Re: Connect home audio receiver to computer

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Mitch <sumcoolgai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>treeloaf wrote:
>> Hope I'm in the correct group. I want to connect my Advent 300 receiver
>> to my computer sound card to use my Klipsch speakers. Can this be
>> accomplished using a Y-Adapter Audion Cable plugged into the line-in on
>> my sound card? I'm using a Audigy2 ZS card. Not sure if and how to do
>> this if it can at all. Any help appreciated!!
>> treeloaf
>>
>So, all of these responses probably cleared everything up, right?  ;-)
>
>Anyway, based on Dave Houston's research showing that the tape-out works
>as I suspected, you can tie your PC in with your receiver "completely"
>with two "Y" cables.  Both would have a mini 3-conductor plug on one leg
>and two rca plugs on the other.
>
>Plug one of the mini 3-conductor plugs into the line-out on your audigy
>card and the corresponding rca plugs into the tape-in jacks on your
>receiver.  Using this, you'll be able to record stuff coming from your
>receiver on your PC or use your PC speakers to listen to your receiver.

This is PC -> Advent 300.

>Use the other Y cable to connect the line-in on your audigy card to the
>tape-out jacks on your receiver.  This will allow you to play content
>from your PC (MP3's, Internet radio, etc.) on your receiver.

This is Advent 300 -> PC.

>I hope this summarizes/simplifies all of the other messages for you.
>
>Good Luck!

Dyslexia strikes again. ;)

By this time treeloaf has probably decided to stick to watching TV.