Nothing will work perfectly. Usually, most stereos will have imput
jacks of the RCA type. There will be one per side (left and right)
for stereo output. You can by an adapter (1/8" stereo to 2 RCA
connecters), which will plug into the headphone jack on the laptop and
into the stereo input. Plug the RCA cables into one of the input pairs
on the stereo. Don't use the inputs labelled "phono", as this input
level is designed for turntables, and is expecting a VERY low input.
Use the inputs labelled "aux" or "CD" or "tape instead". You will need
to adjust the volume on the laptop and stero with some trial and error
to get the best sound.
Note that this is only a compromise, as the output from the headphone
jack is not exactly the same as the "line level" output that the stereo
is expecting. It seems to work okay for me, for both my laptop and MP3
player, however, I find I need to adjust the volume of the stereo very
high to get good sound, when you switch the input back to CD, the
volume is VERY loud, and could damage the speakers. Just a warning,
switch volume on the stereo down before swapping from your laptop to
the CD player.
Hope this helps. By the way, this is just the product of my own
experience and limited knowledge of audio, and I don't confess to be a
knowledgeable audiophile.
cioa,
jfl
John Jordan wrote:
On 2 Mar 2006, at 2:53, Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas wrote:
John Jordan wrote:
So how can I connect the laptop to the input jacks in the home
stereo? I understand the stereo -- input jacks for phono and
auxiliary are empty -- but can the output from the laptop be plugged
into either one of these? And if so, how do I connect to the laptop?
--I feed the output of my laptop to a 23-year old Realistic stereo
receiver/cassette recorder. I use the AUX input of that old boom box
and the output of the laptop has more than enough umph. I recently
bought a Labtech Note-502 headphone set; it came with an adapter which
female "computer" connector on one end and a male classic stereo jack
on the other end. I don't use that adapter yet, but I remember paying
far less than $15 for the headset.
Ubuntu is not a biarch distro from what I understand, so that may
explain why you need chroot to run 32-bit applications. I have this
question for you: How about sound mixing? If, say, you are playing
music on 64-bit amarok, would you be able to hear skype (32-bit
application) ring and/or would you be able to hear the output of
32-bit flashplayer (invoked by Firefox)? Or would the output of
amarok "monopolize" your sound card? BTW, you can listen to streaming
internet radio stations via amarok, too. Amarok can connect to an
i-pod from what it claims (I never tried it though).
Thanks for the suggestions.
As for your questions:
Sound mixing: Never tried it. Don't even know what it does or why I
should care about it.
Skype: Not installed. Again, have no need for it and pay no
attention to it.
Playing music on 64-bit amarok: I do have 64-bit amarok installed,
but have never really used it, other than poking around in it to see
what it's all about. I should just uninstall it, and probably will sooner
or later. I only installed it because a local Linux user told me to do
so.
Connecting to streaming radio and connecting amarok to streaming
radio: If realplayer plays everything, why mess with amarok? From
what I've seen of amarok, it is confusing and does a lot of things I
have no use for.
And speaking of what I *do* have a use for, all I want to do is listen
to classical music on my laptop while away from home. I have
most of my 300+ CD collection ripped to mp3s and on my hard
drive. But usually I'd rather listen to the radio, because I don't have
to change the "CD" all the time. And that means I will use the
streaming stations, of which I have about 20 listed in RealPlayer's
favorites folder.
At the university I just use my earbuds. Works great. At home I
want to connect to the stereo. What I need to know is which ouput
port on the R3240 to use, what kind of cables, and where to plug it
in on the stereo. So do you connect from the headphone jack to
the aux input on your stereo? I imagine I can find a cable
somewhere that will do that, or make my own if necessary. What I
don't know is if the headphone output would be compatible with the
aux input on the stereo. Or should I use the phono input?
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