Hooking up to your stereo system

I have two receivers. One that's a bit older that I have no problem hooking up the Kensington Stereo Dock fo iPod. I just put it in the audio input on the front of the reciever and het video and I get the music. I ahve a much nicer and newer Harmon Kardon reciever inside. I cannot get any sound out of it from the iPod mini. I have tried everything. Is there something simple I might be missing?
Thanks for any help.

I had a business trip tn a rental car this past week which had a USB port on the stereo. I plugged in and tried all 4 options (PC Mode, Windows Media, USB Storage, and Charge Only) and all of them gave the same error message on the car's stereo that you describe. So I was only able to use the stereo's USB port to charge the phone.
Instead, I used the 3.5mm stereo jack to play the phone's music, nav, calls, etc to the car's audio. If your car does not have a 3.5mm connector, you can get one installed in most cars for $100-200. The guy installed mine so that the cables hide in the glove compartment when not in use, and he didn't have to drill any holes.

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The best way depends upon your stereo system. If you system has an AUX input you can get a cable that goes from the headphone jack to the AUX in

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the cat 5 cable is hooked through the TV Tv is hooked to blue ray through hdmi and tv to cable box via hdmi
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A fiberoptic cable should be connected from the TV to a input of the stereo. I am just not really sure aobut your comment:
"i have fiberoptic cable from the blue ray to stereo and stereo to TV"
I undesrtand you have a fiber cable from BD to your stereo. But the other part are you saying you are using stereo RCA connections to the TV? because if you already have a fiber optic cable connecting your TV to stereo it should be working

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Hello,
I'm trying to find a great way to hook up my Macbook Pro with either a surround sound or dolby 5.1 stereo system. Are there any ways that the Macbook Pro's can be used for this or if anybody knows of any Stereo Systems that would work for DVD/TV/FiOS TV/Computer's?

Although I haven't researched this, I believe the MBP delivers 5.1 channel sound out the optical digital output. There is a cable you can buy that will connect you up from that type of digital output to the kind on the back of your stereo. I used to use that same style connecting my portable minidisc optical out to my home stereo.
You'll use your DVI out to send video to the monitor.
Good luck, let us know how it turns out.
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Play IPOD through my stereo system

I bought a cheap Phillips chord to plug my ipod through my stereo system. The sound is different from song to song (as in loudness/brightness)and i have to keep adjusting the stereo volume or settings...is this NORMAL or is there somehting i am doing completely wrong......I have a good stereo systema nd would hate to have to buy an ipod sound system to play my ipod in the house when i have a perfectly good stereo system. Could it be the 6.99 phillips chord? am i supposed to change some settings somewhere?? THX again folks for your help.

If I'm not mistaken, choosing that setting in your iTunes prefs doesn't effect iPod playback when it's not hooked up to a computer. If you need to normalize sound levels on your iPod, go to the settings in your iPod menu and turn on Sound Check.

