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Old 25-02-2009, 23:41
InsideSoap
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Just bought these speakers from Amazon for use with my PC. I noticed some people on Amazon were asking if they could connect to a TV or iPod but there weren't any helpful replies. So would there be a way to connect these to an iPod? And also would it depend on the TV as to whether you could connect them to the TV and if so, how?
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Old 26-02-2009, 14:33
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Wild stab in the dark here

These speakers are primarily designed to plug into the back of a PC. Therefore it is a racing certainty they will have a 3.5mm Stereo jack plug on the end of the lead. At least that is the standard connector for most domestic soundcards or on-board sound.

Which means that any device that has a 3.5mm Stereo Jack socket on it as some form of audio output will work just as well. This could be a headphone output on the iPod or even one on a TV.

If the TV headphone output is a 1/4inch jack then all you need is a converter plug. readily available from places like Maplin for example. If the TV does not have a headphone jack then it may have a pair of phono sockets for Audio out.

It's not clear from what I can find on-line but I get the impression the audio input lead is captive (ie cannot be unplugged from the speakers) so you may need a phono to jack socket adapter (http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-signal/ps...m-s/dp/AV15543) and a stereo phono to phono lead to connect up.

And even if the TV has no phono or jack socket output it may well have a SCART socket wired for output. So all you need is a SCART to phono adapter plug and the jack to phono adapter described above and a stereo phono lead.

Could be a bit of a fiddle depending on the exact connectors available on the kit you want to use but should be entirely possible with the right leads and adapters.
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Old 27-02-2009, 12:59
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Thanks. Turns out that it said on the box that the speakers work with TVs and MP3s etc, so plugged it all in and plugged it into my iPod and it worked.
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