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Using Monitors as speakers with laptop

  • 02-09-2010 8:45am
    #1
    ClutchIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭


    Hi everyone,

    How do I hook up my monitors to my laptop so that I can listen to my itunes or dvds through them instead of through the crappy onboard speakers? :confused:

    They are Yamaha hs50m. I usually use a 1/4" guitar lead coming from my interface to each monitor.

    Thanks a lot,
    Mick


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  • #2
    seannash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,672 ✭✭✭seannash


    ClutchIt wrote: »
    Hi everyone,

    How do I hook up my monitors to my laptop so that I can listen to my itunes or dvds through them instead of through the crappy onboard speakers? :confused:

    They are Yamaha hs50m. I usually use a 1/4" guitar lead coming from my interface to each monitor.

    Thanks a lot,
    Mick
    go into your system settings and change the outut to your soundcard.itll play then


  • #3
    ClutchIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭ClutchIt


    Thanks a lot man I'll try this next time!


  • #4
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Do you have an external soundcard for the laptop? What I've noticed with the Toneport I'd need to change the audio properties of the software I'm using in order to get my Laptop to play through the soundcard.

    If not, you are going to need a stereo mini-jack to phono lead. You can get phono to 1/4 inch adaptor, so it'll be able to plug straight into the monitors...


  • #5
    Sandvich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭Sandvich


    i'd recommend using an external soundcard too.


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