Laptop to JVC Surround System connection

MidnightQueen

Hey ya

I was wondering what kind of a connection cable would u need to use to connect a Laptop to a Surround System? My laptop is a Dell Inspirion 8600 if thats any help.

I tried connecting it up one time but the subwoofer didnt recognise the connection to the laptop.

ARGINITE

How are you connecting it to the surround sound system, is it from the headphone output?

MidnightQueen

Its from the last port on the left side of the back of the laptop. The circular port. Thats the video output port. As shown above.

ARGINITE

Which port?

What type of cable are you using?
Is it a headphone type plug at the end of it?

coghlac3

The Apple AirPort Express will allow you connect without wires. It acts like a bridge between your laptop and system. The output is the standard 3.5mm (headfone) jack which you can easily link to your system with rca cable. It is an expensive way around it, 129 EURO, but it's also a wireless access point and a printer port. 3G stores have (www.3g.ie)

ARGINITE

Dinner finished:)
Anyways its most lightly because you are using a Headphone type plug that you are not getting the sub to work.
If so I cant think of a work around at the moment, Im sure some other nice Person will give you some ideas.
later.

MidnightQueen

ARGINITE wrote:

Which port?

What type of cable are you using?
Is it a headphone type plug at the end of it?

Not sure of the name of the cable but no it doesnt have a headphone type plug at the end of it.

The cable has the same type of plug at both ends.

Fergal20

Hi, I have just connect my old desktop's speakers + sub-woofer to the headphone jack of my new laptop. Works great. Why dont you try connecting it to the headphone jack of your comp?

Soundman

KittyKat wrote:

Not sure of the name of the cable but no it doesnt have a headphone type plug at the end of it.

The cable has the same type of plug at both ends.

Couldn't tell from the pic but are you referring to an SPDIF connection or S-Video??

RuggieBear

Soundman wrote:

Couldn't tell from the pic but are you referring to an SPDIF connection or S-Video??

it's an s-video...

Soundman

What I thought, but as I said I couldn't tell from the pic. To be honest it looked like a power socket in that pic.

RuggieBear

i cheated.... i have a lattitude d 800 which has exactly the same ports

Soundman

Which makes me smarter since I don't have a laptop . Yet! Roll on the 8th.