Playing laptop sound through Bongo speakers

miraz · Post by **miraz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:46 pm

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

tallbongo · Post by **tallbongo** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:19 am

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).

wonkanoby · Post by **wonkanoby** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:08 am

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

Bisto_Blue · Post by **Bisto_Blue** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:27 am

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!!

maxi_77 · Post by **maxi_77** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:44 am

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

B*Witched Blingo · Post by **B*Witched Blingo** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:24 pm

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

miraz · Post by **miraz** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:53 pm

Cheers guys! Definitely fancy one that supports sd cards/usb inputs - are they easy to fit?

maxi_77 · Post by **maxi_77** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:34 pm

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.

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