I am about to try a soft phone and would like some advice on headsets.
For instance can they double up for use with a mobile MP3 player and
also on aircraft. If so could I detach the mic when not needed.
Also how they simply plug into my PC (audio In/Mic on soundcard?)
>I am about to try a soft phone and would like some advice on headsets.
> For instance can they double up for use with a mobile MP3 player and
> also on aircraft. If so could I detach the mic when not needed.
>
> Also how they simply plug into my PC (audio In/Mic on soundcard?)
Sorry, you are at the wrong place. No one can know what sort of socket your
MP3 player has, and whether you can or cannot detach the microphone. Better
go and ask in a computer shop.
Mike Saunders wrote:
> I am about to try a soft phone and would like some advice on headsets.
> For instance can they double up for use with a mobile MP3 player
possibly - if your MP3 player has a 'normal' socket and you don't get a
USB headset
and
> also on aircraft.
don't know but you'll probably need an adapter - try somewhere like
Maplin for that
If so could I detach the mic when not needed.
depends what you buy
>
> Also how they simply plug into my PC (audio In/Mic on soundcard?)
either USB or soundcard
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
Agree with KaShMiRi - save these questions for the shop you get it from.
"Mike Saunders" <enquiries@folleytech.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I am about to try a soft phone and would like some advice on headsets.
> For instance can they double up for use with a mobile MP3 player and
> also on aircraft. If so could I detach the mic when not needed.
>
> Also how they simply plug into my PC (audio In/Mic on soundcard?)
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
The last time I flew, the headphones you purchased had a double jack plug
arrangement. When you were back on Terra firma you could fold one prong down
and the remaining one fits your walkman etc.
"Graham." <me@privacy.com> wrote in message
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[snip]
> The last time I flew, the headphones you purchased had a
> double jack plug arrangement. When you were back on Terra
> firma you could fold one prong down and the remaining one
> fits your walkman etc.
Depends on the airline. The headphones I had with Air France don't fit the
sockets on American Airlines, for example.
"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Graham." <me@privacy.com> wrote in message
> news:44d4eeb5$1_1@x-privat.org
>
> [snip]
>
> > The last time I flew, the headphones you purchased had a
> > double jack plug arrangement. When you were back on Terra
> > firma you could fold one prong down and the remaining one
> > fits your walkman etc.
>
> Depends on the airline. The headphones I had with Air France don't fit the
> sockets on American Airlines, for example.
>
> Ivor
>
>
Typical of the French, next you'll know they'll have put it through
the EU parliament and we'll have to comply. Of course, Mr B could
use his friendship with Mr B to make sure we're on our own within
the EU again.
> Typical of the French, next you'll know they'll have put it through
> the EU parliament and we'll have to comply. Of course, Mr B could
> use his friendship with Mr B to make sure we're on our own within
> the EU again.
Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing follows world standards
(starting from mains voltage).
Thus spaketh KaShMiRi:
> Użytkownik "Nick" <not.known@here.com.uk> napisał
>
>> Typical of the French, next you'll know they'll have put it through
>> the EU parliament and we'll have to comply. Of course, Mr B could
>> use his friendship with Mr B to make sure we're on our own within
>> the EU again.
>
> Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing follows world standards
> (starting from mains voltage).
At least the American realise having 110V has been a big disadvantage
for them, and if they were to start again it would have been 220+ V for
everything, not just for large items like cookers and washing machines
etc.
Uzytkownik "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> napisal
> At least the American realise having 110V has been a big disadvantage for
> them, and if they were to start again it would have been 220+ V for
> everything, not just for large items like cookers and washing machines
> etc.
Mine was just a stingy reply to the previous post. But honestly, I think the
socket question above is not really France vs US but rather Airbus vs
Boeing!
"KaShMiRi" <xxx_xxx_kaacper_xxx@xxxtlenxxx.pl> wrote in message
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>
> Użytkownik "Nick" <not.known@here.com.uk> napisał
>
>> Typical of the French, next you'll know they'll have put it through
>> the EU parliament and we'll have to comply. Of course, Mr B could
>> use his friendship with Mr B to make sure we're on our own within
>> the EU again.
>
> Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing follows world standards
> (starting from mains voltage).
>
Well the Americans just didn't adopt metric when the French did and metric
became OSI, so most EU measurements are sensibly metric now, apart from the
pint down your local and miles on the road.
For real idiosyncrasy one had to go to France. Although many are being
slowly dropped, it was they that gave the world (well France anyway) yellow
headlights, priorite a droit, SECAM, clavier universel (universal 'azerty'
keyboard) and host of other oddities...
>>
>>> Typical of the French, next you'll know they'll have put it through
>>> the EU parliament and we'll have to comply. Of course, Mr B could
>>> use his friendship with Mr B to make sure we're on our own within
>>> the EU again.
>>
>> Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing follows world standards
>> (starting from mains voltage).
