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Help! Can't get sound from my turntable with my new receiver
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cscottrun4it
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Pardon my ignorance, but if an input uses an RCA cable, mustn't it be an analog signal delivered to the Sony? What would you need to "force" the preamp to take an analog signature for a signal arriving via the RCA input? Set the Sony inputs to automatic and move on...
In total, what I am about to tell you has probably been written above, but I thought having it in one post would help.
So, as someone said above, check your wiring: TT to Pyle, making sure the turntable's ground is securely connected. If it wasn't, check to see it you tripped the protection mode on the Sony preamp/amp. Then check that the RCA cable from the turntable to the Pyle and from the RCA cable from the Pyle to the preamp are correctly seated and the red and white plugs (+/-) are going out from the correct +/- to the correct +/- input on the preamp.
Then connect the Pyle to the preamp. Don't worry about which input you use on the preamp. The selector switch on the preamp only tells the preamp which input to monitor for the signal. The Pyle provides the amplified signal from the TT so the input you choose doesn't matter, unless you plug it into the phono input. Try inputting the Pyle to the CD input. If that doesn't work, hook up a CD/DVD player into the CD input and test the input with a CD. If the input doesn't work...
Take the Song back to BestBuy.
If you get sound from the CD, go back and double check that the turntable works. Test it on your old preamp without the Pyle then check the TT with the Pyle. Make sure to plug the Pyle into an input other than the phono input. If these don't work...
Repair or buy a new TT and/or phono preamp.
Good luck!
In total, what I am about to tell you has probably been written above, but I thought having it in one post would help.
So, as someone said above, check your wiring: TT to Pyle, making sure the turntable's ground is securely connected. If it wasn't, check to see it you tripped the protection mode on the Sony preamp/amp. Then check that the RCA cable from the turntable to the Pyle and from the RCA cable from the Pyle to the preamp are correctly seated and the red and white plugs (+/-) are going out from the correct +/- to the correct +/- input on the preamp.
Then connect the Pyle to the preamp. Don't worry about which input you use on the preamp. The selector switch on the preamp only tells the preamp which input to monitor for the signal. The Pyle provides the amplified signal from the TT so the input you choose doesn't matter, unless you plug it into the phono input. Try inputting the Pyle to the CD input. If that doesn't work, hook up a CD/DVD player into the CD input and test the input with a CD. If the input doesn't work...
Take the Song back to BestBuy.
If you get sound from the CD, go back and double check that the turntable works. Test it on your old preamp without the Pyle then check the TT with the Pyle. Make sure to plug the Pyle into an input other than the phono input. If these don't work...
Repair or buy a new TT and/or phono preamp.
Good luck!
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