I have some awesome PC speakers from a previous Gateway computer.
Now I’ve got the Sony Vaio which come with a pair of tin cans for speakers.
I plugged the Boston Acoustics (Digital BA735) into the Sony but no go. I looked up the speakers on line and it says its only good for Gateway…Grrrrrr.
IS there any way any of you know that I can configure it to use on my Sony or are they trash now. That’d be a shame being thy’re real nice speakers.
Thanks
andy
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Are you sure? I have my BA 's from MY old Gateway hooked to MY Viao..no problem. You have the powered BA's? Ya plug them into a wall outlet I should say.
Only 2 things I can think of that would cause a no go, first the out put plugs not matching, or the BA's not haveing thier own amp.
So ya could get an old stereo amp and go from puter into AUX and plug the speakers into that stereo out put.
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Are you sure? I have my BA 's from MY old Gateway hooked to MY Viao..no problem. You have the powered BA's? Ya plug them into a wall outlet I should say.>>>>>>>>>>>I DIDOnly 2 things I can think of that would cause a no go, first the out put plugs not matching, or the BA's not haveing thier own amp.>>>>>>>>>>THEY DO MATCHThe secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
When we meet, we say, Namaste'..it means..
I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides,
I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace.
I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you
and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.
Besides checking where the power comes from, check the sound card to see if the one from the Gateway is somehow special.
Also, have you had sound from the Sony yet? I just spent weeks trying to figure out why I couldn't get sound on my wife's new computer, to final figure out that it was turned off in the BIOS (build in sound on the motherboard). Anyway, figure out what works on each computer, and then look for differences.
Pull up the Control Panel, look under Sounds & Multimedia, you probably have a choice for accoustic output, or for configuration.
In a simple world, it will give back a graphic, and all you have to do is select external sound system, and then all audio pipes to the output jack (which is what I remember Vaios & Presarios being set up for)
Worst case, you may need to find a BA driver s/w to load, which you could then make "current" under Sounds & Media.
Most of the sounds sytems are designed to take standard analog out ot the Audio Out jack (excepting those few rigged for digital audio, but that's usually not a standard RCA audio jack, either).
Gonna try that...ThanksThe secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
When we meet, we say, Namaste'..it means..
I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides,
I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace.
I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you
and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.
Those speakers might have been designed for a digital input. Most computers and sound cards have analog audio output that feeds external speakers. But based on the name (Digital BA735), those particular speakers might have been fed a digital audio SP/DIF input. Call Boston's tech support (800-246-PROS) and ask for Matt.
FYI, Boston only supplied Gateway and (for a while) some computer stores. They are now out of the computer speaker business But my old BA 635s work fine on my Mac.
I think you hit it...Gonna give them a call and yeh, they did only supply Gateway.
MAybe MAtt can help me...Thanks so muchoThe secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
When we meet, we say, Namaste'..it means..
I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides,
I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace.
I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you
and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.