"2wheelbob" <2wheelbob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have a XP Media Center computer that holds my digital music and I
> would
> like to play it through my stereo. My setup is this.
>
> My computer is in one room and my stereo receiver is in another room. I
> have
> a hard wired Ethernet network in my home with jacks near the computer and
> the
> receiver. My receiver doesn't not have a USB or Ethernet port on it. The
> only
> input is RCA jacks.
>
> Is there a way to configure and use XP Media Center to play the music
> through my stereo via the Ethernet connection? If so I am guessing I would
> need to have a converter of some sort that would take an Ethernet plug on
> one
> side and have RCA connectors on the other side.
>
> Anyhow any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>

The easiest and cheapest way to do what you want is to get something like
this...
http://www.fxsound.com/mp3connector/...endor=0&plus=0
$25 converts your PC audio out to RCA, and gives you 50FT of cord you could
run under the baseboards or through the attic.

Or if you don't want to run the wire, you want to spend $225 instead, and
you want much better sound quality; you could go with something like this.
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/..._player_review

But if you were going to spend that much money, and you have a TV in the
same room as the stereo, you might as well go with this.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...extender/skd=1

BUT, if you have a TV AND an XBox in the same room as the stereo, you could
get yourself back into the $30 range with this.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...extender/skd=1

There are many choices. It's all in what you want to do.... and what you
want to pay.

Robin