How to Connect MP3 Player to Sound System or Computer Speakers

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I plan to connect my mp3 player through the headphone jack to my sound system or set of computer speakers … how can I do this? - anonymous question from the internet

Firstly you need a home stereo system with an auxiliary (aux) RCA input (usually white/black on the left & red on the right) that isn’t used and an MP3 player like the ipod, iriver, Creative Zen etc …

Go to a computer store/electronics store and buy a cable with a 3.5mm headphone jack on one end and 2x RCA cable connections on the other end (see picture at right)

Plug the 3.5mm headphone jack into the MP3 player, plug the 2 x RCA cables into the auxiliary inputs of your sound system

You can buy such cables quite cheaply from your local computer store, electrical or hifi store, or online and get them posted to you.

Prices can range from a few dollars to over AUS$30 so make sure you dont get ripped off because regardless where you buy them the only thing that will vary is the length.

If you dont have a sound system you can buy a cheap set of computer speakers (as long as they have a cable that ends in a headphone jack), plug the headphone jack into your MP3 player, turn the speakers and the mp3 player on and enjoy listening to your music/audiobook/podcast :-)

Published: Friday, April 27th, 2007
Last Updated: Mar 8, 2008
Filed in : General
Written by: Neerav Bhatt

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2 Comments about “How to Connect MP3 Player to Sound System or Computer Speakers”

  1. Comment by Interventions on May 23rd, 2007:

    You can also use one of those baby RCA to earphones pins then use an RCA cable to connect it to your home entertainment system. Just make sure that your speakers have an RCA port. You can also use an FM transmitter. But I’d rather go for the RCA pin because the transmitter sometimes produces low quality sounds.

  2. Comment by Adam on July 26th, 2007:

    Hmm very interesting but I believe their might be some other ways to do it that might be easier. Right?

    EDITOR: how could you get any easier than a cheap cable and a cheap pair of speakers ?


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