Playing an external audio source across my laptop speakers

cell491

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Nov 26, 2006
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Yea so this is what im trying to do, I have a Dell e1705 hooked up to an external BenQ 20" lcd and i also have an xbox 360 hooked up to said monitor. The dilemma arises when i realized i dont have any speakers to hook up to the xbox360 (and buying some isnt an option ...dont ask). So my question is it somehow possible to hook the xbox 360's sound output to my laptops line-in port and get it to play across the speakers. As of right now though i have only been able to get the line-in to work as a record function...how do i get it to just play through the speakers as if they were a pair of external speakers?
 

unfalliblekrutch

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Originally posted by: cell491
Yea so this is what im trying to do, I have a Dell e1705 hooked up to an external BenQ 20" lcd and i also have an xbox 360 hooked up to said monitor. The dilemma arises when i realized i dont have any speakers to hook up to the xbox360 (and buying some isnt an option ...dont ask). So my question is it somehow possible to hook the xbox 360's sound output to my laptops line-in port and get it to play across the speakers. As of right now though i have only been able to get the line-in to work as a record function...how do i get it to just play through the speakers as if they were a pair of external speakers?

I believe the linein is playing...just not loudly. Try using the microphone port instead of the line in?
 

cell491

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Nov 26, 2006
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Originally posted by: unfalliblekrutch
Originally posted by: cell491
Yea so this is what im trying to do, I have a Dell e1705 hooked up to an external BenQ 20" lcd and i also have an xbox 360 hooked up to said monitor. The dilemma arises when i realized i dont have any speakers to hook up to the xbox360 (and buying some isnt an option ...dont ask). So my question is it somehow possible to hook the xbox 360's sound output to my laptops line-in port and get it to play across the speakers. As of right now though i have only been able to get the line-in to work as a record function...how do i get it to just play through the speakers as if they were a pair of external speakers?

I believe the linein is playing...just not loudly. Try using the microphone port instead of the line in?

it is the same port on this laptop, when you plug it in it asks on the screen if you want to use it for either line-in or mic (ive tried both), and i have the volume turned all the way up on both line in and speaker