The 88 CD seems to have more complexity than the simple, primitave, plain vanilla Model 88.
Here's a link to a copy of the owners manual. Keep in mind that these haven't been manufacturered on well over fifteen years and ther's no telling what could have happened to your particular unit.
http://sethc23.github.io/wiki/Manuals/model88cd.pdf
Does anyone here have either the Cambridge Soundworks model 88 or 88CD?
I've have the original 88 (the "clockless radio") and recently found the later 88CD with the cd player and the clock.
Question... Were there different variations of the 88CD? an online manual says the 3.5mm jack is for a mixer input or something... Sounded like it was a constant level input. So the volume wouldn't work, but you could control that with an iPad...
My version just says AM antenna input and the manual has no mention of a mixer input. I tried it... There was only faint sound coming from it.
I wanted to plug my mpow streambot into the 3.5mm jack like I can with my original model 88. Looks more tidy than using a splitter cable.
And what's with removing the internal AM antenna on the 88cd? Also kind of a step backwards?
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Does anyone here have either the Cambridge Soundworks model 88 or 88CD?
I've have the original 88 (the "clockless radio") and recently found the later 88CD with the cd player and the clock.
Question... Were there different variations of the 88CD? an online manual says the 3.5mm jack is for a mixer input or something... Sounded like it was a constant level input. So the volume wouldn't work, but you could control that with an iPad...
My version just says AM antenna input and the manual has no mention of a mixer input. I tried it... There was only faint sound coming from it.
I wanted to plug my mpow streambot into the 3.5mm jack like I can with my original model 88. Looks more tidy than using a splitter cable.
And what's with removing the internal AM antenna on the 88cd? Also kind of a step backwards?
Does anyone here have either the Cambridge Soundworks model 88 or 88CD?
I've have the original 88 (the "clockless radio") and recently found the later 88CD with the cd player and the clock.
Question... Were there different variations of the 88CD? an online manual says the 3.5mm jack is for a mixer input or something... Sounded like it was a constant level input. So the volume wouldn't work, but you could control that with an iPad...
My version just says AM antenna input and the manual has no mention of a mixer input. I tried it... There was only faint sound coming from it.
I wanted to plug my mpow streambot into the 3.5mm jack like I can with my original model 88. Looks more tidy than using a splitter cable.
And what's with removing the internal AM antenna on the 88cd? Also kind of a step backwards?
My name is Fred Pinkerton. I was the product manager for Cambridge SoundWorks. I managed the Model 88CD project for CSW.
I don't know if anyone will see this response, but here goes:
QUESTION:
Were there different variations of the 88CD?
FP says: No-just the original 88 and 88CD. CSW later replaced it with entirely new radios, the 730 and 740. These were "2.1" style products with more features.
QUESTION: an online manual says the 3.5mm jack is for a mixer input or something... Sounded like it was a constant level input. So the volume wouldn't work, but you could control that with an iPad...
FP says: This input was controlled by the main volume control. It's relative level with the AUX input had to be adjusted at the source.
QUESTION: And what's with removing the internal AM antenna on the 88cd?
FP says: The 88 and 88CD did have ferrite rod AM antennas. Don't know why you think otherwise. The instruction show that rotating the radio can improve the AM reception on any specific station.
On subsequent radios (730 740 etc) we went to an external AM antenna because it was clearly better than the internal ferrite rod.
STATEMENT: My version just says AM antenna input and the manual has no mention of a mixer input. I tried it... There was only faint sound coming from it.
FP says: This sounds like you have a 730 or 740 radio. These radios came with a two conductor minijack input for an included AM loop antenna.
The separate antenna gave these radios much better AM performance. The 88 and 88CD needed fairly strong AM signals for acceptable signal to noise performance.