How to get my sound from my Laptop to my new LCD TV. Sony KDL-32V4000

Discussion in 'Sound Cards and Speakers' started by tolet, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. tolet

    tolet Geek Trainee

    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Hi I have just bought a new LCD Sony KDL-32V4000 and connected my laptop to it which works fantastic. I was told by PC world to get a HDMI cable or something like that.

    Sorry as I am new to this and have never done this before. Please can somebody help to advise which cable I need and also where I put it in . i. e. from pc to which port in the tv.

    Thank you for your time

    Tony
    :)
     
  2. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

    Likes Received:
    59
    Trophy Points:
    63
    unless the laptop has "HDMI out" you won't get sound, instead you would just need to connect the speakers to the line-out/optical output on the laptop for sound.

    which laptop is it.
     
  3. tolet

    tolet Geek Trainee

    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    hi thanks for the quick reply. I dont know if my laptop does have HDMI but only headphone socket. My laptop is Dell Inspiron 6400. Could I ask you to google that if it has HDMI please.
     
  4. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

    Likes Received:
    59
    Trophy Points:
    63
    it doesn't, your only option is to use the headphone socket.
     
  5. tolet

    tolet Geek Trainee

    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Hi again. Thanks for finding this out for me. I intend to order this cable via Amazon or Ebay. Do you know the name for this wire at all I should search for and buy
     
  6. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

    Likes Received:
    59
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Hi

    you need one of these 1 x Male 3.5mm plug to 2 x Female 3.5mm socket, available from 2x RCA Phono Female to 1x 3.5mm Male Jack Audio Cable: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo and 3.5mm GOLD PLATED Stereo Jack Headphone Splitter Cable on eBay, also Corded, Headphones, Accessories, Consumer Electronics (end time 13-Feb-09 22:00:00 GMT)

    I would suggest getting a external sound card Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1 Xtreme External USB Soundcard - Ebuyer because headphone socket isn't designed to be used with speakers and might suffer from distortion when turning the volume up.
     
  7. tolet

    tolet Geek Trainee

    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Thank you mate really appreciate it

     

Share This Page