Hi,
I plan on buying a Klipsch Promedia 2.1 Speaker system for my computer and I was wondeing what kind of cable would I need if I wanna use the speakers to connect it to my DVD player to watch movies on my TV? I saw of lot of websites which recommended a RCA Y adaptor...is that enough to connect the speakers to my Philips DVD player? Can I use these speakers with my computer whenever I want and just unplug them and fix it with my DVD player with a RCA Y adaptor to watch movies? Is that all I need? Please advise....
2006-11-11 10:49:08 · 3 answers · asked by jessygal 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Off the Klipsch website...
> Connects easily to virtually any source: two-channel
> soundcards, or any stereo mini-plug equipped device
> or through a Headphone jack
So... since this system is powered, you do not want to send a powered signal to those speakers when you plug them in...
Looking at the Phillips DVD models...
So... an RCA left/right channel splitter to a 1/8" female TRS jack 'Y'... should allow you to send a signal from the back of the DVD player to the speaker system by plugging the 1/8" TRS male, into the 1/8" TRS female of the 'Y'.
Depending how many times you decide to watch a movie, as opposed to using the speakers for the computer, sure it'll work... but might end up becoming a pain in the butt, depending how easy it is to get to the back of the DVD player.
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Alright... solving the issue of having to continually swap cables, you can get a second 1/8" male splitter to 1/8" female 'Y'. Then you can take the second 1/8" to 1/8" 'Y' and plug the 1/8" male into the 1/8" female of the RCA 'Y'.
As for the computer functioning... all you'll need is 1/8" male, to 1/8" male TRS cable... that makes it to the back of your computer system, and reaches to the back of your DVD player.
Then you can respectively take the two 1/8" males from the computer line, and the speaker input line from the Klipsch system and plug them into the 1/8" female ends of the 1/8" to 1/8" 'Y'. This is totally cludgy... And assumes there's single Diodes on the output terminals to prevent DC, or AC current from backfeeding into the system. This is probably over complicating the problem...
You can solder in a pair of Diodes to the Tip and Ring leads of the RCA Splitter... if you have no idea what I'm talking about, then just stick with RCA Splitter as is, and swap cables.
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These system speakers, looking at their output specs quickly...
FTC Rated Per Satellite: 55 watts/channel @ ≤ 1% THD, 200Hz - 1KHz (Note: all channels driven)
FTC Rated Subwoofer: 50 watts @ ≤ 7% THD, 40 - 100 Hz
Max Burst Power*: 200 watts @ ≤ 1% THD (Note: all channels driven)
First thing I notice is the 7% THD... on the sub... that's insanely dirty power to your bass. It'll be muddy... Maximum burst power, can be called PEAK power, at 200 Watts... Sheesh... then noticing quickly they have 1% THD at 1 kHz and lower... They're hiding something... more than likely that these speakers are crap. I wouldn't rely on these to reproduce your movie theatre sound outputs with any accuracy whatsover. With an absolute maximum of 106 dB, with at least 7% THD on the sub, and likely 3-5% on the upper...
2006-11-13 06:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by Vandel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah just connect the RCA to the dvd player and the other stereo jack in the speakers.. and use another cable to connect speakers to computer and switching cables when using the dvd..
2006-11-11 11:56:27 · answer #2 · answered by kwazyliloboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a 3.5mm Stereo to RCA (A/V Cable) Adapter. Radio Shack has them for like $10.
2016-05-22 05:58:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