Connecting external stereo speakers

You can take advantage of your computer’s stereo sound output by attaching external powered (amplified) speakers.

1Assemble the speakers and the cable you need.

You need a cable with stereo miniplugs at each end to connect one or both speakers to the computer. (Some speakers require a dual-plug adapter. Others, like those shown here, accept a single stereo miniplug and are joined by standard speaker wires.)

The following illustration shows the equipment configuration and the connections for a computer sound system.

-Sound output port

Externally

powered speakers

Audio In port

2Turn off the Macintosh.

3Plug a stereo miniplug into the sound output port on the Macintosh.

Stereo miniplug

4Plug a stereo miniplug into the Audio In port on one of the speakers.

If the speakers take a dual-plug cable, connect both plugs to the speakers’ Audio In ports.

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Apple 6200 series manual Connecting external stereo speakers, Assemble the speakers and the cable you need