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_pb_boi
May 23, 2004, 06:43 AM
Hey people,

I have a bit of a dilemma. All my music is stored on my Powerbook 12in, but the separates and Wharfedales are downstairs in the lounge. How do I connect my Powerbook to the Kenwood R-SE7 amp? I've tried using a few different cables I have lying around, but none work.

Thanks for any help!

andy.


Diatribe
May 23, 2004, 09:02 AM
What do you mean they don't work?

You'd need such a cable: http://www.monstercable.com/computer/productPageComputer.asp?pin=1731

This should work. This it what I use. Anything similar to this works too.
_pb_boi
May 23, 2004, 11:25 AM
Thanks very much for the reply mate; hopefully, some of the local AV dealers should have a cable like that one :-D Else, I can always order online. Finally have a solution! When I said the ones I've tried don't work, I mean that when I try connecting them from the headphone in on the Powerbook to various places on the back of the amp, I get no sound. This should fix it then!

Thanks again :-D

andy.
dotcomlarry
May 23, 2004, 12:33 PM
I have a cable similar to that (much less expensive ;) ) that everytime I use it, and have to leave it somewhere overnight, I make sure that the person responsible knows that if anything happens to it, their life shall be in my hands. It is the *only* cable that I'm overly possessive about and would die if I were to ever lose it, along with the RCA->1/4 plugs i have for it. ;)
IJ Reilly
May 23, 2004, 12:36 PM
Have you tested the headphone jack on the PB with earphones? Where are you patching to on the amp? A tape-in or aux-in should work.
_pb_boi
May 23, 2004, 04:22 PM
Hey,

Thanks for all the replies.

I'm patching to the aux-in, with the input on the amp set to aux. The headphones socket is fine on the pb. Ah well - the cable is the way to I guess! :-d

andy.
rikers_mailbox
May 23, 2004, 08:04 PM
A bit off topic . . .

but I wish there were a wireless way to bridge audio output to your home stereo (via airport?) . Or maybe that's what this elusive iBox is about? We haven't heard much about that lately, have we?

-rik
evil_santa
May 24, 2004, 02:36 AM
A bit off topic . . .

but I wish there were a wireless way to bridge audio output to your home stereo (via airport?) . Or maybe that's what this elusive iBox is about? We haven't heard much about that lately, have we?

-rik

this is what you want (http://www.slimdevices.com/index.html)