Dustin Heimerl

Computer hooked upto reciever

I bought a headphone splitter and something that plugs into the splitter and then has 2 RCA jacks on it. I then connected a 20ft audio cable to that and plugged it into my home theater reciever so I can listen to music from the computer on the home theater. I have the computer speakers also plugged into the splitter. The problem is, when I have the cable from the reciever plugged into the computer, it distorts the sound coming through the computer speakers and make it a weaker sound. As soon as I unplug one of the cables, it sounds fine. I havn't noticed a problem with the sound on the home theater when the computer speakers are plugged in. Any suggestions?

Mike Fassler

what sound card are you usin bud?

Dustin Heimerl

Its an onboard AC97 based one thats built into the motherboard. Its an SiS 7012.

Dustin Heimerl

I was playing around with things, and when the home theater reciever is turned on, I don't have the problem with the computer speakers, only when the reciever is turned off.