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Headphone Use with TK-8180/NX-800?

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I just had a quick, silly question to put out there.

I was looking over my NX-800H a couple days ago, and out of curiosity, popped open the external speaker jack cap. I wanted to see if a pair of standard computer headphones would plug into the back of it. I popped the plug in, and it fit into the jack perfectly.

Obviously I wasn't going to turn anything on so I wouldn't risk blowing anything on the radio or blowing the headphones. Is this okay to do? Or is that jack strictly for an external speaker?

Thanks,

Ryan
 
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It will work but A....It's mono only and B.....there are several watts of AF power available so you WILL fry the headphones if you turn it up to much ( plus go deaf....)

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Got it, thank you. It was just something I wanted to try for the fun of it. Mono is fine, and I won't turn the thing up very loud.
 
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