I have a HP pavivillon PC with a built in sound device. I would like
to here the sound output from the computer on my home stereo. I know
that you can connect the stereo to the PC through the line out on the
sound card. But what do you do if the sound card requires powered
speakers? I tried to connect the stereo from this output but no sound
from the stereo. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

Steve said:

I have a HP pavivillon PC with a built in sound device. I would like
to here the sound output from the computer on my home stereo. I know
that you can connect the stereo to the PC through the line out on the
sound card. But what do you do if the sound card requires powered
speakers? I tried to connect the stereo from this output but no sound
from the stereo. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

You run a cable from the "line out" jack on the sound card to an
input on the receiver or preamp. I think the jack you want has a
green collar, but you can find it in the PC's doc. If the sound card
has a digital out jack (for surround), you can connect it to a
digital in on the receiver.

For stereo, you probably need a mini plug for the sound card,
whereas home stereo equipment uses individual plugs for left and
right. You can get the necessary cables etc. at Rat Shack.

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George M. Middius glanbrok FIFTY-FIVE at myrealbox DOT com change to 55 wrote:


Steve said:

I have a HP pavivillon PC with a built in sound device. I would like
to here the sound output from the computer on my home stereo. I know
that you can connect the stereo to the PC through the line out on the
sound card. But what do you do if the sound card requires powered
speakers? I tried to connect the stereo from this output but no sound
from the stereo. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

You run a cable from the "line out" jack on the sound card to an
input on the receiver or preamp. I think the jack you want has a
green collar, but you can find it in the PC's doc. If the sound card
has a digital out jack (for surround), you can connect it to a
digital in on the receiver.

For stereo, you probably need a mini plug for the sound card,
whereas home stereo equipment uses individual plugs for left and
right. You can get the necessary cables etc. at Rat Shack.



I must call attention to all, that George
Middius is posting about audio here. To
all who have claimed that he never posts about
audio, you are incorrect.
This just warms the cockles of my heart.
Good show, George.


Joe

(Steve) wrote in
om:

I have a HP pavivillon PC with a built in sound device. I would like
to here the sound output from the computer on my home stereo. I know
that you can connect the stereo to the PC through the line out on the
sound card. But what do you do if the sound card requires powered
speakers? I tried to connect the stereo from this output but no sound
from the stereo. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.


Doesn't matter if the sound card needs powered spaekers. The line level
input of your stereo is the equivalent of a powered speaker. You've got a
connection in the wrong place or you have a bad cable.

Tim

--

"The strongest human instinct is to impart information,
and the second strongest is to resist it."

Kenneth Graham

"Steve" wrote in message
om

I have a HP pavivillon PC with a built in sound device. I would like
to here the sound output from the computer on my home stereo.

In general, this works.

I know that you can connect the stereo to the PC through the line out on
the
sound card. But what do you do if the sound card requires powered
speakers?

As others have pointed out, not a problem. You are going to hook the output
of the sound card to an input on your stereo that requires very little
power.

I tried to connect the stereo from this output but no sound from the
stereo.

First question would be, how does the output you used work with headphones
or powered speakers? It's not clear that you've got that working, so do that
first.

Second question would be, what input did you hook your PC up to on that
stereo system.

Third question is what kind of cable did you use?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

What you're trying do should work. The hardest part should be finding an
appropriate cable that's long enough, only because considerable length might
be involved. The length itself isn't a problem because the output on your PC
is designed to drive long lines. However, coordinating a PC and a stereo
that are some distance apart can be a bit confusing until you're used to
working it.

"Joe Duffy" wrote in message

In article ,
George M. Middius glanbrok FIFTY-FIVE at myrealbox DOT com change
to 55 wrote:


Steve said:

I have a HP pavivillon PC with a built in sound device. I would
like to here the sound output from the computer on my home stereo.
I know that you can connect the stereo to the PC through the line
out on the sound card. But what do you do if the sound card
requires powered speakers? I tried to connect the stereo from this
output but no sound from the stereo. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. Thank you.

