speakers to pc / laptop

Post by **Zyte** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:31 pm

I want to connect my old stereo's speakers to my laptop but i have no idea how to, or if it's even possible. I suck at anythig technical..

Anyways, each speaker was connected to my stereo with one red wire and one red/black wire. I actually made a perfectly focused pic of them :o

So is there a way to get these things properly connected to my laptop or pc? A converter or something?

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:41 pm

um, you need an amplifier

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:42 pm

Grudge wrote:um, you need an amplifier

w3rd

Post by **glossy** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:56 pm

if possible, grab a stereo/amp lying around (if that's the kind of thing you have lying around, or something), and get a stereo male-male cable and plug that into your speaker/headphones port and the other end into either you "mic in" or "aux in" on your stereo/amp. hook up your big speakers to your stereo/amp thing, and voila!

Post by **Zyte** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:36 pm

Thanks Glossy, that sounded quite logical and doable for a person like me

However, it didnt work out. I used a male-male cable as you said but i had to use a converter at the end that i put in my stereo/amp cause it would only fit with converter. The other end of the male in my frontside audio, still, no sound.

Pic of my setup, might help you help me ;p
[lvlshot]http://members.lycos.nl/zyte/notworking.JPG[/lvlshot]

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:38 pm

did you set up your amp to listen? some amps require this

Post by **glossy** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:41 pm

nein, it's the other way round. the headphones in the laptop

the mic/aux in the stereo. it's more likely around the back somewhere

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:45 pm

Packard Bell is still around?

Fucking NICE wallpaper!

Um, you might also want to turn on the stereo

If it doesn't have a mic input you might want to look for RCA inputs and in that case you could use a Y cable.

Post by **Zyte** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:57 pm

I dont think this is gonna happen. There's no mic input, there is an aux input at the back of the stereo, one for left one for right but the cable doesnt quite fit :{

look:
[lvlshot]http://members.lycos.nl/zyte/back.JPG[/lvlshot]

my bluetooth phone for quickie pics.

Post by **glossy** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:00 pm

ah!

you need to pick yourself up a cable like i have, i remember. i think you want male stereo

stereo RCA cable, and that'd sort you very decent.

you have the same setup as me

Post by **Zyte** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:01 pm

here's that wallpaper bw.

btw packard bell yeah. Got it last week, its nothing special, but good enough for what i need it for and its quite cheap for a laptop. I got it from my parents so i didnt really dare to ask for a 2000 dollar laptop. Im very content with it so far.

Post by **Zyte** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:03 pm

nice, thanks for the help. Gonna look for it tomorrow :]

Post by **glossy** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:04 pm

male RCA cable! don't forget because there is male and female and all kinds of stuff and if you mix em up you end up playing vengaboys and village people and/or femmerock and it's downhill from there.

glad to be of assistance

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:15 pm

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:21 pm

this is what you are looking for,

not THIS one in general, but the same thing.

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?c ... =12%2D2057

Post by **glossy** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:24 pm

that's nice amidy, we don't have radioshack down here though. i needed the cable so i hacked up what was lying around and soldered it back up

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:28 pm

hahah, i did the same oddly enough,

and i only looked it up on Radio Shack considering that they where baught out by Circut City ( something we dont have here ) and is now called "THE SOURCE"

they just havent updated the website i guess

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:36 pm

The Canadian counterpart of RadioShack, (Click link for more info and facts about Radio Shack (Canada)) Radio Shack (Canada), is run by a company called (Click link for more info and facts about InterTan) InterTan, acquired in 2004 by (Click link for more info and facts about Circuit City) Circuit City. However, RadioShack sued InterTan one week after the purchase, claiming InterTan had breached the terms of their agreement. On March 24, 2005, a U.S. district court judge ruled in favor of RadioShack and cancelled their agreement, meaning that all 950 RadioShack stores in Canada must stop using the brand name in any of their products, packaging or advertising by June 30. As a result, all of the InterTan stores will be rebranded under the name (Click link for more info and facts about The Source by Circuit City) The Source by Circuit City and RadioShack will open its own stores in Canada with the RadioShack name.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:23 pm

bwahhahaha, golden!

i mean seriously, the switch to "The source" happened in litterly a DAY.. even most of the employee's dident know what the fuck was going on.

but by all means w00t w00t.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:54 pm

bitWISE wrote:The Canadian counterpart of RadioShack, (Click link for more info and facts about Radio Shack (Canada)) Radio Shack (Canada), is run by a company called (Click link for more info and facts about InterTan) InterTan, acquired in 2004 by (Click link for more info and facts about Circuit City) Circuit City. However, RadioShack sued InterTan one week after the purchase, claiming InterTan had breached the terms of their agreement. On March 24, 2005, a U.S. district court judge ruled in favor of RadioShack and cancelled their agreement, meaning that all 950 RadioShack stores in Canada must stop using the brand name in any of their products, packaging or advertising by June 30. As a result, all of the InterTan stores will be rebranded under the name (Click link for more info and facts about The Source by Circuit City) The Source by Circuit City and RadioShack will open its own stores in Canada with the RadioShack name.

nice copy/paste. the hotlinks are excellent as well.

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:31 pm

"hotlink", that's a blast from the e-past

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:32 pm

Grudge wrote:"hotlink", that's a blast from the e-past

i'm old skewl like that :icon31: