Connecting Hi Fi system to laptop/ipod

[PDW1964]

I recently bought a Sony Micro Hi Fi Component System (CMT-G1iP) which has a USB port. I have tried to connect my laptop and my Ipod to this port to play music through the system but it doesn't recognise either of them. Is there a way to solve this?
Thanks

[ChuckFickens]

The laptop won't work! to play that through the stereo you'd just need a 3.5mm to 2xRCA audio lead.

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The Ipod should work as long as you are using a proper ipod data cable (and not just a charging cable)

[PDW1964]

Hi. Thanks for your reply and sorry if I am being dim but are you saying that I can connect my laptop to the stereo or that I can't? If I get the lead you suggest, where does it plug into the laptop?
Thanks again

[ChuckFickens]

You can't connect it using a USB cable, the USB ports on both the laptop and the stereo are of the same type, in fact if you found a lead with the type A USB on both ends and tried you'd very likely blow up one of the devices.

You can connect it using an audio lead (as I linked to) and if you get the audio lead I linked to you'd connect it to the headphone socket on the laptop and the other end to the aux in sockets on the rear of the stereo.

[Vicasso]

If Chuck isn't around, you plug the 3.5mm stereo jack into the headphone socket of the laptop and the RCA connections into the line-in sockets on the back of the Sony system

[Vicasso]

Sorry Chuck, you weren't there when I last looked :-)

[alavahalf]

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[ChuckFickens]

And it's not the correct lead...

[PDW1964]

Thanks to both of you.Very kind.

[ChuckFickens]

Not only was the lead suggested by alavahalf not the correct lead but the 1p one has nearly £5 postage on it :)

[Graham-W]

As far as I know, the USB port on the Hi-Fi is to plug in a memory stick with music on it in MP3 or other format. The Hi-Fi will then play the music from the stick.

[beso]

A handy way to connect laptops to music systems is through Bluetooth. A Bluetooth audio adaptor is plugged into the hifi audio in and it appears on the computer as a Bluetooth device.

It can give a better quality sound than the audio out on some laptops and is wireless.