PC Speaker system hooked to TV

[avatar57]

I have an Altec Lansing PC speaker system with subwoofer that works great with my Laptop. I recently bought a LG 32" LCD TV which has a Headphone socket.

When I connected my PC speaker system to the Headphone socket, the TV sound output was pathetic and probably did not work with the subwoofer.

Is there a compatibility issue here? I do want to use the existing system because the sound is just awesome and as good as a Home theater system.


Thanks

 

[ichigo]

TV sound in general is pathetic, the source is just...bad. No comment on the pc system.

 

[just-some-guy]

connect them to the RCA's on the back of the tv. i have never had a problem doing this. except when the tv has a "fixed" out, and not a "variable" out, like my mitsu

with a fixed out, the tv will not control the volume. a variable out will control the volume.

 

[xego]

Right like "just some guy" said, if you only have a connection with a mini jack then maybe radio shack has something to go to RCA but not sure. I had to answer on this post as I was just thinking today about my first "Surround Sound" was also a PC set up. It was in a tiny bedroom so it actually worked alright. Prologic was all there was unless you were lucky enough to have a Laserdisk player...lol