iriver h120 using line-out as headphone?

[Badfer]

Is it safe for hardware to connect headphones with impedance 32 Omh  to line out? Trying to avoid distortion and noise from builded headphone amplifier. Can I await more quality sound?

[saratoga]

Is it safe for hardware to connect headphones with impedance 32 Omh  to line out?

Probably, they're usually terminated to avoid damage if you do that.

Trying to avoid distortion and noise from builded headphone amplifier. Can I await more quality sound?

No, it'll be badly distorted.  A line out is meant to drive a line in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_out_(signal)#Line_out

[Mr Whippy]

Line out is supposed to go into a headphone amp or tape deck or other line level device, not headphones. It'll distort.

Thought my H140 was faulty as was distorting. But then I noticed I connected headphones to line out.

[stuckinstandby]

Apologies for bumping an old thread but my question is the same and this one doesn't quite seem to have been answered.

I managed to fry the headphone output* on my iRiver iHP-120 but the line out is still working. Is there any problem with connecting headphones to the line out? Is it likely to damage anything?

I tried it tentatively, initially with the volume turned down before putting it up to a normal level and it sounded fine - no distortion.

*I'll post a new thread for this.