I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone jack. I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV. In the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on the
TV?

Doug

dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone jack. I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV. In the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie

dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone jack. I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV. In the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie

dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone jack. I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV. In the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie

I tried that, the sound goes up and down but at max volume it is barely
audible in the TV. If I put headphones into the laptop the volume is
normal, so it seems to be some difference between a set of headphones and
the RCA inputs on the TV?

Doug



"CJT" wrote in message
...
dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I
have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone jack.
I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this
up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV. In
the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV
would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on
the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie

I tried that, the sound goes up and down but at max volume it is barely
audible in the TV. If I put headphones into the laptop the volume is
normal, so it seems to be some difference between a set of headphones and
the RCA inputs on the TV?

Doug



"CJT" wrote in message
...
dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I
have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone jack.
I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this
up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV. In
the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV
would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on
the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie

I tried that, the sound goes up and down but at max volume it is barely
audible in the TV. If I put headphones into the laptop the volume is
normal, so it seems to be some difference between a set of headphones and
the RCA inputs on the TV?

Doug



"CJT" wrote in message
...
dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I
have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone jack.
I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this
up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV. In
the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV
would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on
the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie

If you are sure the TV's inputs are ok, and the headphone out is ok, my
guesses a

1) The headphone jack level is unusually low (headphones don't require much
voltage to play loudly).

2) When you connecting the PC to the TV, the PCs audio ground gets connected
to AC ground, and the PC's circuit design is such that it has to float. Try
an isolation transformer between the TV and PC, such as
http://www.oktava.com/humelim.html

The best solution might be to get a USB audio-to-analog audio converter than
has analog ins and outs.



"dmunich" wrote in message
u...
I tried that, the sound goes up and down but at max volume it is barely
audible in the TV. If I put headphones into the laptop the volume is
normal, so it seems to be some difference between a set of headphones and
the RCA inputs on the TV?

Doug



"CJT" wrote in message
...
dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I
have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone
jack.
I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this
up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV.
In
the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to
my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV
would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on
the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie

If you are sure the TV's inputs are ok, and the headphone out is ok, my
guesses a

1) The headphone jack level is unusually low (headphones don't require much
voltage to play loudly).

2) When you connecting the PC to the TV, the PCs audio ground gets connected
to AC ground, and the PC's circuit design is such that it has to float. Try
an isolation transformer between the TV and PC, such as
http://www.oktava.com/humelim.html

The best solution might be to get a USB audio-to-analog audio converter than
has analog ins and outs.



"dmunich" wrote in message
u...
I tried that, the sound goes up and down but at max volume it is barely
audible in the TV. If I put headphones into the laptop the volume is
normal, so it seems to be some difference between a set of headphones and
the RCA inputs on the TV?

Doug



"CJT" wrote in message
...
dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I
have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone
jack.
I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this
up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV.
In
the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to
my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV
would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on
the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie

If you are sure the TV's inputs are ok, and the headphone out is ok, my
guesses a

1) The headphone jack level is unusually low (headphones don't require much
voltage to play loudly).

2) When you connecting the PC to the TV, the PCs audio ground gets connected
to AC ground, and the PC's circuit design is such that it has to float. Try
an isolation transformer between the TV and PC, such as
http://www.oktava.com/humelim.html

The best solution might be to get a USB audio-to-analog audio converter than
has analog ins and outs.



"dmunich" wrote in message
u...
I tried that, the sound goes up and down but at max volume it is barely
audible in the TV. If I put headphones into the laptop the volume is
normal, so it seems to be some difference between a set of headphones and
the RCA inputs on the TV?

Doug



"CJT" wrote in message
...
dmunich wrote:
I want to connect my PC to my TV so I can use it to play DVDs. I
have
s-video out on the PC, but for audio all there is is the headphone
jack.
I
got an adapter cable for headphone to 2 rca jacks but when I hook this
up to
the AV in on the TV there is barely any sound coming out of the TV.
In
the
past I have hooked up a headphone out (from a portable cd player) to
my
stereo and that worked fine. I thought the rca av inputs on the TV
would be
the same?

Do I need something between the PC headphone jack and the AV in on
the
TV?

Doug


turn up the volume control on the PC

--
After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
steps are necessary. ...Charlie