You run a cable from the "line out" jack on the sound card to an
input on the receiver or preamp. I think the jack you want has a
green collar, but you can find it in the PC's doc. If the sound card
has a digital out jack (for surround), you can connect it to a
digital in on the receiver.

For stereo, you probably need a mini plug for the sound card,
whereas home stereo equipment uses individual plugs for left and
right. You can get the necessary cables etc. at Rat Shack.



I must call attention to all, that George
Middius is posting about audio here.

Was the moon blue last night?

To all who have claimed that he never posts about
audio, you are incorrect.

Never is a very big word, but "hardly ever" seems to still apply.

This just warms the cockles of my heart.

Hey, he even got things right this time.

Good show, George.

Agreed.

The Doof de-lurks momentarily.

I must call attention to all, that George
Middius is posting about audio here. To
all who have claimed that he never posts about
audio, you are incorrect.
This just warms the cockles of my heart.

Apparently I made the wrong choice.

Good show, George.

You're still sickening, Doof.

(Joe Duffy) wrote in message ...
In article ,
George M. Middius glanbrok FIFTY-FIVE at myrealbox DOT com change to 55 wrote:


You run a cable from the "line out" jack on the sound card to an
input on the receiver or preamp. I think the jack you want has a
green collar, but you can find it in the PC's doc. If the sound card
has a digital out jack (for surround), you can connect it to a
digital in on the receiver.

For stereo, you probably need a mini plug for the sound card,
whereas home stereo equipment uses individual plugs for left and
right. You can get the necessary cables etc. at Rat Shack.



I must call attention to all, that George
Middius is posting about audio here. To
all who have claimed that he never posts about
audio, you are incorrect.
This just warms the cockles of my heart.
Good show, George.


Joe


Hey, even a broken [analog] clock is right twice a day, but thanks for
pointing this out to me. I never would have seen it since I killfile
the mentally pathetic.

TB

Little Timmy Brown Stain said:

I never would have seen it since I killfile the mentally pathetic.

You're the one who got fired from his junior engineer job for
incompetence, Timmy. What's more pathetic than pretending you can do
something you've been proven incapable of doing? BTW, my toaster is
acting up. Where's your repair shack?

George M. Middius wrote:

Little Timmy Brown Stain said:


I never would have seen it since I killfile the mentally pathetic.


You're the one who got fired from his junior engineer job for
incompetence, Timmy. What's more pathetic than pretending you can do
something you've been proven incapable of doing? BTW, my toaster is
acting up. Where's your repair shack?


An other friend of you George ?

Lionel wrote in news:br2upr$orp$3
@news-reader2.wanadoo.fr:

George M. Middius wrote:

Little Timmy Brown Stain said:


I never would have seen it since I killfile the mentally pathetic.


You're the one who got fired from his junior engineer job for
incompetence, Timmy. What's more pathetic than pretending you can do
something you've been proven incapable of doing? BTW, my toaster is
acting up. Where's your repair shack?


An other friend of you George ?



Yeah, he's got lots of 'friends' like me. How pathetic that he parrots
that same schtick with every reply to me. He really knows nothing about
me. I would love to meet him on the streets of Kensington MD and give him
a quick lesson...

Tim

--

"The strongest human instinct is to impart information,
and the second strongest is to resist it."

Kenneth Graham

Browntimdc a écrit :

Lionel wrote in news:br2upr$orp$3
@news-reader2.wanadoo.fr:


George M. Middius wrote:

Little Timmy Brown Stain said:



I never would have seen it since I killfile the mentally pathetic.


You're the one who got fired from his junior engineer job for
incompetence, Timmy. What's more pathetic than pretending you can do
something you've been proven incapable of doing? BTW, my toaster is
acting up. Where's your repair shack?


An other friend of you George ?




Yeah, he's got lots of 'friends' like me. How pathetic that he parrots
that same schtick with every reply to me. He really knows nothing about
me. I would love to meet him on the streets of Kensington MD and give him
a quick lesson...

Tim


George is a tragic coward scared of human being, so you can forget your
dream. ;-)