Using headphones and speakers at the same time from the rear panel

miba54

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Hi. My front audio jack is broken so whenever I want to listen to something with my headphones, I have to crawl down, fight my way out of thousand cables, unplug the speakers and plug in the headphones. I was wondering if there is a way to use both the speakers and the headphones in the rear panel of the case since I can't use the front jacks.

Here is a picture of the rear panel audio jacks: http://www.gigabyte.com/fileupload/product/2/3305/1351_m.jpg

I use the green one for the speakers and the headphones. I tried plugging both of them into all of the jacks but it didn't work. I know this is a long shot but I'm kinda sick of crawling down and changing the cables all time. I hoped maybe there is a way around this issue you guys know about. Thanks.

Edit: Would headphone splitters do the job?
 
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a 3.5mm cable splitter or extension should be all you need.

run both lines to the splitter and just turn off the speakers when using the headphones.
or
run the 3.5mm extension from the back to where you sit. then you plug/unplug whichever you want to use without leaving your seat.
a 3.5mm cable splitter or extension should be all you need.

run both lines to the splitter and just turn off the speakers when using the headphones.
or
run the 3.5mm extension from the back to where you sit. then you plug/unplug whichever you want to use without leaving your seat.
 
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