How do I connect speakers wire 9 pin plug to 9 pin plug on sound card - both are male ends

> which is fiddle when changing between speakers and headphones

Purchase a 4-foot "extension" cable -- plug its MALE end into the AUDIO-OUT from the sound-card.
Bring the FEMALE end of the cable to somewhere in front of your computer.
Bring the MALE ends of BOTH the speakers and the headphone to the same location.

Then, when it's time to "fiddle", then the plugging/unplugging is right there, in front of you, and will be much easier to do!

Cost: about $5.

Generally speaking, the yellow wire is for the video (the pictures and graphics on the screen), and the white and red wires are for the audio (the music and sounds for the speakers). The white wire would be for the left channel or speaker, and the red wire for the right channel or speaker. The connections for these wires are usually RCA phono plugs. These plugs have a small metal cylinder or jack in the center of the plug, and 3 squarish metal pieces surrounding the jack - the whole jack or plug looks a bit like a flower with its stamen in the middle.

These RCA jacks fit into corresponding holes or sockets on your TV that are color-coded just like the plugs are - there should be a yellow socket for the video, and a red and a white socket for the audio left and right. Most TV's have these sockets. On older TV's, there should be a yellow, red, and white set of sockets on the front or the back of the TV that the jacks from the wires you are trying to connect fit into. On newer TV's, like high-definition TV's, these sockets might also be found on the side panel of the TV.

You can check your owner's manual for your TV to see what sort of connectors/sockets it has available. Usually most TV's will have a set of RCA connectors to plug your wires into. Other types of connections include VGA, DVI, or HDMI. If you do not have any RCA connections on your TV (unlikely), then you can cheaply buy an appropriate adapter from your local electronics store or a place like Radio Shack or Wal-Mart.

Some of these adapters are called "Y-adapters," and allow you to connect all 3 of the yellow, red, and white wires, to the adapter, and then the adapter plugs into the appropriate connector on the TV, which might be a VGA connector, or even an HDMI connector. Again, check the owner's manual for your TV, and bring it with you if you need to go hunting for an adapter to connect your device.

For your reference, VGA connectors, the older type, are usually blue in color and have 9 pins for the male connector, or 9 holes, for the socket. Whether it's audio, video, electrical wiring, plumbing, or computers, the "gender" of a connection is always the same: the socket or holes end is female, the male or pins end is male.

The newer HDMI connectors are flat and have just one row of pins or holes inside a metal sheath.

So, basically, you need to figure out what sort of connections your TV has to plug into. If it has red, white, and yellow RCA phono connections, you are all set. I do hope that this has not confused you further! I do try to help, and I wish you all the best in connecting your smart cycle.

You need stereo mini phone plug male-to-male, one end goes into audio line out (green) on the PC sound card, the other end goes into audio line in on the monitor jack (green). then you need to set the volume control PC and at the monitor. You can get the cable from Radio Shack.

All I wanted was a pinout diagram for the male plug so that I could wire up a new plug. Did not want to have to re-mortgage the house to get that. Thought such info would be free.
Anyway have stripped away all the plastic moulding to reveal the connections so am OK now Thanks
Jim Goldsmith

Does the motherboard have a "purple" socket?
Does your keyboard have a "purple" end?
If so, join the male to the female,
rotating the male until the stiff pins line-up with the holes.

Does the motherboard have a "green" socket?
Does your mouse have a "green" end?
If so, join the male to the female.

The end on the monitor's video-cable has 3 rows of pins;
there's only one place on the computer with 3 rows of holes.
Notice that the sides of the male are tapered,
so that it only fits ONE way into the female.

Similarly, the female end on the power-cord is tapered,
so that it only fits ONE way into the back of the computer.
Note where it connects -- there may be a "rocker" switch,
with a '1' and a '0' on the ends of the rocker.
Press the '0' end down before you reconnect everything.
Press the '1' end down after everything has been reconnected.

Do your PC speakers have a green tip?
If so, then connect the male from the speakers to the green female socket.

go to radio shack or walmart . get a cable that has an 1/8th inch stereo plug on one end and two (male) rca plugs on the other end.
make sure your volume is not all the way up on either the computer or the stereo.
plug the 1/8 inch plug into your "speaker or headphone" jack on the laptop.
plug the red and white (male) rca plugs into the auxilary or cd "IN" on the home theatre.
Power up the stereo, make your source on the home theatre the Auxilary or CD, whichever you used to plug the RCA's into.
now you should hear anything from the laptop through the home theatre.
Regards..

After looking for this cable and talking to some of my friends - I was able to determine what type of cable it is. it is called a Mini din 9 pin male to male.
Molded Cable, Mini din 9 Pin Male to Male, 6.0 feetI bought from this guy - http://www.stockcable.com/products.php?pid=17&detail=true#thumb

hopefully you fellas from across the pond can find a place to purchase it.

Frist Things first!

1) CHange the input cables for Spks, for another with cooper or gold conductivity.
2) clean ends for dust on inputs.
3) try to reconnect the speakers carefully and test sound.
you can figure out when some sound are bad in any connection on this way.

Good Luck