Serge Auckland wrote:
wrote:
I have a Sony separate stereo setup. I'm not an expert in setting it
up, and would like any comments that could be offered. I acquired it
from a junk skip where someone had dumped it purely because one of the
sound channels was down, but upon inspection it turned out to be a
broken track where the headphone socket fixes to the board. With a
little care and a lot of soldering experience, I managed to get it
working perfectly... except for one thing......:-

I don't know how to connect the dam things properly.

I have failed to obtain a manual for general setup, and have only
managed to find a manual for the radio receiver (analogue) which
doesn't tell me how to set it all up together. and no-one I know has
the faintest idea how to set it up either..

Any helpful advise offered will be treated with utmost gratification.
Here's what equipment I have.;

TC-V715T Stereo Cassette Deck
SEQ-V7700 7band Graphic Equalizer
ST-V715L FM stereo FM/AM Tuner
CDP-M75 Compact Disc Player
TA-V715T Stereo Digital Reference/Integrated Stereo Premain Amplifier

More info/photos can be made available on request.

Thank you for reading this...

dAlmAtiAn™

Here's what I would do:-

1) Get some standard stereo phono-phono cables from your favourite
supplier. I reckon on 4 stereo pairs.

2) Connect the tuner output to the tuner inputs on the amplifier
3) Connect the CD Player output to the CD player input on the amplifier.
4) Connect the cassette recorder's play output to the recorder input on
the amplifier
5) Connect the cassette recorder's record input to the recorder output
on the amplifier
6) Put the equaliser on Ebay, as it won't do anything for you. Use the
money to pay for the cables.
7) You haven't mentioned 'speakers, so you will need a pair of
loudspeakers which you connect to the 'speaker outputs of the amplifier
using common or garden 13 amp mains cable (2 core) or anything else of
similar thickness.
8) You will need an aerial (antenna) for the tuner. Depending on where
you live, a simple dipole may work. This can be made from 2 core mains
cable. Split the conductor 75cm (2'6") from one end, and separate the
two cores such that the ends are 150 cm (5') apart. Connect the other
end to the antenna input on the tuner. It won't work very well, but well
enough for you to test if the tuner's working. If you live near a
transmitter, it may even work well enough for normal use.



PS. My PC has an on-board sound-card that screams and squeals and
bubbles with static noise from the computer when playing quiet audio or
no audio. The noise is very reminiscent to that of an old Spectrum48K
loading. No slots for extra sound-card. Any ideas?

I don't find this at all surprising, as I too have heard odd noises from
the on-board sound cards. Assuming your PC has a USB socket, use an
external USB sound card. There are several available at sensible prices.
You should be able to get one with digital and analogue In/Out.


S.

Regarding Speakers.. they are a pair of 2ftx3ft each with 1x12" cone,
1x16" cone and a 5" tweeter with each speakers box rating at 4Ohm
2.1kw. The Amp is only rated at 4-8Ohm 400W per Ch (I think) but I
know that is OK and does not put excessive strain on my amplifier at
the volume I use (approx 50w [1/4 Vol] per channel).

I need the EQ to kill some of the bass as my neighbours (40ft away) are
constantly moaning at me because bass is all they can hear. The Bass
Control on the Amp is very minimal.

re. Sound-card.. Thanks. Never knew they existed for USB. This
morning I found A USB card on eBay for 19GBP.

Thanks for your feedback Serge