Connectors

[Dyl]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 25 September 2023 at 18:12

[randlemarcus]

Take a photo of the input on the amp (probably on the back) thats marked AUX or PHONO, then go to your local hi-fi shop (not Dixons etc) and they'll sort you out.

[thepassenger]

I'll bet it's 3.5mm stero jack to twin Phono

[randlemarcus]

And I'll bet its a fiver cheaper in the little shop round the corner

PS Dont forget it plugs into the box with the flashy lights, not directly into the speakers..

[chrisjl]

A headphone out isn't really intended to drive a Line level input, and as a consequence you might be disappointed by the results. If your player has a true lineout option (e.g. iPods do through the dock connector) it's worth making the effort to use that instead (transformed mine from "oh, that's disappointing" to "wow, that's great".

[cjs]

Go to a Maplins www.maplin.co.uk if you have one local, should be about a fiver.

Headphone out will overload a Line Input unless you keep the volume down.

[chrisjl]

Dyl said:

I have a Creative Zen Micro, so the only other output is a USB2.0. Is there a way of using that, or will it still be the 3.5mm?

Not if it's only USB - the iPod has firewire, USB, line out, mic in etc all in one connector - it could be something similar, but I'm not familiar with Zens.

cjs said:

Headphone out will overload a Line Input unless you keep the volume down.

I found the opposite was true with my iPod - to get a similar sound level to the original CD, I had to run the iPod at 90% of full volume (and even then it sounded muffled in comparison to using the line out).

[road2ruin]

Dyl said:

It is only a micro stereo system - I should have said that at the start to avoid confusion about where to plug it into - so the volume cannot be turned up that high anyway.

Its not the actual volume of the amplifier that will cause problems but the the volume of the output signal from the MP3 player. Unless you have an AUX stereo input on the back of your AMP then you are running a dangerous line by plugging it in anywhere else, even then try and keep the volume on the MP3 player to less than half.