Rigging PC to a plasma

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  1. Magpie

    Magpie Registered User

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    Rigging PC to a plasma

    Got me a VGA cable which gets the picture up fine but nee sound. Got one of these:

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    but still no joy!! Anyone any ideas?
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  3. MistaK

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    where you routing the sound to? i normally just use the sound coming from my machine since that's also plugged into my hifi.
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    Chewy I'd fist it

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    are the cables definitely connected to the input channels and not the output channels on your tv?

    my laptop has a hdmi port so i use that then route the sound from the laptop through the hdmi lead.
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    Nee HDMI port on me PC unfortunately. The audio leads are going from me headphone socket to the input channels as fas as I can see (attached to the wall). Gonna have a proper look tomorrow as there seem to be some other sockets I haven't tried yet.
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    i had the same issue when i first set mine up like that, after prising it off the wall it turned out id plugged the phono's into a different input from where the vga signal was going to.
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    I think that might be my problem, gonna have a proper look over the weekend!
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    you need the mini jack phono cable plugged into your PC OUT then connected to your AMP

    Both sound and picture will be pretty 1990's using these methods tho
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    Picture's actually spot on bud, just the noisssssssssse!!
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    there's a dvi connection on the pc i use as a media server so got a dvi - hdmi cable off ebay for £3 (were £17 in maplins)...it's made a slight difference but nothing dramatic. is worth the £3 if your pc/laptop has a dvi out.

    won't help your audio problems mind.

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