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This may be a bit off-topic, but as FA is my biggest field of contacts with my fans, friends and foes, I thought I'd toss this question out there:
I've just scored a used audiotape deck (at a price just over "asking nicely"), with a CD player deck thrown in. The CD deck has two plug apertures in back, presumably to conmnect to the speakers. The tapedeck is more complex. I'd like to wire the two decks up in series, and then to a pair of speakers, once I can score those.
But I have no idea what the wires between the decks/speakers are called, or where they might most likely be found. All the big electronics stores have long ago gone over to selling digital touchscreen crap.
So! Are there any grizzled veterans who could tell me what kid of connectors I need, and where I could buy them? I'm never ashamed of using the knowledge of wiser heads than mine. It's easier than doing my own research?
I've just scored a used audiotape deck (at a price just over "asking nicely"), with a CD player deck thrown in. The CD deck has two plug apertures in back, presumably to conmnect to the speakers. The tapedeck is more complex. I'd like to wire the two decks up in series, and then to a pair of speakers, once I can score those.
But I have no idea what the wires between the decks/speakers are called, or where they might most likely be found. All the big electronics stores have long ago gone over to selling digital touchscreen crap.
So! Are there any grizzled veterans who could tell me what kid of connectors I need, and where I could buy them? I'm never ashamed of using the knowledge of wiser heads than mine. It's easier than doing my own research?
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audio-video cables. The ends are color coded like the ports on the back of the machine.
They are entirely common and every electronics place sells them.
http://image.made-in-china.com/4f0j.....ideo-Cable.jpg
They are entirely common and every electronics place sells them.
http://image.made-in-china.com/4f0j.....ideo-Cable.jpg
There's no video there, just audio. The cable with the yellow colored plugs would be superfluous.
Something like this would do: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UZA7PI
Something like this would do: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UZA7PI
looks like standard AV cable hook ups. I can still get them at most electronic retailers as most DVD players still use them.. I have several in a drawer at home because I have spares dating back to the old 60's B/W TV and sterio I took apart up to the last cheep DVD player I bought last year.
If you are still in the US, Radio Shack would have them, if not try checking in any TV section of the local electronics store.
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If you are still in the US, Radio Shack would have them, if not try checking in any TV section of the local electronics store.
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You just want, at the bare minimum, a copper coathanger. If you can't locate that, just some audio-composit cables. Like this: http://www.visionhd.ca/images/25%20rca.jpg but without the yellow. Hit up radio shack. Hell, take a picture of that to radio shack/electronics store.
Those appear to be for controlling the tape deck remotely. Without knowing the particular manufacturer and model number, I couldn't begin to tell you exactly what types of cable they use, what protocol the machine uses to be controlled remotely, and what it's compatible with.
The tape deck has line input and line output, which are the four RCA female connectors you see there. Left/Right Out and Left/Right In. You'd connect those both to, say, an A/V Receiver. You'd have to set the receiver to output what particular audio you'd want sent to the tape deck in order to record it.
The CD Player, of course, only has a single stereo output.
The cables you want are typically called audio cables, or "patch cables". Do not get speaker cables! Those outputs are not powerful enough to drive a speaker.
The CD Player, of course, only has a single stereo output.
The cables you want are typically called audio cables, or "patch cables". Do not get speaker cables! Those outputs are not powerful enough to drive a speaker.
They are designed to plug into a receiver. The receiver would have multiple inputs for you various inputs (i.e. tape deck, cd player, vcr....etc.) But you will need RCA jacks to connect to the red and white connections and you can get them at Radio Shack pretty cheap.
I'm not entirely sure on that model, but normally the input on the cassette deck is to use an audio source(CD, Phono, etc) and record onto a cassette, for sound from a cassette, it would be output only.
I'm fairly sure if you google the make and model of the cassette deck, you may be able to find a manual for it online.
I'm fairly sure if you google the make and model of the cassette deck, you may be able to find a manual for it online.
All my audio/video stuff is RCA style plugs, so well and familiar with these.
Presuming the image pictured here is the CD deck, and from the looks of it, it's a burner/recorder right? How exactly do want to hook up the tape decks (presuming you have two separate decks), to the CD deck and speakers and such?
Presuming the image pictured here is the CD deck, and from the looks of it, it's a burner/recorder right? How exactly do want to hook up the tape decks (presuming you have two separate decks), to the CD deck and speakers and such?
The CD player has stereo output through two RCA jacks, the white connector is the Left channel, the red connector is the Right channel.
The important connections on the tape player are the Line connections, again RCA connections, white for Left, red for Right.
Hookup is simple, connect the output of the CD to the input on the tape drive, white to white, red to red, then hook the speakers to the output on the tape player, and it should work, the cables you'll need are most often called 'audio cables' (which will come in pairs, 'AV cables, will come in threes, red, white and YELLOW, you won't need the yellow cable, so why pay for stuff you don't need.)
Test it by playing a tape first, if you can't hear the tape, then you'll need to get an amplifier, which will likely include a radio tuner in it, those look a bit more complex, with a lot more connections in the back, but if you pay attention to which connections are grouped together for each device. I'll go into more detail if it turns out you need the info.
