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Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:46 pm
by miraz
Hi everyone! What's the easiest way to set up our audio system so we can watch dvds on a laptop but have the sound through the Bongo's speakers. We just have a basic cd/radio at the moment. Hear a lot of people talking about double dins and so on but don't really know what these are!
All suggestions gratefully received
Re: Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:19 am
by tallbongo
You'll need a head unit with an auxiliary input (aux in). These are readily available for under 50 pounds. It doesn't need to be a double din unit (that refers to the unit size).
Re: Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:08 am
by wonkanoby
lidl and aldi have them on a regular basis
aldi have one starts today
http://uk.aldi.com/uk/html/offers/offer ... z_src=main
Re: Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:27 am
by Bisto_Blue
We've had reasonable success with one of these:
http://keene.co.uk/electronic/keene-ele ... SBFMT.html
Just tune your stereo radio out to static, and set the simple software to the same FM frequency.
We did swap for a stereo with an 'Aux In' in the end though, one of these in fact:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI. ... OU:GB:1123
32GB of music on 4 SD cards takes up much less space than bulky CD's!!
Re: Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:44 am
by maxi_77
We have an Aldi radio with both aux in and usb and it works fine. In the past some Aldi/Lidl radios have had a heavy drain when 'off' but having had 3 of them I have never had that problem
Re: Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:24 pm
by B*Witched Blingo
I use the aux line with the tv. It gives fantastic surround sound. Also if a dvd player is in use on long journeys, you can set the speakers to rear only so that the driver is not distracted and the passengers can hear the film over the motorway/bad weather noise.
Alternatively if you have an ipod doc that drops from mains to 12v. I managed to get a cheap one from asda (about £15/£20). Plugged in the 12v lead and connected the aux line into the tv. No need for mains and pretty good sound as well.
Hope that helps.
Chell
Re: Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:53 pm
by miraz
Cheers guys! Definitely fancy one that supports sd cards/usb inputs - are they easy to fit?
Re: Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:34 pm
by maxi_77
miraz wrote:Cheers guys! Definitely fancy one that supports sd cards/usb inputs - are they easy to fit?
With the right din to mazda connector yes took me about an hour including making the extraction tools for the old radio.