Just bought speaker system, how to connect to pc (dell) laptop?

justmerp20

I just bought a logitech x-530 speaker system to connect to my dell precision m4500 series laptop. The only problem is that I don't know what cord connects the speakers up to the laptop. It comes with a 'sound card' where the audio input cable plugs into the sound card and on the other end is a place for a red and a white cord. But I don't know what kind of cord I need to buy and plug into the red and white spaces on the sound card (that will also be compatible with my laptop). Any suggestions or help?

Answer
a laptop uses a 3.5mm headphone jack as a output for audio.
your sound system uses rca cables "L" and "R" to receive audio from any source.
the specific cable you need is "3.5mm to rca audio cable"

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-5mm-AUX-audio-AV-RCA-CABLE-IPOD-MP3-Car-Audio-/180644171522?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item2a0f3b4f02

http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Cable-2RCAM-35M-06-Stereo-RCA/dp/B002JCUDAE/ref=sr_1_1?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1310263126&sr=1-1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882196069&cm_re=3.5mm_to_rca_cable-_-82-196-069-_-Product

Is it possible for my HP laptop to connect to and play music with an external speaker system?

rkick1310

I'm interested in purchasing a speaker system (subwoofer included) to play music from my laptop, and I was wondering if my laptop has the ability to do so. The system I am interested in can be found at this link: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=...

When I check the requirements to use this system, it says an available power outlet and a 3.5 mm jack. My question is whether or not the single input for microphone and two outputs for headphones available on my laptop is sufficient to hook this speaker system up to it. I was wondering if it would not be possible because I may need three seperate outputs to connect to the system.

Answer
it will work perfectly. If the system does not have a 3.5mm input jack, then you can a 3.5mm to RCA cable in which the 3.5mm end connects to your laptop and the RCA end connects to the system. I have a very similar setup

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