>>
>
> Well the Americans just didn't adopt metric when the French did and metric
> became OSI, so most EU measurements are sensibly metric now, apart from
> the pint down your local and miles on the road.
>
> For real idiosyncrasy one had to go to France. Although many are being
> slowly dropped, it was they that gave the world (well France anyway)
> yellow headlights, priorite a droit, SECAM, clavier universel (universal
> 'azerty' keyboard) and host of other oddities...
But aren't we the ones who insist on driving on the wrong side of the road,
and
have to import specially adapted vehicles so to do?
"KaShMiRi" <xxx_xxx_kaacper_xxx@xxxtlenxxx.pl> wrote in
message news:eb4lob$rjm$1@news.interia.pl
> Użytkownik "Nick" <not.known@here.com.uk> napisał
>
> > Typical of the French, next you'll know they'll have
> > put it through the EU parliament and we'll have to
> > comply. Of course, Mr B could use his friendship with
> > Mr B to make sure we're on our own within the EU again.
>
> Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing follows
> world standards (starting from mains voltage).
Nothing wrong with 110/120V, a lot safer than 230/240V, especially given
the state of some wiring I've seen in the US..!
You know of course that 110V is standard for use on building sites etc..?
"Graham." <me@privacy.com> wrote in message
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[snip]
> > For real idiosyncrasy one had to go to France. Although many are being
> > slowly dropped, it was they
> > that gave the world (well France anyway) yellow
> > headlights, priorite a droit, SECAM, clavier universel
> > (universal 'azerty' keyboard) and host of other
> > oddities...
>
>
> But aren't we the ones who insist on driving on the wrong
> side of the road, and
> have to import specially adapted vehicles so to do?
No. They are. Incidentally, I still have some yellow H4 bulbs, they're
very good in fog.
>>
>> > Typical of the French, next you'll know they'll have
>> > put it through the EU parliament and we'll have to
>> > comply. Of course, Mr B could use his friendship with
>> > Mr B to make sure we're on our own within the EU again.
>>
>> Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing follows
>> world standards (starting from mains voltage).
>
> Nothing wrong with 110/120V, a lot safer than 230/240V, especially given
> the state of some wiring I've seen in the US..!
>
> You know of course that 110V is standard for use on building sites etc..?
>
> Ivor
And contrary to Welcome's experience, most Americans I have spoken to are
quite happy with the 110-0-110 domestic distribution. They flinch at the
thought of plugging a shaver or toothbrush into 240v
On the down-side there light switches are traditionally rather larger than
ours to handle the higher current, and aren't they usually upside down? Up
equals on?
On 6 Aug 2006 14:53:37 +0200, "Graham." <me@privacy.com> wrote:
>
>But aren't we the ones who insist on driving on the wrong side of the road,
>and
>have to import specially adapted vehicles so to do?
No, a large proprtion of our vehicles are (or probably were) impoterd
from Japan. Japan drives on the lhs of the roas, as does Australia,
New Zealand, India (nominally) and quite a few others (South Africa?)
It's thanks to a short arse Corsican that most of Europe drives on the
wrong side of the road. Indeed, many people haven't forgiven Sweden
for capitulating in the early 1960's :-)
--
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On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 16:36:42 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
>"KaShMiRi" <xxx_xxx_kaacper_xxx@xxxtlenxxx.pl> wrote in
>message news:eb4lob$rjm$1@news.interia.pl
>> Użytkownik "Nick" <not.known@here.com.uk> napisał
>>
>> > Typical of the French, next you'll know they'll have
>> > put it through the EU parliament and we'll have to
>> > comply. Of course, Mr B could use his friendship with
>> > Mr B to make sure we're on our own within the EU again.
>>
>> Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing follows
>> world standards (starting from mains voltage).
>
>Nothing wrong with 110/120V, a lot safer than 230/240V, especially given
>the state of some wiring I've seen in the US..!
>
>You know of course that 110V is standard for use on building sites etc..?
>
>Ivor
>
"Peter" <usenetINVALID@nidum.plus.com> wrote in message
news:b6gfd2l5vlis0bgd5hetbu22bmf0rji9kv@4ax.com
> On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 16:36:42 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
> <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
> > Nothing wrong with 110/120V, a lot safer than 230/240V,
> > especially given the state of some wiring I've seen in
> > the US..!
> >
> > You know of course that 110V is standard for use on
> > building sites etc..?
> >
> > Ivor
> >
>
> But only via a centre tap transformer
>>> Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing follows
>>> world standards (starting from mains voltage).
>>
>> Nothing wrong with 110/120V, a lot safer than 230/240V, especially given
>> the state of some wiring I've seen in the US..!
>>
>> You know of course that 110V is standard for use on building sites etc..?
Surely that was imposed by the government, not by choice? Certainly keeps
the grey market in equipment imported from the US ticking over.
