USB Audio

You told us that you're using USB Audio. For assistive listening this is the most challenging option.

This means that you're going to need to use an audio splitter, instead of the USB cable. You may also be able to capture the audio from your projector depending on your setup.

Using a Splitter with the computer

To use a splitter in your setup with USB audio, you will need to replace your USB cable with a 3.5mm to RCA cable. This has one end which looks like a headphone cable and then two larger round ends which can connect to your SMART Board USB Speakers.

Connecting to the SMART Board Speaker ⏬

You will need:

  • 1 x 3.5mm to RCA Cable

  • 1 x audio cables (3.5mm to 3.5mm)

  • 1 x FM/DM Transmitter

  • 1 x 3.5mm audio splitter

Instructions:

  1. Connect the male part of the splitter to your computer audio jack

  2. Connect the 3.5mm end of the RCA cable to the splitter

  3. Connect the RCA end of the cable into the Dual RCA input in the speaker (as shown in the second image on the left)

  4. Connect the additional 3.5mm audio cable to the other female splitter jack

  5. Plug in the other end of the audio cable into the FM/DM transmitter unit

You are now sending audio to the speakers via the RCA cable instead of using the USB audio which we cannot split and send to the FM/DM Transmitter.

You will still need to connect the USB cable to your computer, as it is required to connect the touch aspect of your SMART Board. You will need to change the audio output of your computer to the headphone port instead of the USB audio.

As this is a more complex situation you might need the help of your schools IT/IS department to make this change, and to acquire the correct cables.



Are you using HDMI for your video?

You will need to let your computer know that you don't want the audio to be transmitted via the HDMI cable. Choose your operating system below, to see how to do this:

By default your computer will send the audio over the HDMI, so you're going to want to choose the output which is the same as you would use for wired headphones.