How to Hook Up a Laptop to a Stereo

Connecting a laptop to a stereo will not only provide richer, louder sound, but also save money by not having to buy separate speakers for your laptop. All laptops have a headphone jack, and this will be the way that you can connect it to the stereo system. Unfortunately, there is no way to add a sound card to laptops to provide surround sound.
In order to connect the laptop via headphone jack to the stereo, you will need to buy a patch cable (see Resources below).

Things You'll Need

  • Audio patch cable with two male ends
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Instructions

    • 1

      Connect one end of the cable into the headphone jack of your laptop.

    • 2

      Connect the other end to the microphone "in" jack of your stereo.

    • 3

      Turn on the stereo, and change the input to the microphone. Some stereos will have a separate microphone level adjustment that you can use to adjust volume level.

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