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Analog Audio Minijacks
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Analog audio minijacks
Most portable CD players, MD recorders, and computer sound cards use minijacks for their analog audio inputs and outputs. Portable players usually output sound via a single headphone minijack. Portable recorders usually add 2 additional minijacks: a line input and a microphone input.
PC sound cards typically have at least 1 minijack line output; some also have a separate headphone minijack output. Like portable recorders, most sound cards also feature minijacks for line input and mic input (these permit you to record sound directly to your hard disk drive).
Most minijack connections are stereo; that is, they pass both a left and a right audio channel. However, some minijack connections (such as microphone inputs) pass just a single mono audio channel.
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