.
> > although they say it's not combo ((These connections can be used
> depending on
> > the software setting): 1 x Microphone, 1 x Headphone), on the picture of
> > the same website I see only one jack 'hole'.
> > so, maybe the 'software setting' means exactly that.
> > funny, because on the other models which has combo jack, they just say
> it's
> > combo jack.
> >
> > anyway, good point. I won't buy anything with combo!!! (except
> hamburgers)
>
> Hi,
>
> Before you give up on the Lenovo, I'd like to mention that I
> have a Thinkpad, T410, with a single audio connector.
>
> It can take a regular 1/8" connector for stereo
> headphones, but can also take a special pin
> with four conductors instead of three.
>
> There are headsets using this single connector for mic and
> audio.
>
> I put in a splitter, and was able to get sound
> from a microphone, and output sound in the headphones.
>
> The audio chipset, according to lspci, is as follows:
>
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
> Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Joel
>
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Djého Youn <ydjeho at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > on this german shop, they say it has NOT combo jack...I'm confused
> now...
> > > I defnitely don't want a combo jack.
> > > and this reports under 12.10 and 12.04 is regarding combo jack or just
> > > general output?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:43 PM, michael noble <looplog at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Djého Youn <ydjeho at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> what the hell do they mean by 'software settings'???
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> not sure about software settings, but from the English Lenovo site it
> > >> looks like it has a combo jack, which combines the mic and headphone
> into a
> > >> single jack. A quick search shows quite a few people have problems
> with
> > >> combo jacks and external microphones. You don't really say if you
> need the
> > >> input side to work, so if you are just using the output you are
> probably
> > >> safe. There seem to be reports of sound output working under 12.10 and
> > >> 12.04.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
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