my mac is the DJ for every party i have!! it rocks, hooked up to my stereo, with SoundJam, i don't have to go near it all night, i make the playslists during the day!!!! so cooo…

btw, my cable is 3m long, and works fine, never had a problem...dunno how longs yours was mate

Many, many thanks to evryone who responded! I will be trying the many suggestion listed here this wekend and will post my findings next week. I appreciate all of the help. Thank y…

I don't know if it will help but I had similar problem when trying to connect my VCR to my stereo. To fix it I had to change the input to AUX (from PHONO I think). If what I said i…

DON'T PLUG YOUR MAC INTO YOUR RECEIVER'S PHONO INPUT!!! The phono input has an extra preamp stage to boost the (few mV) signal from the (either MM or MC) record player to line lev…

Quote: Originally posted by mgpalma: That's odd. I tried the same thing, a mini stereo plug that splits into 2 RCA plug and a RCA cable about 15' long and all I get is a…

umm have you tryed moveing the volume to a medum level

Hi Michael. My wife bought a 20 foot cable (mini plug to 2 x RCA) to connect her September 2000 iMac DV+ to her stereo (as stated above; NOT the phono input). Plugging into the…

I have an iMac hooked up to my JVC receiver. At first I tried running the output to the phono plugs but got only a buzz. Switch to the tape plugs and it works fine. I now have …

I have my iMac's sound out connected to a small cable that splits to 2 RCAs, that connect to a 6 foot cable that goes to TAPE input of a Sony receiver. Then I have speaker wire tha…

Quote: Originally posted by cygnusx1: one great thing about my beloved 8600/200 -- 2 RCA in, 2 RCA out, video in, video out, mic in, headphone out. the back of my mac l…

I have a revision B iMac, and I still get a slight hum with the connection. I was told by some audio experts that the best way to hook it up would be with a sound card. Too bad for…

Slightly off topic, but my solution to this was to buy something called "Kima" from http://www.akoo.com. It broadcasts on a 900 mhz freq. from the sound out port of a mac to a re…

IMHO this is nearly always a problem of grounding, especially with a 60Hz hum. The tricky part is that a receiver is often not only grounded via AC in, but also via the tv/radio co…

Just wanted to give my 2 cents here. I have hooked my iMac up to my stereo via the audio output jack. It works fine. I use a 1/8" mini jack to rca (red and white) connectors. I …

Another thing is that 1/8" (3.5mm) plugs have high impedence, so the plug actually becomes electrically charged, causing buzz. Unplugging it and plugging it back in solves it. Bett…

I'm currently running out of a G4, an audio cable about 50 ft to my stereo downstairs. I've got it working with no hum, and I still have audio upstairs. How you ask? First the aud…

I have a Sony Walkman plugged into my beige G3. It works great. I have the radio plugged into a AC adaptor.. Not the greatest fidelity, but I just use it to listen to my college s…

"My Beige G3 is hooked up to an old receiver through the same mini-stereo jack, but the cable splits into two RCAplugs which I then plug into the back of the stereo." This is what…

Ok, here's what I found. 1. Putting both the receiver and Mac on the same outlet did nothing to eliminate the hum. Neither did shortening the cable from 15 ft. to 1 ft. 2. I foun…

you should try using a cable that has the shield only tied to the mac's ground connection and not to the stereo's RCA shields (but make sure the shield is continuous throughout the…

I've got a Dual 450. I wanna get the Retail Radeon card and plug S-video into my big screen TV that's hooked up with a Kenwood Dolby D. Would make for good parties. shoot, but s-…

You can't get Dolby 5.1 with normal CDs anway, unless you don't want the subwoofer. The 5.1 uses a seperate channel just for the subwoofer. If it doesn't send out the signal, it …

Quote: Originally posted by cygnusx1: you should try using a cable that has the shield only tied to the mac's ground connection and not to the stereo's RCA shields (but …

I am finding it hard to pass the next few hours http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/confused.gif while I wait for my new G4 MP500 with big momma Cinema Display http://forums.macnn.co…