plugging a laptop or other computer into the head unit

[Stealth 10+ year member]

anyone know of someone that's done this? i couldn't find anything really useful, if anyone knows another thread, or a website where someone hooked their laptop or desktop into their head unit, to play MP3s from their computer out their speakers, i'd appreciate it if they could show me

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[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

I've done it. I have aux in's on my head unit. I just bought a headphone plug to rca adapter at Radioshack(where you got questions and they never have answers). I used my laptop. But keep it as far away from speakers as possible as magnetic fields will ruin a harddrive in a computer.

 

[bigtbuck 10+ year member]

i've got my computer hooked up to my stereo in my room, it should be the same principle.

you need to get a RCA cable that can plug into your headphone jack on your laptop. as long as you have a head unit with an auxilary input, you can just plug it into your headphone jack and then to the back of your head unit.

you might not get the sound quality that you normally would though.

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

same as hooking up an mp3 player. aux input.