Boston Digital BA735 w/ iBook - Not Working

[sethwerkheiser]

I got a G4 iBook. On my desk at work I have a set of Boston Digital BA 735 speakers that are plugged into my Gateway computer. I sorta thought I could take the speaker cable, plug it into my headphone jack, and whammo, it would work.

It does not.

I even tried a 1/4 mono to stereo adapater. Still not working.

I did some Google searching and found that these speakers may require a "digital soundcard" or something of the sort. Lots of talk about drivers as well.

Anyone have any experiance with these?

[johnnyjibbs]

I've got that same set of speakers from my old Gateway. I couldn't get digital to work on my PB 12" G4 (only G5s have digital sound). I couldn't find any drivers either.

I could get it to work by using the anologue port but I could only get mono sound through one of the speakers. So it wasn't that good.

Sorry I can't be more helpful. It's not a problem with your iBook, it's just a lack of function. Pity, because those are good speakers.

[sethwerkheiser]

maybe I could run the headphone jack INTO the Gateway, and somehow route the sound into the PC speakers. Heh... stupid things. Someday I'll work someplace where they have Macs :)

[jax23]

i'm having the same problem...just wanted to see if it's possible. thanks.