How to connect a karaoke microphone to a TV

Are you looking for a way to enjoy karaoke without leaving your home, with family and friends? You can easily build your karaoke system at home using YouTube karaoke for free! We all know that YouTube is the number one source for online videos. You can find almost any song by any artist by adding the word "karaoke"!

Connect karaoke microphone to TV: a new opportunity

The most popular karaoke players of good quality (good sound, HD-video, wide selection, 2 wireless microphones) are too expensive. The only advantage these ready-made solutions have - they can work offline - no Internet connection is required.

All these ready-made solutions have one obvious limitation - the music library becomes obsolete over time. You will get tired of singing the same set of songs.

With YouTube and Chromecast technology available, you can now have a party with all the latest songs.

Numerous applications are also available for karaoke, such as Smule, RockIt Karaoke, The Karaoke Channel and Karafun. These apps can queue the songs you choose, and many of these apps specialize in recording your sessions, rating, sharing videos online with friends, or providing offline songs. But you have to pay for a subscription.

How to connect a wired microphone

1. Turn off the TV. Plug the AC adapter cable for the microphone into the microphone stand and an available electrical outlet. Do not turn on the microphone or insert it into the base unit.
2. Connect the yellow, red and white RCA cable that goes from the base of the microphone to the corresponding input ports on the TV. Most televisions have at least one set of RCA ports that can be used to connect DVD players, VCRs, or other video components. Note the name of the port on the back of the TV that you use to connect the RCA cables from the base of the microphone. For example, a port may be labeled "Video 1" or "Video Input."
3. Open the microphone base and insert new batteries. In addition, insert the music chip for the microphone into the slot labeled “Chip” or “Song Card” if you have not already done so.
4. Turn on the TV. Set the power switch on the microphone to “ON”. If the base has a power switch - some do, and some do not - also turn it on. Using the TV remote control, set its input or source to the video port to which you connected the base for a karaoke microphone. In most cases, if you just press the "Input" or "Source" button several times, the main menu screen for the karaoke system should appear on the TV screen.
5. Use the arrow buttons on the microphone to browse through the song menu and select a song. Press the OK or Enter button on the microphone touchpad. Adjust the volume using the TV remote control and sing a song.

How to connect a wireless microphone

You may need a karaoke sound system or speaker system. To sing for these systems, you need to buy a converter that converts the digital sound from your TV into an analog signal that can be detected by a karaoke system or speaker system.

Impro AC-98 is the converter needed to connect Smart TV to a karaoke audio system. Connect the TV from the optical digital audio input to the SPDIF input of the converter. Then connect the red and white RCA cables to the converter and your audio input to your mixer.

Take the remote control from the TV. Select the "Settings" menu, go to "Sound Settings" and find the audio format. Select PCM under Audio Format.

When you select PCM, the sound from the speakers of the TV is muted. Sound will now be transmitted only to the speakers of your karaoke system.