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Slimp3 player

An mp3 player that uses a perl server…

This is a diagram of how i finally attached my slimp3 player to a set of powered speakers.  the slimp3 uses rca jacks, the speakers  use a headphone jack.
Rca jacks coming out of the slimp3 player.  kind of boring really.
The connection.  i took out the connector from a broken portable radio.  it's a piece of plastic with two metal tabs.  one tab contacts the tip of the headphone jack.  the other touches the base.  the middle bit of the headphone jack isn't touched even though it looks electrically isolated.  anyone can feel free to explain that.
Another shot of the same.  i mounted it in a bit of plastic from a plug protector (those bits of plastic you get with new electrical things that most normal people just throw away...)
And another shot.  none of them are particularly clear.
And again.
The power connection to the speakers.  that was another problem - the speakers are battery powered but *can* be mains powered.  that's a separate purchase of course...
And this is the power thingy.  i do software, can ya tell?
The front of the slimp3 player playing away.