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Is there a way I can hook up my ipod to my 5.1 Channel Surround System by Philips?

I own a ipod and a Philips Extreme 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System (really cheap, bought for $90 at Frys). I have hooked up the cable in various ways, but at the best, I get sound out the front and back speakers, not the center one and the subwoofer. I would really like to get my ipod sound through at least the subwoofer, and can't find a way to do it. The system obviously doesn't use RCA, which is just left and right, not surround. Anyway, does anyone know an inexpensive/free and easy way to do this? Please help, I love to listen to my music really loud and bassy in my room, but I can't really do that with an Ihome, can I?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    you need a headphone jack to an RCA converted....

  • 5 years ago

    You should hook up the center channel if you want the best quality. For a bedroom it might not matter as much and you could just do the left and right. Even if there are no rear speakers the system will still send specific signals to the left, right, and center. I's really up to you.

  • 1 decade ago

    All your music is recorded in stereo 2 channels only. unless you ripped sacd you can't.

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