Adapter to combine 3.5 mm left & right male speaker output to 3.5mm female stereo

[Alan Caro]

Lee Schierer,

The center pale green socket is the standard stereo output, so the connection to the speakers will originate as a 3.5mm stereo plug. Typically, computer speakers will simply have a single 3.5mm plug that connects to the speaker that has the amplifier in it. The amp/speaker then has an output to the other speaker.

On some speakers that have the amplifier in a subwoofer unit, the 3.5mm stereo will split into L and R RCA:

3.5mm Mini Plug to 2 RCA Female Audio Stereo Adapter 6 inch NEW

And I use a connector like that one.

What is the speaker connection like on your set?

Alan Caro

[Lee Schierer]

So what does the light blue jack do?

I connected the stereo speaker plug to the green jack and do in fact get stereo output. If I plug into the blue jack, I get nothing.

[Jim Becker]

The light blue one, based on the icon, is an input, not an output. David mentioned that in his comment on the previous page.

[Alan Caro]

So what does the light blue jack do?

I connected the stereo speaker plug to the green jack and do in fact get stereo output. If I plug into the blue jack, I get nothing.

Lee,

This the standard coding for computer audio connections:

green = stereo output, front channels
black = stereo output, rear channels
grey = stereo output, side channels
gold = dual output, center and subwoofer
blue = stereo input, line level
pink = mono microphone input

That is showing the cores for a system for a soundcard with surround sound: 2X front, center or subwoofer, 2X side, and 2X rear speakers

The blue socket is a stereo line level input. If you wanted to record a CD to the computer, that would be the place to connect the CD player output.

Alan