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Hooking iMac to TV with Audio

  • 05-05-2010 1:19am
    #1
    Nemanja91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭


    Si I want to hook up my iMac 24" to my TV, I was going to buy a mini display port to VGA and then get another VGA to VGA to hook the two screens up so the picture is sorted I think!

    It is the audio that I get confused with!
    If I were to get a RCA stereo splitter like this

    CABLE-Audio-Y-Splitter-2-RCA-Females-to-1-3-5mm-Male-IEC-M7401.jpg

    Or could I use this instead of the splitter and cables
    2TR-301.jpg


    and a set of RCA to RCA cables like these

    rca3.jpg

    and then hook one end of the cables to the TV (excluding the yellow) and the other end to the splitter, which I would then plug into the 3.5mm headphone jack!

    Do you think this would work properly? and also if it were to work and each time I wanted to listen to music on iTunes through the computer would I have to disconnect the splitter?

    Sorry if I didn't explain it good enough!

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Yep, either way should work.
    and also if it were to work and each time I wanted to listen to music on iTunes through the computer would I have to disconnect the splitter
    Yes.


  • #3
    Dont be at yourself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,592 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    I think I'm right in saying that the iMac's headphone port also doubles as an optical port, so that's another option.


  • #4
    Nemanja91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Nemanja91


    NekkidBibleMan wrote: »
    I think I'm right in saying that the iMac's headphone port also doubles as an optical port, so that's another option.

    Does that mean I could get a 3 way splitter and have the yellow cable plugged in and just plug the yellow cable directly into the TV too so there would be no need for a mini display port or vga cables


  • #5
    thecommander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭thecommander


    Nemanja91 wrote: »
    Does that mean I could get a 3 way splitter and have the yellow cable plugged in and just plug the yellow cable directly into the TV too so there would be no need for a mini display port or vga cables

    No. The headphone out doesn't carry audio.

    Minidisplay port for the video, headphone/lineout for the audio.


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