The important connections on the tape player are the Line connections, again RCA connections, white for Left, red for Right.
Hookup is simple, connect the output of the CD to the input on the tape drive, white to white, red to red, then hook the speakers to the output on the tape player, and it should work, the cables you'll need are most often called 'audio cables' (which will come in pairs, 'AV cables, will come in threes, red, white and YELLOW, you won't need the yellow cable, so why pay for stuff you don't need.)
Test it by playing a tape first, if you can't hear the tape, then you'll need to get an amplifier, which will likely include a radio tuner in it, those look a bit more complex, with a lot more connections in the back, but if you pay attention to which connections are grouped together for each device. I'll go into more detail if it turns out you need the info.
Having worked in radioshack and naval electrician I might be able to help get you wired proper if I am understanding right. Audio cables you can pick up without too much hassle in radioshack just make sure ask only for the audio cable not a/v cable.
But looks like might have enough help above but message me if needing more insight.
But looks like might have enough help above but message me if needing more insight.
Pioneer I'm guessing, the suncro plug is the dead givieaway.
From left to right
RCA input-output plugs for left and right, they go to either a tuner or a tape deck.
Neither of these unit will hook directly to speakers. You need the tuner unit. which is way more complex yet.
The Syncro is intended for other components of the same species, ignore it.. The CD control is for the remote control of the CD player again of the same species.
You have two components and not the one you need to hook to speakers.
If you have a TV of any recent vintage you might be about to hook into that.
Again, no speaker plugs.
From left to right
RCA input-output plugs for left and right, they go to either a tuner or a tape deck.
Neither of these unit will hook directly to speakers. You need the tuner unit. which is way more complex yet.
The Syncro is intended for other components of the same species, ignore it.. The CD control is for the remote control of the CD player again of the same species.
You have two components and not the one you need to hook to speakers.
If you have a TV of any recent vintage you might be about to hook into that.
Again, no speaker plugs.
Yeah, analog RCA connectors for the audio. The 'Input/Record' is for the sound you want to record to the tape. 'Output/Play' is for the sound you want to go to the speakers. You may need an amp to amplify it enough to actually hear it.
Cables can be found at Radio Shack, Walmart or even Home Depot. Last HDMI cables I found were cheapest at Home Depot.
Cables can be found at Radio Shack, Walmart or even Home Depot. Last HDMI cables I found were cheapest at Home Depot.
First of all you need a integrated preamp/amplifier or integrated tuner since this is a component only. You cannot hook the speakers directly to this device. You have to hook this device to the preamp or tuner were it's written tape. The output of this device to to the input of your preamp or tuner and the input of this device goes to the preamp or tuner out. Unless you have an integrated preamp/amp or tuner from the same company and generation as this device and you want to remote control this device true the preamp or tuner remote control then you do not have to worry about the other connection. All the wires that you need to connect the input and output are a good pair of RCA cable.
you can hook up speakers directly to the tape deck, but they must be amplified speakers due to them being LINE level outputs & not VARIABLE outputs. Also, it may result in recording issues if he plans to record with the tape deck due to it not being connected to a receiver/amplifier setup. Can be done, but you have to know what you are doing.
Yeah, looks like this subject has been pretty thoroughly picked over, so I can only really concur with what's already been said. RCA cable. Most any place that carries audio cable will have them - it's a double cable, with red and white ends at both ends. They're pretty much an industry standard.
Don't buy anything with gold ends on it though - gold plating doesn't make the cable work better, it just allows the store to jack the price up and peddle them to bling-obsessed idiots.. The standard red/white works just fine.
OUTPUT feeds sound out of the tape deck into your amp/tuner.
INPUT feeds sound into the tape deck so you can record stuff onto tape.
Amazon's got a bundle of em for about four bux:
http://www.amazon.com/2-RCA-Audio-Premium-Retail-Blister/dp/B003E2OQJ2/ref=sr_1_103?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334979932&sr=1-103
Just for shits n' giggles, here's a gold plated "idiot cable" for comparison.
http://www.amazon.com/2-RCA-Stereo-Audio-Cable-feet/dp/B000T5NH8S/ref=sr_1_102?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334979966&sr=1-102
You want the one for four bux.
Don't buy anything with gold ends on it though - gold plating doesn't make the cable work better, it just allows the store to jack the price up and peddle them to bling-obsessed idiots.. The standard red/white works just fine.
OUTPUT feeds sound out of the tape deck into your amp/tuner.
INPUT feeds sound into the tape deck so you can record stuff onto tape.
Amazon's got a bundle of em for about four bux:
http://www.amazon.com/2-RCA-Audio-Premium-Retail-Blister/dp/B003E2OQJ2/ref=sr_1_103?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334979932&sr=1-103
Just for shits n' giggles, here's a gold plated "idiot cable" for comparison.
http://www.amazon.com/2-RCA-Stereo-Audio-Cable-feet/dp/B000T5NH8S/ref=sr_1_102?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334979966&sr=1-102
You want the one for four bux.
