Dvd

Cfoster

My DVD player is my laptop and has an S-Video outlet in the back. I was wondering what is the proper way to hook it up to my Onkya reciever to get sound out of my speakers that are also attached to the receiver.

Regards,
Chuck

Micah Cohen

Interesting. Wouldn't you go S-video into your TV, and then some sort of digital audio TOSLINK or Coax or something out of your laptop DVD player into the digital INPUT of the receiver? (I don't exactly know, that's why I'm asking.) If there's a digital audio out, it goes to the receiver.

I've heard that watching DVDs on laptops, which a few folks I know do, is annoying because the spinning of the DVD is noisier than a stand-alone DVD player. Is this true?

MC

schumach

I just looked at my laptop. The connection on my laptop looks like a S-video connection, but it is not. One end of the cable looks like the S-video which plugs into the laptop and the other is an analog audio out and composite video out. I have never used my laptop to watch a movie via my home system so I don't know what it sounds like. The laptop DVD players can make a high pitch noise while running. I only use mine for work related DVD's. Hope this helps.

madmax

The connecter that looks like an S-video may be for an external mouse. Disregard this if you know better. I've tried my laptop and used the composite video out into my TV and one of those 1/8" stereo plugs to rca jack cords for audio out of the headphone jack. Quality of sound seemed OK but of course it is stereo only. (no surround). Not a bad deal if you don't have access to a real DVD player.
madmax

Cfoster

First off, I love my laptop and the spinning is of no concern (there is hardly any...or atleast I can't hear it over the speakers attached to the cpu)

Now then...The reason the S cable doesn't go to my tv is because, quite simply, there isn't one on it. infact I have to have an RF modulator just to play my nintendo on it.

And I'm not sure about the audio output thing. The only output i'm aware of is the headphone jack...maybe i can find another headphone to RCA cable that is split for both channels? (the first one i got was for the sub that usually plugs into the laptop...and it works nicely when plugged into the reciever).

Any new ideas?

madmax

Originally posted by Cfoster
And I'm not sure about the audio output thing. The only output i'm aware of is the headphone jack...maybe i can find another headphone to RCA cable that is split for both channels?

The headphone jack with the 1/8" plug on one end and two RCA jacks on the other end is what I was talking about. Radio Shack has a cheap one and Circuit City sometimes have them. They are normally advertised for hooking up a walkman to your stereo.
madmax