Quite likely, presuming your TV isn't so old that it doesn't have some sort of audio out and your amp has a spare input.
First, look at your TV. It will probably have a headphone socket (3.5mm or ¼") on it. It may also have a line-level audio out connection - likely to be a red/white pair of phono jacks (aka RCA jacks). The latter is preferable; the former will do but requires you to be careful.
Then look at your amp. You're looking for a spare stereo input pair - this will probably be as a(nother) red/white pair of phono jacks. Confusingly, if there is a single input pair labelled "phono" you must not use it (it'll be for a record deck aka phonograph and will come through far too loud to be of use) - but more or less any other input will do the job. (Beware, there may be connectors on the amp which are output-only. Check the labelling!)
Then you need to source a cable to connect A to B. (I link here to an arbitrarily chosen web supplier; if you prefer to buy on the high street you can find them in Maplin and probably Comet, Currys, John Lewis, local purveyors of A/V kit..)
If both ends are phono, you need a standard twin phono (aka twin RCA) cable of suitable length. (You might choose to spend more on a high quality cable, but you're unlikely to notice the difference.) Plug it in, matching up the colour coding on the plugs to that on the sockets; fire up the amp, select the input you've connected the cable to, optionally turn down the TV volume and see how you go.
With plan B, headphone to phono, the cable depends on what side of headphone jack and will look like one of these:
Again, match up the colour coding on the phono sockets. Note in this case that the signal level is already amplified: you must always be careful to turn the TV volume right down before firing up the amp, and you will probably need very little volume to get an adequate signal into the amp. (Also, be aware that the act of plugging in a headphone jack usually mutes the TV speakers.)
If the connectors are anything else, can you post photos?
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Date: 2010-09-30 06:43 pm (UTC)First, look at your TV. It will probably have a headphone socket (3.5mm or ¼") on it. It may also have a line-level audio out connection - likely to be a red/white pair of phono jacks (aka RCA jacks). The latter is preferable; the former will do but requires you to be careful.
Then look at your amp. You're looking for a spare stereo input pair - this will probably be as a(nother) red/white pair of phono jacks. Confusingly, if there is a single input pair labelled "phono" you must not use it (it'll be for a record deck aka phonograph and will come through far too loud to be of use) - but more or less any other input will do the job. (Beware, there may be connectors on the amp which are output-only. Check the labelling!)
Then you need to source a cable to connect A to B. (I link here to an arbitrarily chosen web supplier; if you prefer to buy on the high street you can find them in Maplin and probably Comet, Currys, John Lewis, local purveyors of A/V kit..)
If both ends are phono, you need a standard twin phono (aka twin RCA) cable of suitable length. (You might choose to spend more on a high quality cable, but you're unlikely to notice the difference.) Plug it in, matching up the colour coding on the plugs to that on the sockets; fire up the amp, select the input you've connected the cable to, optionally turn down the TV volume and see how you go.
With plan B, headphone to phono, the cable depends on what side of headphone jack and will look like one of these:
Again, match up the colour coding on the phono sockets. Note in this case that the signal level is already amplified: you must always be careful to turn the TV volume right down before firing up the amp, and you will probably need very little volume to get an adequate signal into the amp. (Also, be aware that the act of plugging in a headphone jack usually mutes the TV speakers.)
If the connectors are anything else, can you post photos?