How do you hook up a home theatre system to your computer or ipod?

Question

Basically, how do you convert the output a home theatre system uses to a 1/4 inch headphone jack

Answer 1

For your computer, it would depend. Assuming you have a 1/8" (3.5mm) headphone jack for your computer/iPod, then all it would require is a cable with a male 1/8" plus and two male RCA jacks. Easily obtainable from any electronics store. If your computer has optical out / coax out, and your home theater supports that, then that's a possible connection too.

For the iPod, there are also docks that you can put your ipod on which will have female rca jacks or maybe coax/optical that you can hook into your home theater system.

Edit: And for that 1/4 jack, that's USUALLY a headphone out, meaning you plug headphones into it, not your iPod. If it is a rare case where it is a 1/4 in, then you can buy a 1/8 to 1/4 converter.