How to Hook Up an mp3 Player to Whole House Audio

A decade or so ago, we needed multiple music sources in every room to listen to music throughout the home. Now the best way to do this is to hook up a few audio components and allow them to "talk" to each other. Described as "Whole House Audio," these sophisticated systems allow us to hear mp3 players, radios, CDs or music servers over the entire home. A main source signal is broadcast to the other rooms, which pick up these signals and transfer them to speakers placed throughout the house, usually out of view or set in the walls.

Things You'll Need

• 1/8-inch RCA audio cable

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Locate the universal input module, or UIM, on the wall in which you wish to plug your mp3 player; the ports look similar to an electrical outlet.

   • 2

     Plug the 1/8-inch end of the RCA audio cable into the headphone jack on your mp3 player.

   • 3

     Plug the red and white ends of the 1/8-inch RCA audio cable into each of the two RCA ports on the UIM module located on your wall panel.

   • 4

     Press play on your mp3 player and turn the volume a quarter of the way up. Check each of your whole house audio speakers to make sure the music from your mp3 player is playing correctly.