Re: Muting speaker - dummy load?

"mikelock98" <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:38:16 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.uniden.bc780xlt
Message-ID <[email protected]>
--- In [email protected], lefty <leftystrat1@...> wrote:
>
> On 01/16/2012 08:41 AM, mikelock98 wrote:
> > I'd like to run my 780's audio from the line output and mute the onboard
> > speaker. Presumably I'd need a dummy load on the external speaker output
> > for this.
> >
> 
> you can do this by interrupting the speaker.  You don't need a dummy 
> load (unless your 780 has vacuum tubes in it :)

Thanks for your quick reply.

So, just a bare, unconnected mini jack inserted in the external speaker output to break the circuit will be safe?