As long as you have the proper audio cables, getting sound from a PC to a TV is not at all difficult or complicated. PCs are equipped to allow audio signal output. And TVs are equipped to allow audio signal input. It's a match made in convenience. If you prefer, you can even pass the sound coming from the PC through a recording device, such as a VCR or DVD recorder, before sending it to a TV.
Instructions
Connect to TV
1. Connect the stereo plug end of the stereo to RCA cable to the headphone jack located on the front of the PC.
2. Insert the red RCA plug -- located on the other end of the stereo to RCA cable -- into the red "AV In" jack on the TV. The red AV jack is often labeled audio "R," which stands for "right." Plug the white (or black) RCA plug into the TV's white "AV In" jack. The white AV jack is often labeled audio "L," which stands for "left."
3. Turn on the TV. Continuously press the "Input" button on the television's remote control to change the TV's video input channel to the proper AV source. Even if you performed the cable connections correctly, you will not be able to hear sound from your PC on your TV if the TV is set to the wrong input channel.
4. Open an audio file saved on the PC, load an audio CD into the computer's CD drive, or play an audio file on the Internet to generate sound on the PC. The sound from the PC should be heard coming through the TV's speakers.
Connect to TV and VCR or DVD Recorder
5. Connect the stereo plug end of the stereo to RCA cable to the headphone jack located on the front of the PC.
6. Insert the red RCA plug -- located on the other end of the stereo to RCA cable -- into the red "AV In" jack on the rear panel of the recording device. Plug the white (or black) RCA plug into the recording device's white "AV In" jack.
7. Use the set of RCA cables to connect the recording device's red and white AV output jacks to the TV set's red and white AV input jacks.
8. Turn on the TV. Continuously press the "Input" button on the television's remote control to change the TV's video input channel to the proper AV source. Turn on the recording device. Continuously press the "Input" or "Source" button on the recording device's remote control to change its input channel to the AV source.
9. Open an audio file saved on the PC, load an audio CD into the computer's CD drive, or play an audio file on the Internet to generate sound on the PC. The sound from the PC should be heard coming through the TV's speakers. With the audio signal passing through the recording device, you also can record the sound onto a VHS tape or recordable CD or DVD disc.
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