Responsibly getting rid of e-wasteWe make it easy to recycle all kinds of used tech — from cameras and cellphones to robot vacuums and speakers. Regardless of where you bought it, how old it is or who made it, you can bring your tech to any Best Buy store to have it recycled.
If the Speakers Still Work
- Turn Old Desktop Speakers Into a Loud Charging Station. You aren't alone.
- Make an Internet Radio.
- Turn Car Speakers Into a Boombox.
- The Lethargic Option: Add a Chromecast.
- Repurpose Grills as Earring Holders.
- Speakers Make Excellent Bookshelves and Wooden Furniture.
How to Dispose of an Old Stereo Receiver (4 Steps)
- Resell stereo receivers at a local pawn shop, Internet resell site or in the classified section of the newspaper.
- Donate working stereo receivers to a local charity thrift shop or Goodwill.
- Recycle nonworking stereo receivers at a local recycling facility.
You can search for recyclers in your local area through Planet Ark or call their Recycling Near You hotline: 1300 733 712. 1800ewaste collects and recycles over 95% of old electrical appliances such as televisions, fridges, microwaves, mobile phones, LCDs, plasmas and computers.
7+ Places To Turn Your Useless & Broken Electronics into Cash
- Decluttr.
- SellCell.
- ecoATM.
- GreenBuyback.
- GadgetScouter.
- Ebay/Amazon.
- Craigslist.
- Local Facebook sale groups.
A home theater Surround Sound system can be connected to a computer in the same manner by plugging standard RCA cables into a Y-adapter for the computer's audio output and attaching the cables on the other end to the input jacks on an AV receiver.
Yes , indeed !! You will find the 3.5mm jack attached to the Computer. Just remove it and attach it to the mobile phone. But you need to connect the speaker with power source because speakers can't get any power from 3.5mm jack.
Sometimes referred to as earphones, headphones are a hardware output device that either plug into a computer line out or speakers.
Hooking Up Your Stereo to Your PC or Laptop
- Turn down the volume on your stereo and sound card.
- Find the correct cable.
- Plug the 1/8-inch stereo plug into your sound card's speaker jack.
- Plug the cable's two RCA phono plugs into the stereo's Aux Input or Tape Input jacks.
Unless your computer is very old, the jacks are color-coded green for line-out -- for speakers or headphones -- blue for line-in and pink for a microphone. The microphone and speaker jacks may also have small images next to them. The line-in jack is intended for music players or other audio devices.
Connect Speakers to Your Windows PC
| Color | Connection |
|---|
| Gray | Line-in jack (for audio equipment) |
| Green | Speakers or headphone |
| Pink | S/PDIF input |
| Red | Microphone |
From the desktop, right-click your taskbar's Speaker icon and choose Playback Devices. The Sound window appears. Click (don't double-click) your speaker's icon and then click the Configure button. Click the speaker's icon with the green check mark, because that's the device your computer uses for playing sound.
Can I use normal living-room stereo speakers with my PC? Probably not directly, but essentially yes. To use standard hi-fi stereo speakers you just need an amplifier to drive them. So, either get yourself a separate hi-fi amp and speakers, or take the cheap option and plug your PC into the stereo in the living room.
Most such speakers have an internal amplifier and consequently require a power source, which may be by a mains power supply often via an AC adapter, batteries, or a USB port. Most computers have speakers of low power and quality built in; when external speakers are connected they disable the built-in speakers.
yes you can re use them. note the wattage and the resistance of them. you will need to match them to the proper setup, but speakers are good till they disintegrate.
How to Connect Old Stereo Speakers to a Computer
- Attach the speakers to the amplifier with speaker wire, using the red wire to connect to the positive terminal and the other wire to connect with the black terminal.
- Connect a set of RCA-type audio cables to a set of free audio input jacks on the back of the amp.
