Members rinkydinkron Posted July 28, 2003 Members Share Posted July 28, 2003 How come when i connect my MD player to my unbalanced stereo phono inputs on my mixer i get 1. no pfl reading and 2.reduced output?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted July 28, 2003 Members Share Posted July 28, 2003 Reduced output of your other sources? What type of MD is is, portable or fixed type? Are you using the line out or a headphone out jack? Are you going into the mixer mono or stereo, and any adapters? Are the inputs to the mixer 1/4" or RCA phono? I have an idea based on some of my own product support experience, but need a little more info first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rinkydinkron Posted July 29, 2003 Author Members Share Posted July 29, 2003 It's a "full size Sony MDSJE 530". I'm using the "Line out". I'm going in to the mixer stereo(no adapters). The inputs to the mixer are "RCA Phono". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted July 29, 2003 Members Share Posted July 29, 2003 Ok, now when you plug the MD player in, does the mix level of your other sources decrease? Are you sure that the RCA phono input is an input and not labeled as a record output. What I am getting at is the output impedences of some of the newer MD's and CD's are very low and may load down an unbuffered output if connected incorrectly. If you are connecing to a regular aux in or channel input that has line level RCA inputs, then I'm not sure what is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rinkydinkron Posted July 30, 2003 Author Members Share Posted July 30, 2003 1.Not that i'm aware of no. 2.The RCA sockets are most definately inputs. According to the manual "these high impedance inputs are unbalanced on RCA phono connectors and are intended for use with CD,DAT or HIFI equipment." Can it be that i have finally defeated the Horse!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Old Steve Posted July 30, 2003 Members Share Posted July 30, 2003 Originally posted by rinkydinkron Can it be that i have finally defeated the Horse!? I wouldn't bet on it just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted July 30, 2003 Members Share Posted July 30, 2003 Originally posted by rinkydinkron According to the manual "these high impedance inputs are unbalanced on RCA phono connectors and are intended for use with CD,DAT or HIFI equipment." Can it be that i have finally defeated the Horse!? No way... I an "undefeatable" I do have an answer for you, after looking over some old Soundcraft info... this is according to some old service info that I expect to be accurate but not from personal experience. 1. The RCA connectors are routed through rotary volume controls. These are 9-10 and 13-14. They are not processed by the channel strip electronics but are intended as "convenience" line inputs which are not eq'd nor routable, they go directly to the Left-Right bus. They also do not get monitored by the stereo channel strip PFL circuit. Since it's line level only, there's little chance for overload or level matching problems. 2. Since it is a line level input, probably +4dBu, it may appear to have lower sensitivity than your other line channels which probably have a sensitivity of -10 - +4 with additional gain provided internally. Sorry I can't be more detailed about this... I am just an "old horse"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rinkydinkron Posted July 30, 2003 Author Members Share Posted July 30, 2003 Thanks Horse.I knew it would be "Neighhhhhhhhbother" for you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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