[G4] Sound Throughput

[Ralph Garrett]

On Apr 7, 2004, at 22:58, Lavode wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a Yikes!/400, running OS X 10.3.  I have a portable CD player 
> connected via 1/8" cable from the CD Player's Line Out port to my 
> Yikes' Sound In port.  I have a pair of external speakers hooked up to 
> the Sound Out port (headphone jack).  I go into the Sound preference 
> panel, play a CD in the portable, and select Input in the Preference 
> Pane.  I can see the level meter moving, so I know that sound is 
> coming in.  I make sure the sound out is the Headphone jack, and I can 
> get system sounds playing over the speakers, as well as iTunes playing 
> music.  However, there is no sound from the portable CD player.
>
> Reason I want to do this:
> I just bought a new CD, and it won't play on my machine.  I suspect it 
> is a copy protected disc.  So I don't want to use headphones, I just 
> want to listen to the stupid thing.  I don't want to drag another 
> larger home player into the computer room.
>
> Ultimately, I was able to do this kind of thing on my 7300 just fine, 
> why won't my Yikes do it?
>

  Go to the Audio MIDI setup app in applications>utilitites.
Select the Audio Devices tab. In the lower left corner there is a box 
marked thru to the right of the master volume control. Make sure it's 
checked.

Ralph