Graham. wrote:
> And contrary to Welcome's experience, most Americans I have spoken to are
> quite happy with the 110-0-110 domestic distribution. They flinch at the
> thought of plugging a shaver or toothbrush into 240v
Most [if not all] American houses I've stayed in [and most commercial
premises] have 110v, and 220v for stuff like tumble driers and HVAC. The
most noticeable thing is the sometimes unpolarised plugs, and the lights
dimming every time something is switched on or off, which I presume is due
to the lower voltage.
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"alexd" <look@my.sig> wrote in message
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> > > > Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing
> > > > follows world standards (starting from mains
> > > > voltage).
> > >
> > > Nothing wrong with 110/120V, a lot safer than
> > > 230/240V, especially given the state of some wiring
> > > I've seen in the US..!
> > >
> > > You know of course that 110V is standard for use on
> > > building sites etc..?
>
> Surely that was imposed by the government, not by choice?
> Certainly keeps the grey market in equipment imported
> from the US ticking over.
It was imposed for safety reasons. 110V from a double-wound centre-tapped
transformer gives a maximum of 55V to earth. A lot better than 220/240V if
you make accidental contact..!
> > And contrary to Welcome's experience, most Americans I
> > have spoken to are quite happy with the 110-0-110
> > domestic distribution. They flinch at the thought of
> > plugging a shaver or toothbrush into 240v
>
> Most [if not all] American houses I've stayed in [and
> most commercial premises] have 110v, and 220v for stuff
> like tumble driers and HVAC. The most noticeable thing is
> the sometimes unpolarised plugs, and the lights dimming
> every time something is switched on or off, which I
> presume is due to the lower voltage.
It's a 2-phase system, 110-0-110V. In my experience 220V is only wired to
those outlets that are specifically used for tumble driers and the like.
You don't get it at any of the normal sockets around the house.
The flat blade plugs *are* polarised, if you look you will see that one
slot is slightly larger than the other in most sockets. Also 3-pole plugs
with an earth pin are becoming more common, these of course will only go
in one way round.
Thus spaketh Ivor Jones:
> "alexd" <look@my.sig> wrote in message
> news:1413613.HxiaK8Qi71@ale.cx
>>>>> Well, rather typical of the Americans, nothing
>>>>> follows world standards (starting from mains
>>>>> voltage).
>>>>
>>>> Nothing wrong with 110/120V, a lot safer than
>>>> 230/240V, especially given the state of some wiring
>>>> I've seen in the US..!
>>>>
>>>> You know of course that 110V is standard for use on
>>>> building sites etc..?
>>
>> Surely that was imposed by the government, not by choice?
>> Certainly keeps the grey market in equipment imported
>> from the US ticking over.
>
> It was imposed for safety reasons. 110V from a double-wound
> centre-tapped transformer gives a maximum of 55V to earth. A lot
> better than 220/240V if you make accidental contact..!
>
>>> And contrary to Welcome's experience, most Americans I
>>> have spoken to are quite happy with the 110-0-110
>>> domestic distribution. They flinch at the thought of
>>> plugging a shaver or toothbrush into 240v
>>
>> Most [if not all] American houses I've stayed in [and
>> most commercial premises] have 110v, and 220v for stuff
>> like tumble driers and HVAC. The most noticeable thing is
>> the sometimes unpolarised plugs, and the lights dimming
>> every time something is switched on or off, which I
>> presume is due to the lower voltage.
>
> It's a 2-phase system, 110-0-110V. In my experience 220V is only
> wired to those outlets that are specifically used for tumble driers
> and the like. You don't get it at any of the normal sockets around
> the house.
> The flat blade plugs *are* polarised, if you look you will see that
> one slot is slightly larger than the other in most sockets. Also
> 3-pole plugs with an earth pin are becoming more common, these of
> course will only go in one way round.
>
> Ivor
The US have said though if they were to build the system again, they
wouldn't have gone the 110V route.
>
> It's a 2-phase system, 110-0-110V. In my experience 220V is only wired to
> those outlets that are specifically used for tumble driers and the like.
> You don't get it at any of the normal sockets around the house.
>
> The flat blade plugs *are* polarised, if you look you will see that one
> slot is slightly larger than the other in most sockets. Also 3-pole plugs
> with an earth pin are becoming more common, these of course will only go
> in one way round.
>
> Ivor
<pedant>
They are not really different phases, they have the same phase relationship.
<\pedant>
Thus spaketh Graham:
>> The US have said though if they were to build the system again, they
>> wouldn't have gone the 110V route.
>
> And with hindsight they wouldn't have opted for Never Twice the Same
> Color either.
>> The most noticeable thing is
>> the sometimes unpolarised plugs, and the lights dimming
>> every time something is switched on or off, which I
>> presume is due to the lower voltage.
> The flat blade plugs *are* polarised,
Note I said "sometimes unpolarised".
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