Hello.
I tried to connect a JBL Speaker to Voice Assistant PE using a 3.5 mm jack plug to 3.5 mm jack plug cable.
This works so far BUT in the background you hear every LED blinking of the VA PE as a scratching sound in the speaker, the sound is rushing especially when no audio is active.
Can someone confim this?
Or am I using a too cheap 3.5 mm jack plug?
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I haven’t tried plugging mine into an external speaker yet but I did try to run it off of an under-powered power adapter the first time. While it was underpowered the speaker was popping and clicking in time with the LEDs. I would make sure everything is getting enough power first. Hopefully someone else can test theirs, but if not next week I’ll grab a pair of speakers to plug in and test also.
I have a NUX Mighty Lite. Connected via 3.5mm jack. It is separately powered and have not heard any scratching. I have also tried my Sony headphones and these are also working well. There’s only a rushing (more of a whooshing sound, this is a sound effect by design I believe)sound if I unplug/ plug into the 3.5mm socket.
Connection problem in the 3.5mm jack/socket. Perhaps the jack is not seated all the way?
Ok, I tried my Headphones now, this is clear and there are no scratsching sounds.
So I really have to look for a better quality 3.5mm cable.
I am considering to buy a WiFi oder Zigbee Speaker to output the Voice Assistant there. Does this make sense? Can I select a WiFi Speaker for Voice Assistant instaed of connecting it with a 3.5 mm cable?
I am not sure re: output to WiFi speaker?
I presume there would need to be a connection to your HA voice Preview Edition device for responses from assist if that is what you are using? You can certainly output sound/ music to any supported device via music assistant but not sure how you would choose to output responses from assist to a WiFi speaker? Anything is possible and perhaps I have not seen an option for this.
Having said that there is a speaker option in “Piper” mine is set to 0 but not sure what this option does.
I have asked a similar question regarding connecting a HA Voice PE device to a Bluetooth speaker but not sure if this is possible or stable on esp32 devices as I haven’t had response so far.
Perhaps your scenario is a feature request? Unless some else can tell us if there is away to output sound destined for your HA voice PE device to a different, seperate WiFi speaker.
Yes, I don´t care if I use a bluetooth spaeker connected vis bluetooth to Voice Assistat PE or a WiFi speaker.
Both would be ok for me.
But first I´ll try to buy a good quality 3.5 mm plug cable and test if the wired connection works.
It was my poor cable.
With a new cable the connection is perfect and I have much better sound with a small JBL speaker, connected via 3.5 mm plugs.
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Good to hear. Beats buying a new speaker. The rushing sound, implied it was disconnecting.
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Anybody know if the audio on the 3.5mm jack is Line Out or already amplified?
If amplified, how much power? Can’t find any info on this…
@TheStigh See snippet below:
For more detail take a look at the circuit diagrams/ schematics in the link below: