home thearer adapter????

Question

my aunt was going to throw away her home thearer speakers because didn't like the looked in her room, so she gave them to me but she kept the dvd player. i want to plug them to my tv, and i need a way to adapt it to something like a headphone jack or anything that can be puged into my tv.i have 4 questions: (1) is it possible; (2) what can i do; (3) what do i need; (4) where can i get it. if theres nothing i can do then their useless.
please no "google it", if i hadn't "googled it" first i wouldn't be asking this here. also no, "i don't know" eather, if you don't know i don't need your answer.duh
thank you

here are some pictures of it:

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ok thanks

thanks rod for trying to help but i have to give it to flapjack for being realistic

Answer 1

First off you need a receiver to run the speakers provided they are the correct impedance, and not 6 ohm like they probably are. Or get a receiver that can handle the load (what ever it is) properly. Also your sub (the large speaker) is unpowered so you will need to find a 7.1 model and do some funky preout to multi in. If it allows a discrete over input. Or a mono amp to power the sub.

Also the Coby speakers are not that high on quality, it is no wonder your aunt preferred the TV sound to them. I think that it will be way to much trouble to adapt this speaker system, that was designed to be as cheap as possible. Hence the proprietary amp/player with a power out for the sub. No reputable manufacture uses this configuration.

I applaud your efforts to reduce and reuse but in this case it is not worth the cost given the quality you will get.

As far as adapting to a TV audio PRE OUT ( meaning unamplifed) you will either, NOT get the volume level you want or you will damage the TV. ( ROD get off it you have not been designing for 20 years with that kind of bunk).

I would recommend that you purchase a separates system (see a professional) or a quality HTIB ( Yamaha, Onkyo, or Denon).

Good luck.

Answer 2

A TV does not have enough power to drive any speakers
(most TV speakers are about 10-15W ).

So, no matter what, you need an AV receiver. A 5.1 receiver would be nice, if not settle for stereo.
Then, as Ron said, your TV needs to support some audio out, either through RCA plugs or s/pdif. Again, a headphone jack will note be very helpful, but better than nothing.
If your TV has no audio out, you can still use the speakers with a DVD player and an AV receiver.

Answer 3

GREAT QUESTION!

Whatever you do, DON'T go taking apart your TV for any of this!

What you CAN DO is:
#1) Determine if your TV has a pair of "audio out" jacks on the back. These female connectors will be color-coded red & white and probably separated from the input jacks.
#2) (but only if #1 is a reality) Either at Radio Slack or wherever, buy a "Female Stereo Mini-to-Female RCA Stereo (Red & White jacks)" adaptor (also known as a kind of "Y" connnector with thise attributes.)
#3) Plug a regular red/white stereo interconnect cable into the back of your TV's "Audio Out" jacks and the other end into the corresponding female parts of the "Y" connector you just bought.
#4) You'll also need a stereo mini-plug (with male on both ends) that you will plug into the computer speaker's "Line In" jack - if it has one.

OTHERWISE, you WILL need a surround sound receiver to do this, to provide amplification of the TV's low-power audio output.

Dang, I sure hope this helps!

Good luck and please let me know how it goes!