How to Connect an iPod Classic to a TV without a Special Cable
- 1). Connect the headphone end of the headphone-to-RCA converter cable to the headphone jack on your iPod.
- 2). Connect the RCA (red and white) ends of the cable to the corresponding RCA ports on your television.
- 3). Turn your audio device and iPod on. Change your television channel to its RCA input channel. Play a song on the iPod in order to hear the audio from the iPod on your television speakers.
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