Switch box for mini-jack connections?

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"Rabbit" <ilovespam@nym.hush.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to switch the output from my computer's soundcard to be
> able to play music through the PC speakers at my desk or through my
> Home Theater receiver (using a minijack to RCA adapter). I could just
> plug one or the other in whenever I need it, but I would like to have
> a switch box. Nothing on Radio Shack's site seems to be what I need.
>
> Are there any online stores with hard to find parts like this?
>
> Thanks,
> PJ
>

How about just a wye adapter and use the volume control on your pc speaker
to cut the audio when you use the home theatre

Carl

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"Rabbit" <ilovespam@nym.hush.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to switch the output from my computer's soundcard to be
> able to play music through the PC speakers at my desk or through my
> Home Theater receiver (using a minijack to RCA adapter). I could just
> plug one or the other in whenever I need it, but I would like to have
> a switch box. Nothing on Radio Shack's site seems to be what I need.
>
> Are there any online stores with hard to find parts like this?

Just use the stereo audio jacks on one of the commonly-available
stereo/video boxes, and let the video jacks sit idle.

These boxes select inputs or route outputs equally well.