How to hear PC and remote speakers simultaneously?

[Martin]

I use a wireless system, the RCA Lyra RD900W, to feed music from radio
stations on the Internet to an amplifier and speakers located some distance
from the computer. The Lyra transmitter is connected via a USB port to the
sound card and sends a 900mhz digital signal to a receiver that converts
it back to analog and feeds the amplifier. When this is operating I get no
sound from the computer speakers. The problem: I can't hear the music
from the remote speakers, they're too far away, so I can't monitor the sound
I'm receiving from the stations. I haven't been able to figure out a way
that I can run both sets of speakers simultaneously. The PC speakers only
work if the USB connection is broken, then of course the remotes don't work.

Would anyone have any ideas on how I can get the sound card output to both
sets of speakers at the same time without having to resort to a separate
receiver for the PC speakers?

Thanks for any suggestions and/or comments.

[Todd H.]

"Martin" > writes:
> I use a wireless system, the RCA Lyra RD900W, to feed music from radio
> stations on the Internet to an amplifier and speakers located some distance
> from the computer. The Lyra transmitter is connected via a USB port to the
> sound card and sends a 900mhz digital signal to a receiver that converts
> it back to analog and feeds the amplifier. When this is operating I get no
> sound from the computer speakers. The problem: I can't hear the music
> from the remote speakers, they're too far away, so I can't monitor the sound
> I'm receiving from the stations. I haven't been able to figure out a way
> that I can run both sets of speakers simultaneously. The PC speakers only
> work if the USB connection is broken, then of course the remotes don't work.
>
> Would anyone have any ideas on how I can get the sound card output to both
> sets of speakers at the same time without having to resort to a separate
> receiver for the PC speakers?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and/or comments.

Muting of the PC speakers/sound card output is likely something the
RCA Lyra's driver software does when it detects the Lyra's transmitter
being plugged in via USB.

Have you checked the windows volume control to see if it's "mute"
checkbox (or checkboxes) magically get checkmarked? I imagine you
might be able to uncheck em and get where you want to go.

I'd also be checking RCA's web site for a FAQ on this because what you
want to do seems like something a lot of Lyra users would also want to
do.

Best Regards,
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