3.5 mm line out

[caver_tim]

Brand new Xperia E

So i can plug in a variety of earphones and the sound comes out of the headphones, even a mono one with a mono 3.5mm jack

BUT

when i plug in a 3.5mm stereo jack to plug my phone into my car, the audio continues to come out of the phone's speaker

[ranzola]

I have exactly the same problem.  I thought it was the cable I was using to connect the phone to the car and bought 2 different brands, none of which worked.

Car audio system detects phone as AUX but still music continues to be heard over the phone´s speaker.

[caver_tim]

In the old days plugging in a jack plug into a product physically lifted a contact which broke the curcuit to the speaker of whatever device you had plugged into .

In this phone it appears to be a software solution.

I bought a 3.5mm jack to 2x 3.5mm socket splitter.

I can plug that into the phone and the phone keeps playing on the speaker

I can plug a line in lead into one of the two sockets and the phone keeps playing on the speaker

As soon as i plug a pair of headphones into the other socket, the phone senses them and swaps it's audio output to the external devices.

So its not a faulty lead or connector you're using.

I'd consider this a design flaw and people should be aware that its not as easy as it should be to plug this phone into an external audio device (eg car, recorder, mixing desk etc)

[ranzola]

Tim,

Thx for the guidance.

It's definitely a flaw.

I would expect my cell phone to work just like an iPhone; plug it into my car's stereo and hear music on my car's speakers.

Can somebody from Sony comment, pls?

[ssd]

before u plug into car 3.5mm jack  just make sure its of good company..cause duplicate jacks are bigger than usual destroying ur plug...ith happened to my ol phone and it can be used in car ...tuen in has special car mode for songs

[caver_tim]

while the is generally good advice, its not the cause of this problem.

[ssd]

Ok...but i think the maps on it are flawless and i have tried using it on home theatre , car it worked well ...just it was lagging in output

[Johan]

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[rjsep]

I' have the same problem with my receiver and with a speaker with a built in amplifier.

A speaker from another brand works fine.

If I use the line in of my surround system it sometimes works and sometimes not.

SONY please do something about this!!

[Johan]

This have now been checked and unfortunately it's not supported due to hardware limitations.