Need help planning home stereo system utilizing Itunes,iPs, airplay

Hello,
the internet is overwhelming me with Info, so I will ask you guys my question.
How to best build a home stereo system playing my itunes libraries.
Here are my stats:
Itunes library is housed in external 1 TB drive, worked off a Windows laptop ( Sony Viao)
I have and use two Itunes accounts ( one for US and one for Germany store)
Have an older Ipod click ( older gen, ), I phone 4S and Ipad 2,
will be upgrading to new iphone and ipad this year.
What I want to do:
At the moment we have no home stereo system or home theater. Been happy using the HDMI connector playing video from Ipad to TV. To be honest I do most of my TV viewing directly from the Ipad as it's very transportable.
Music I listen more with headphones, but have been missing my old hi-fi system from 10 years ago, which I no longer have. ( Birthing and raising 2 kids the past 8 years made me forget what I have missed . ).
Anyways it's time to get serious again.
I need to first start with a basic receiver and speakers.
Question 1:
What kind of a receiver do you recommend? There are so many options now besides hooking DVD/CD player to Receiver/tuner. Now you have wifi options ( airplay etc...). where I understand you can stream your itunes movie/music wifi. We would want a traditional DVD/CD hook up and itunes.
Question 2:
Digitial Quality: Does streaming via airplay to a receiver give digitial quality in music? I read that most Iphone/pod docks only offer analog hookup. What about digital. I know there are a few ie. Onkyo ND-S1 that are digitial. Does airplay give the same quality over wifi as a hook-up??
Question 3: I am willing to have most of my library on a ipod/ipad , but what would be the best way to access my itunes library via the exterrnal drive WITHOUT having to run a computer?? also do Airplay and appletv work together, same thing? or need both?
Question 4: Our house is big and not open. this means investing in a single set- up in main area downstairs. But what are some cheaper options ( Sonos too much money for us) for a system more spread out. Can I run from one receiver one set of speakers with wire hook-up in main room and wireless elsewhere . and how does the wireless work ( wifi?)
I hope I made sense, kinds still brainstorming in my head.

Hi,
I see no one has taken up the challenge so I'll give it a go
Here's the Apple info for multiple iPods:
How to use multiple iPods with one computer
It has a link to an article on how to share music between different accounts on the same computer which you should read.
1. When you say 'Archive entire CD collection...' I assume you are talking about loading all your CDs into one or more iTunes libraries?
2. Assuming one or more iTunes libraries then all you need to do is set the import options correctly. iTunes>Preferences>Advanced>Importing>Import using Apple Lossless Encoder
3. This would seem to indicate you need one iTunes library. It is the computer that is authorised: iTunes: About Music Store authorization and deauthorization
4. For each user to have unique song ratings you will need multiple iTunes libraries.
If Lossless and AAC are in the same Library then Smart Playlists will do the trick as you can have the condition 'Kind does not contain Apple Lossless'
You can set the view options to show you what Kind of track in iTunes.
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Setting up a multi-zone stereo system in my home with Airport Express

I'm trying to set up an in-home stereo system using iTunes as my main hub. I want to play iTunes as well as Pandora and possibly Sirius. Can I set this up with Airport Express? Would I control everything through iTunes on my MacBook or an iPad? How is this all wired if I have some existing external speakers with a receiver in my family room, built-in ceiling speakers in the kitchen, and outdoor external speakers? I am comparing this to a Sonos system, but the Sonos is not really in my budget.
Also, what is the difference between Airport Express and Airport Extreme? What would I need for this situation? Thanks in advance for your help.

>I want to play iTunes as well as Pandora and possibly Sirius. Can I set this up with AirPort Express?
From iTunes you can stream a single audio source to one or multiple 802.11n AirPort Express Base Stations (AXn), but you cannot stream multiple audio sources to separate AXns. You would need a third-party product, like Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil to stream audio sources other than from iTunes.
>Would I control everything through iTunes on my MacBook or an iPad?
You could do either.
>How is this all wired if I have some existing external speakers with a receiver in my family room, built-in ceiling speakers in the kitchen, and outdoor external speakers?
Of the speakers you mentioned, only the ones connected to the receiver would work directly connected to an AXn. The audio output port on the AXn is a combo 3.5 mm stereo analog/optical digital port. Assuming your receiver accepts either analog or digital audio input, you can feed the output of iTunes or Airfoil from the AXn to the receiver. In turn, the receiver (if configured for whole home stereo) can feed the kitchen and outdoor speakers.
>Also, what is the difference between AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme?
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>What would I need for this situation?
Only the Express can accomplish providing an audio stream.

