Connecting my PC to my receiver? (1 Viewer)

[Edwin_Z]

Hi everyone, just wondering how I can connect my laptop to my denon 3802 receiver so I can hear my mp3s in stereo. Thanks.

 

[John Sully]

Go to Radio Shack and buy the following:

• Stereo mini to dual male RCA cord
• 2 female inline RCA couplers
• A long enough RCA interconnect to reach your receiver

Plug the stereo mini into the line out from your laptop and use to couplers to hook up the RCA interconnect. Voila!

 

[Edwin_Z]

John, Thanks for the reply. I will be heading to Radio Shack this afternoon.

 

[Selden Ball]

RS also sells female RCA to stereo mini-jack adaptors. The ones I have are one solid unit, not cable assemblies. This eliminates the need for the female-to-female RCA adaptors.

Either connection method works fine, though.

 

[Mark Larson]

You might want to make sure your Laptop's sound card is up to scratch, however. I have a Thinkpad and wouldn't think about connecting it to my receiver - the sound would be abysmal.

Maybe when i get a desktop with a good (SB Live?) soundcard.

Oh, and remember not to turn up the volume on the laptop to more than 50%. Better to run Winamp at 100% and the Windows volume control at as low as possible.