Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!lakesys!macak
From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac -> stereo
Message-ID: <428@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 88 16:28:16 GMT
References: <1006@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
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Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI
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Summary: Just use the right connections

In article <1006@thorin.cs.unc.edu> glassner@unc.cs.unc.edu (Andrew S. Glassner) writes:
>I'd like to hear my Mac on my stereo, but the fellow at the computer
>shop said I should not simply use a cable with the appropriate plugs
>at the two ends (mono 1/8" to 1/4"), though he couldn't justify this
>claim.  He did make doom and thunder sounds should I be foolish enough 
>to ignore his words (okay, too many spooky games!).
>
>Can I connect my Mac Plus to my stereo?  How?

I have successfully (and safely) hooked up my Mac Plus to my stereo, with _no_
untoward efffects at all.

A few things to note: If you want sound out of both of your stereo speakers,
you will have to either get a "Y" type of plug so the mono line from the Mac
is split into two mono lines for the input to your stereo, _or_ set your
stereo to mono output (if you have that capability).

Also, start with a low volume level on your Control Panel setting and a low
volume on your stereo, and gradually increase both until you get a decent
sound.  Too much input from too high a Control Panel volume setting could
result in distorted sound.

Finally, be sure to use the auxiliary, tuner or tape inputs when plugging in
the line from the Mac.  Don't use a phono input on the back of your stereo.

Good luck; you'll like what you hear!

Jim  --> USENET:  macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)

(standard disclaimer, _plus_ don't blame me if you fry anything!  :-) )