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So I have a Alpine CDE-9852 car stereo system along with the Alpine iPod adapter in my 1994 Toyota Celica and I've come across a little problem ever since I upgraded to iPhone 3G. See, when I had my 2G iPhone and plugged it in via the dock connector, my car's stereo system played what was playing on my iPhone. When I answered phone calls the music stopped and then continued when the call ended. Most importantly, when I was plugged it, my iPhone charged itself. Everything was great!
When I bought my iPhone 3G though, something changed. My system still plays songs from my iPhone, stop when a call comes in, and continues when the call ends, BUT my phone no longer gets charged! I've tried messing around with the phone, but no luck. So I'm assuming there is a compatibility issue, and I realize a firmware from Alpine is highly unlikely, so my question for you all is: Am I out of luck on this or is it possible that something can be done to allow my 3G to charge via the car's ipod adapter? Also, could Apple solve this issue, by adding more compatibility to the next firmware? I would appreciate any feedback and incite on what can/can't be done. I'm planning to write/call Apple and Alpine to try and get to the bottom of this problem. It's just so disappointing that the old phone charged and the new one doesn't. Thanks in advance for the feedback.

So you were right to assume I transposed the numbers, it is the 9857. Thanks for all the valuable info you have given me so far. Now, here is my question, I have an iPod adapter box, that cost me $100. Now I'm not sure what model number this is (I can find out once I go home this weekend), but I can tell you it is an Alpine iPod adapter box. Its what I used to plug in my iPhone for the past year and a half. I bought this back more than 2 years ago though, so I don't know if affects the 2006 compatibility time period, so possibly you could answer that once I get you the model number. So with the 422i, would it replace the ipod adapter I have now, or just change the cable that goes from the adapter to my iPhone? Also, the website talks about it as though it strictly supports iPods, is it compatibable with my iPhone? Also, will I be able to use an phone features with the new cable.
So with the replacement cable you said it will do 5 volt, which is what I need for the iPhone right? I don't have a 120 gb classic, so I'm all set there. As far as connecting my iPhone, playing music from it, and charging it, is this cable my solution?
Also, so the scoche adapter would solve all these issues as well? Including the needed charging area? Finally, do you know if there are any head units out there by alpine or anyone for that matter that would provide me (an iPhone 3G owner) with all the functionality I've been looking for PLUS phone capabilities? I'm not looking to drop an arm and a leg or get a big screen alpine head unit, but something that would broadcast my calls in the car through the system. I realize this might have to include buying a bluetooth unit, but I figure it might be worth it to get all that capability.
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Connecting iMac 24" to Stereo System

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I do have a rather old Sony STR-G3. I do not know if it supports the right connection type.
Thank you.

Hornet Developer,
Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new iMac. You should be able to successfully connect your iMac to a hi-fi system and get 5.1 sound on at least iTunes material. This is assuming of course the content in iTunes was recorded in 5.1. In fact if you have an Airport Express you can even do it wirelessly, using Apples Air Tunes feature.
This will work with any receiver that supports optical input, there are even some powered speakers available so this would work with them as well.
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When I connect my Qosmio G20 to my stereo using that AV cable (with red, yellow and white jack) and my Qosmio includes a cable that joins this 3 cable to the laptop's line for headphones.
The problem is, it only sends the sound to one speaker if I swap the cable then the just other speaker works and the previous not.
I've already tried the speaker/sound setup to all of the options there and no one made both speakers work.
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Hi
Are you sure you have connected the right connectors to the HiFI???
For stereo sound receiving you will need to connect only two plugs: RED and WHITE.
Ive also connected my notebook to the HiFI via cable 1-2: one plug to headphone jack and 2 plugs (left, right) to the HiFI.
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How to listen to iTunes through two separate stereo systems simultaneouly?

I was thinking of buying two Airport Express units in order to run iTunes to two seperate stereo systems in two different rooms. Can this be done, or is there a better way to accomplish this?
thanks for any help!
pjo
iMac G4, 800 Mhz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi Pjo,
Yes, you can listen to iTunes through two separate stereo systems simultaneously. The current version of iTunes allows you to stream your music to multiple Airport Express units. At the bottom of iTunes, where the different Airport Express units' names are listed, there is a "Multiple Speakers..." option; select this to choose from one or more of your units.
Hope this helps.
- Keith

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