Wednesday, September 14, 2016

The Case for UNPLUGGED

Plugging in... 

Usually the Unplugged tale is all about making sure it's plugged in, but this tale is the opposite. No sound was the issue for a video that a Tutor client wanted to watch. If one wanted to study lip reading, this was an excellent video for such. But alas, the sound was important.

The Tutor made a house call and did a cursory look at the computer and the desk where other peripherals were attached to the computer (printer, keyboard, mouse... and speakers). The computer was an all-in-one with its own speaker, horizontally at the bottom of the monitor. The very old, but usable Harmon Kardon speakers were plugged into the computer but not turned on. Nor were they attached to a power source. Easy, peasy. Unplug the cord attaching the speakers to the computer and the sound was directed to the built-in speakers. 

The Tutor could have searched for a power source, but the client was pleased with the solution and the Tutor was pleased not to crawl around on the floor looking for either the power cable and/or where it could be plugged in.
 
ALWAYS REMEMBER: before calling for help - is it plugged in, and is it turned on? 

Unplugged

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