CD-ROM Audio Cable...what is each wire for?

[chiwawa626]

I have a 3 pin cdrom audio cable with a red, white, and black wire on it...what is each wire for? I was thinking of splicing the cable, hooking it up to a 1/8 stereo jack and using it as an extra audio input...is that possible?

 

[yhelothar]

i'm gonna take a guess...
one is for left channel one is for right channel, and one is ground...

 

[Sheriff]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
i'm gonna take a guess...
one is for left channel one is for right channel, and one is ground...

LOL...good guess and BTW you don't need to hook them up as were in digital mode

 

[Mday]

red is right, white is left, black is ground. the other black is ground, or is missing. you may blow the sound card.

 

[HiTek21]

I spliced my sound card cable in half and made 2 external sound inputs for RCA Inputs. I can plug in my video game consoles into my TV Card and use the Left & Right sound inputs like a TV. Heres a picture of mine

 

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
I splied my sound card cable in half and made 2 external sound inputs for RCA Inputs. I can plug in my video game consoles into my TV Card and use the Left & Right sound inputs like a TV. Heres a picture of mine

Cool, I wanna photo mouse mat or a mug of that mod...lol

 

[Goi]

FYI You don't really need those connectors nowadays as everything can be done via the IDE bus.