Those 4 RCA jacks means the Tape Deck is intended to be hooked up to an Receiver/Amplifier. LINE means its not being amplified. So hooking those to non amplified speakers will result in VERY LOW volume playback. If you have a pair of Amplified speakers, such as those that hook up to a computer (non USB) , You will need an adapter.
RCA Male to 3.5mm Female
http://www.amazon.com/Male-3-5mm-St...../dp/B000I23TTE
Plug speakers 3.5mm jack to adapter, plug rca adapter into LINE OUT, plug CD player into LINE IN. & your good to go. You may have to power on the tape deck to listen to CDs if it does not bridge the audio when its off.
RCA Male to 3.5mm Female
http://www.amazon.com/Male-3-5mm-St...../dp/B000I23TTE
Plug speakers 3.5mm jack to adapter, plug rca adapter into LINE OUT, plug CD player into LINE IN. & your good to go. You may have to power on the tape deck to listen to CDs if it does not bridge the audio when its off.
L-R
RCA Line Audio component jacks (No volume output)
CD Sync Cable (1/8"[3.5m]) data cable, sometimes mono, sometimes stereo, sometimes grounded.
Remote Sync Cable(s) [purpose designed data cables, not generally used, packed by OEM only -1/8"(or smaller) mono cables)
RCA Line Audio component jacks (No volume output)
CD Sync Cable (1/8"[3.5m]) data cable, sometimes mono, sometimes stereo, sometimes grounded.
Remote Sync Cable(s) [purpose designed data cables, not generally used, packed by OEM only -1/8"(or smaller) mono cables)
You're looking for RCA patch cables. Don't spend a lot on them. Amazon is your friend.
You can probably do the series thing, but those jacks are NOT for speakers, they're at "line level" low voltage for input into a power amplifier (like the one your computer's desktop speakers have built in) that drives the speakers.
You can probably do the series thing, but those jacks are NOT for speakers, they're at "line level" low voltage for input into a power amplifier (like the one your computer's desktop speakers have built in) that drives the speakers.
Standard Audio RCA cables. Most electronics stores still carry them.
Though you'll probably need to expirament if you want to wire them up in a series. The input plugs on the tape deck look to be for recording onto a blank tape (I.E> if you wire the CD player to those, it'll record the music off a CD). It could possibly run the audio back out the other ports to your speakers. Otherwise, you'll need to get something to combine both sets of wires into one.
Though you'll probably need to expirament if you want to wire them up in a series. The input plugs on the tape deck look to be for recording onto a blank tape (I.E> if you wire the CD player to those, it'll record the music off a CD). It could possibly run the audio back out the other ports to your speakers. Otherwise, you'll need to get something to combine both sets of wires into one.
Not sure how valid it is on your side of the pond, but in the UK that type of connection is usualy called "phono".
They're the cables that have petals in a ring around quite a long central pin. Basicly they're RCAs, same cable, different colours and pretty cheap. All you want is a stereo phono set, they're pretty common and usualy real cheap, especialy if you can find a short set, but most are about 3 feet in length.
Run the output of the CD to the input of the tapedeck and it should daisychain through to the output that you can plug your speakers into. Some decks will, some decks wont...
If you plug the CD into the tapedeck and dont get any sound out, you can get phono-splitter plugs and connect the outputs of both into one line and feed that to your speakers.
http://www.amazon.com/Premium-RCA-Stereo-Audio-Cable/dp/B001ZU1I32/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334996328&sr=1-5 as Ricanwolf pointed out is a good set at a good price.
And assuming your speakers are a more modern type that have a stereo 3.5mm jack, you'll want something like this to connect them to this setup.
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Male-3-5mm-Stereo/dp/B000I23TN0/ref=sr_1_25?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1335050415&sr=1-25
They're the cables that have petals in a ring around quite a long central pin. Basicly they're RCAs, same cable, different colours and pretty cheap. All you want is a stereo phono set, they're pretty common and usualy real cheap, especialy if you can find a short set, but most are about 3 feet in length.
Run the output of the CD to the input of the tapedeck and it should daisychain through to the output that you can plug your speakers into. Some decks will, some decks wont...
If you plug the CD into the tapedeck and dont get any sound out, you can get phono-splitter plugs and connect the outputs of both into one line and feed that to your speakers.
http://www.amazon.com/Premium-RCA-Stereo-Audio-Cable/dp/B001ZU1I32/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334996328&sr=1-5 as Ricanwolf pointed out is a good set at a good price.
And assuming your speakers are a more modern type that have a stereo 3.5mm jack, you'll want something like this to connect them to this setup.
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Male-3-5mm-Stereo/dp/B000I23TN0/ref=sr_1_25?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1335050415&sr=1-25
that stereo phono to 3.5mm jack could also be plugged into the tapedeck's input, should you want to plug an MP3 player in and record them onto tape for some strange reason, or to chain audio from your computer to play it from the system's speakers if the deck supports daisychaining.
Its personal preference, but I think older speakers just sound better than new ones, more mellow...
Its personal preference, but I think older speakers just sound better than new ones, more mellow...
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