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Connecting Male RCA to Male 3.5mm

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bigkurts

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Hello,

I got myself a record deck to play some old vinyl but the speakers I have only have a 3.5mm jack but my record player has RCA male output.

I tried a combination of male to female socket for the 3.5mm combined with a RCA to 3.5m male cable but its not working.

Would you expect this to work? Is there anything else I can do or any solutions are welcome.

The record deck has a built in amp so it can just plug and play.

Cheers
 
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If I'm reading your post correctly, you purchased a turntable that has a built-phono preamp. That's provided so that you could plug it into the AUX inputs of a receiver that lacks a dedicated phono input. Most likely there's a switch or such that would take the preamp out of the circuit to use the turntable with a receiver having a phono input.

The output level of the built-in phono preamp is waaaaay to low to drive speakers...it needs to feed an addtional amp, then speakers. You mentioned speakers with a 3.5mm jack...are they powered or what?

One way to tackle this on a budget is use a pair of powered computer speakers til you get a proper amp or receiver to use. You'll need a patch cord with a 3.5 mm stereo female jack (to plug the speakers into) and a pair of female RCA jacks on the other end...to plug in the turntable. All you'll have is volume control...but it would be a quick n' easy way to spin some vinyl!

Oh...and welcome to AK!
 
Thanks, John

"One way to tackle this on a budget is use a pair of powered computer speakers til you get a proper amp or receiver to use. You'll need a patch cord with a 3.5 mm stereo female jack (to plug the speakers into) and a pair of female RCA jacks on the other end...to plug in the turntable. All you'll have is volume control...but it would be a quick n' easy way to spin some vinyl!"

That is exactly what I have done so I should hearing music then. Strange could be looking at something faulty then.

Cheers
 
are you converting stereo to mono instead of stereo to stereo ? or is there a switch on turntable for the preamp out ? any chance of any pictures ?
 
solved!

I borrowed the RCA plug off a mate. swapped it for a new one and problem solved looks like his was goosed. sorry guys the least interesting topic ever.

thanks for the help, no doubt hear from me when I upgrade.

Nice one, Kurt
 
Glad you have tunes now, Kurt! What kind of TT are you running...amp/receiver...speakers? Inquiring minds would like to know:)
 
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