How to connect home theater to computer

The computer is actively used by modern people to watch movies, listening to music and passing computer games. And the quality of sound always wants to be better. Connecting to a computer of an acoustic system 5.1, consisting of a complex of audio colors and called a home cinema, helps to achieve a high realistic sound of reproducible sounds. You can do this in several ways.

The acoustic system of the home theater consists of five columns and one subwoofer. The columns connectors differ from the connectors available on standard sound maps of computers. One way to eliminate this discrepancy is the use of an amplifier intermediary. A DVD player copes with this role. With a cable with a tulip connectors on one end and minijack on another, connect the player to the input of the computer's sound card that is responsible for the speakers (marked with green or word out). A pair of "tulips" Connect to the sockets on the DVD player with the mark in (as a rule, red and white). The specified cable is usually included in the home cinema, but you can purchase it and separately.

The next step is to connect columns and subwoofer to the DVD player. Using the set of analog cables, which are included, connect the speaker system with the player, aligning all inputs and corresponding sockets. It is difficult to confuse them, since each connector and each input has an identical designation.

It remains to configure the equipment. To do this, in Windows, call the sound card settings menu, which is usually located in the tray panel of the Start, near the clock. In a section containing control of audio outputs and audio inputs, specify that you are now using 6 columns. The program will adjust the sound according to the new devices that appeared. Turning on the DVD player, select the appropriate channel of the sound input on it, after which you can enjoy clean, surround sound coming from your computer.

Another way to strengthen PC with a home cinema is to use an HDMI cable. In this case, the amplifier intermediary is a TV to which the acoustic system is connected in the usual way. The computer is connected to the TV with a HDMI digital cable that can be purchased in the store. Before buying, determine which length cable is required - specialized stores have the conductors of any time. With this method of connecting the TV turns into a large monitor, through which you can run the necessary video and audio files from your computer and listen to them in high quality Dolby Digital.

If you have conceived to connect a home theater to a computer directly, without any intermediaries in the form of auxiliary equipment, look for special adapters in electronics stores. On the one hand, they have a minijack for sound card connectors, and on the other - a few sockets for numerous columns connectors. However, in order to use such a device, it is necessary that the more advanced analogue of a sound card has been installed on your motherboard than on the usual computer.

By combining a computer and a system that reproduces high-quality sound, you can modify the sound details by contacting the equalizer. You can get to it through the audio card setup program, which is installed automatically along with sound device drivers. But be humane - having got a powerful sound installation at your disposal, do not forget about the existence of neighbors.