How to connect a home theater to a laptop

People are coming up with new inventions, one of them is a home theater. Its capabilities include direct connection to the wired Internet and work with improved sound quality for this platform. But if there is only an Internet modem available, the user need not worry. In this article, we will tell you how to connect a home theater to a laptop.

Ways to connect a home theater to a laptop

Whether you have a laptop or a computer, it doesn’t matter. But for clarity, we will present a laptop.

To start connecting, find the connector cords in your home. VGA, HDMI. RCAs are not found on modern laptops; they were replaced by: headphone slot and USB. Via USB 2.0 (and its other versions: 3.0, 3.1) it is impossible to connect a home theater to a laptop, since the cable provides information conduction only through one channel format (to transmit video you need two: sound and “picture”). And what’s more, shorting the channels can lead to damage to the laptop and the cinema!

Now let’s look at the slots through which two channel formats can be routed:

• HDMI

Slightly similar to USB, only 2 of its corners are not straight. This is the most modern cable that allows you to carry sound and picture simultaneously. Its price is a little higher than the others. And in general, it is already replacing the outdated VGA or even “tulips”.Cable TV, Play Stasion, XBox and modern video cards use HDMI only.

• VGA

This is a large cable, painted blue. It has many communication threads, so finding a connector for it is not difficult. If you only have a VGA, you will need to additionally connect a sound reformer to speakers, since the cable is connected to the theater via a video card.

Now select one of the cables to connect (only one! With two, a short circuit will occur) to the cinema and find where to put the laptop so that you can control it, and the cables reach both devices.

Why is the connection made?

The home theater is connected to improve the acoustics. You will watch videos and hear the highest quality sound from movies, videos and music. And most importantly - support with a big picture. You will be able to watch movies from any site, including YouTube.

And watch absolutely any films, and completely free of charge, compared to satellite TV. Advertising will not constantly bother you, and you can watch a missed series or match at a time convenient for you. The games will be as realistic as possible, but in this case it is better to use a computer.

Step-by-step connection instructions

There are no particular difficulties in connecting.

1. Find the connectors on both devices for your cable.
2. Connect both sides (to the cinema and to the laptop). But be careful not to damage the connectors.
3. Turn on the cinema and laptop.
4. Specify the signal source (VGA or HDMI) in the acoustics settings and select it.
5. Confirm the connection to the cinema on your laptop. Usually the laptop loads the driver itself without any action from you.
6. Ready.

You can also connect other controllers - mouse, keyboard.All this is not difficult - just find the appropriate connector on your equipment.

We hope our information was useful. Be careful with equipment!