Chances are, the cable you were using is now busted -- that happens.
Generally, there are RCA "outs" -- like, the jacks you'd use to hook the TV (or the signal source INTO the TV, like a VCR, DVD player or maybe a cable box) up to a surround-sound system. So, you'd just use a regular RCA cable to go directly into your stereo, or an RCA to mini plug (1/8th inch) Y-cable into your soundcard.
If you want to get fancy, there are adapters for taking coaxial cables (like from most cable boxes or TV antennas) and giving them RCA jacks. I know there's a box that costs 20-something dollars at Radio Shack that'll do it, but I think with a little ingenuity, there's usually a way to either use the TV's "out" if it has one, or else to branch something off the signal chain (usually a VCR).
I actually have an old VCR hooked up to a stereo system, but I have no TV hooked up to it, so I have to cue up tapes on the actual TV VCR before taking them into the other room to dub onto the computer/stereo hookup. |
