Hook up my PC to my main unit/amp (Denon AVR-2803)

Alanthor

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HI. Im gonna be brief.

I have a Denon AVR 2803, I have 1 center, 2 front speakers and 2 surrounds R/L, aswell a subwoofer hooked up to the Denon.

I want to play music from my PC.

I have tried hooking up a 3,5mm AUX fromm PC to that bigger hole.. If I guess, i call it 4.5mm aux. But it didnt work...
 
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6 speakers is a 5.1 system, 7.1 is 8 speakers. your denon wants eight inputs for ALL speakers. you only have two. you need to split the output from the laptop 3/4 times to get the 6/8 required inputs. hence all the hardware. you only have six speakers. FL/FR RL/RR center/SUB. so we will need 1 x 3 way splitter looks like this: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MwCiFoo9L.jpg
3 x 1/8 inch to RCA adaptor cables. looks like this: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51r9JYa4eZL._SX522_.jpg
split the output from the laptop, attach all three 1/8 to rca cables to it. connect the first one to the back of the unit FL/FR, the second cable goes to RL/RR, and the last one will go to the center/sub.
I thought you had all eight speakers and...

Alanthor

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I have every cable u can imagine. Thank you Sir, I willl try. THo.... I am not happy with Stereo. Somehow, it must be possile to get all the speakers. So mmore reply's please :) Sorry for spelling, my keyboatrdf is very ba

EDIT: Connected as instructed. I have sound from my 2 front speakers now as u said. But there must be a way to get it better.. ANYTHING? Doesnt has to be setup liikke surround, just so I get sound from all my speakerss incl subwoofer, surround or stereo doesnt matter. Cmon audi pros. I know its possible
 

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what is your motherboard/soundcard.
on my system for example I would use three of those cables, each cable will carry 2 channels. my motherboard has 6 ports for audio on the back
if you only have three, the problem is configuring the soundcard to output on all ports.
 

Alanthor

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I might forgot to mention something. It doesnt has to be actual surround you know. I just want to listen on music on all my speakers incl subwoofer. I know its possible, but i dont know how to.. :(

Its a shitty laptop, so it has one audio output
 

R_1

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ok I gotcha
http://www.amazon.com/eFuture-STR_M-SPL_F-Stereo-Y-Splitter-Female/dp/B0012IYLMM%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0012IYLMM
one of these and two of the other cables will get ya there, split the output from the laptop, one for front speakers, one for rear
or one of these
http://www.amazon.com/CablesOnline-Female-Stereo-Splitter-AV-Y01F3/dp/B00ENUOMKW%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00ENUOMKW
and three of the first cables for all 6 speakers
 

Alanthor

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Ok. I have one of those "3.5mm - RCA 3x" and one 3.5mm - RCA 2x. What can I do with this? The subwoofer must be included. Ty mate
 

R_1

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I looked at the bak of the denon and this is what you will need.
http://www.amazon.com/kenable-Splitter-3-5mm-Stereo-Sockets/dp/B00Y1MYOPK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1451727883&sr=1-1&keywords=headphone+splitter+4+way
this will split the laptop out x 4
you'll then need 4 x of these
http://www.amazon.com/C2G-Cables-39942-Series-Y-Cable/dp/B009SPL7D2%3Fpsc%3D1%26SubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB009SPL7D2
one in each output.
on the back of the denon there is a block of 8 RCA plugs (female)
match colors white to white, red to red.
select the proper input on the denon and enjoy the tunes

if you have a 1/8 3 way splitter and a 1/8 2 way splitter you can put the 2 way on one of the three way outs, that will give you the four outputs you need
 

Alanthor

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Thanksd mate. Fullty understrand.
 

Alanthor

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Nono wait.. Please explain in a different way.. I don't understand what I need and how many..

Forgot to add.. my subwoofer is an active on. So the subwoofer audio cables is RCA.

And keep in mind I got these cables:
3.5mm - RCA male 3 split
3.5mm - RCA female 3 split
RCA male - RCA female (2 on each ends)
 

R_1

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6 speakers is a 5.1 system, 7.1 is 8 speakers. your denon wants eight inputs for ALL speakers. you only have two. you need to split the output from the laptop 3/4 times to get the 6/8 required inputs. hence all the hardware. you only have six speakers. FL/FR RL/RR center/SUB. so we will need 1 x 3 way splitter looks like this: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MwCiFoo9L.jpg
3 x 1/8 inch to RCA adaptor cables. looks like this: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51r9JYa4eZL._SX522_.jpg
split the output from the laptop, attach all three 1/8 to rca cables to it. connect the first one to the back of the unit FL/FR, the second cable goes to RL/RR, and the last one will go to the center/sub.
I thought you had all eight speakers and was advising along those lines.
Doing this you will have sound in the FL/FR, RL/RR, Center/Sub. it will still only be stereo but all speakers will be paired.
if your speakers are hooked up and working all you need is an input for each one of the active speakers. 6 speakers, 6 inputs
 
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