Connecting Mac Mini and changing its appearance?

[medicalgiant]

I've got a 'core duo' mac mini featuring a 'superdrive' according to the mate I purchased it off. It was one of the first mac-mini's featuring an Intel chip as I understand it. I've yet to plug it in, but I'm assured it works :)

I am planning on connecting it to my Toshiba 37WLT68 and probably using it as a media server. I've purchased a dvi to hdmi cable for this purpose. However, I'm unsure how to get the sound through the speakers of the tv? I've already got a PC connected to it using the dvi connection and a cable running to the speaker input.

Has anyone any ideas on how to output the mini's sound out of it into the tv?

Also, I would like to change the mini from its native White\Silver to black. I've googled for 'mac skins' and found some, but I would ideally like something to put over the mini without blocking the dvd drive access but changes the macs colour that wasn't a sticker.

Has anyone any sugestions?

Thank you.

[rude-dog]

will a headphone to phono lead not do the trick? i guess that would work fine, but you'll have to send the video in via the vga rather than the hdmi, thats how i connect my powerbook to my wlt68

im not too clued up on the do's and don't of connecting to mac's to the wlt68, but a few guys over in the wlt68 thread advised it was better to do it via dvi to the vga on the tosh

[teejay38]

The headphone socket on this model should also be an optical out so a toslink cable might be the answer, provided you have a separate sound system with an optical in socket. That's how my sound is conveyed. How could you even think of desecrating the nice shiny brushed aluminium look of the casing?:lease: