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Donny Dennis


From:
Atlanta, Texas
Post  Posted 29 Sep 2007 2:34 pm    
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The manual for my Peavey Nashville 112 amplifier states that the Preamp Out/CD input jack on the back of the Nashville 112 can be used to connect the output of a CD player to the power amp for "play along" practicing. A shielded stereo cable should be used to connect to the CD input. A mono 1/4" jack is required for plug-in to the Preamp Out/CD input jack.

The CD player that I would like to use for this purpose is a little Durabrand Model CD-896, that only has a line out jack for home stereo connection and a headphones jack. Both the line out jack and headphones jack require a 1/8" input jack. Am not sure how to do this as I have never seen or heard of a stereo cable with a 1/4" jack at one end and a 1/8" jack at the opposite end.

Donny
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Jack Stoner


From:
Kansas City, MO
Post  Posted 29 Sep 2007 4:21 pm    
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There are cables and adapter plugs available. 1/8" to 1/4" adapaters come with many headsets.

Check Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc.
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Donny Dennis


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Atlanta, Texas
Post  Posted 29 Sep 2007 6:03 pm    
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After posting the note I remembered that I have several adapter plugs including 1/8" so I connected a 1/8" adapter plug to the opposite end of the cable as shown below with a 1/4" plug. I then connected the 1/4" plug to the Preamp Out/CD input jack on the back of the Nashville 112, and the 1/8" plug to the line-out jack of the CD player. That didn't work so I then connected the 1/8" plug to the headphones jack of the CD player, and it still didn't work. The instructions in the Peavey Nashville 112 manual state that a shielded stereo cable should be used to connect the CD input.



Am not sure if the cable shown above is a shielded stereo cable or not. Can anyone determine just by looking at the picture above if it is a shielded stereo cable?

Thanks for your help.

Donny
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Phil Halton


From:
Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 29 Sep 2007 6:20 pm    
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You have to use a stereo (TRS which stands for TipRingSleeve) type adapter, not a mono(TS TipSleeve) adapter.

I'll bet you have a mono eighth to quarter inch adapter on your cable. The shielding part isn't the problem, its the adapter type.

As I understand it, if the NV112 "sees" a mono plug in that jack, it outputs the preamp signal to the jack. If it "sees" a stereo plug, it expects to receives signal from the jack.
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Larry Lorows

 

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Zephyrhills,Florida, USA
Post  Posted 29 Sep 2007 7:02 pm    
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What I do is,out of the headphone jack go to a small mixer with the stereo cord that separates into two cords. (left & right) Then go to your amp out of the mixer. You can plug your guitar into this mixer and play along. Larry
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 30 Sep 2007 6:22 am    
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It looks to me like you have a mono 1/4" plug and a stereo 1/8" plug.
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Donny Dennis


From:
Atlanta, Texas
Post  Posted 1 Oct 2007 3:57 pm    
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Just a note to thank everyone for your help. Today I bought a shielded stereo cable with 1/4" jacks on both ends, and a stereo TRS 1/8" adapter for one end of the shielded stereo cable. It works great. Smile

Best regards.

May God bless you.

Donny
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Brian Doyle

 

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Guisborough, Cleveland, U.K.
Post  Posted 11 Oct 2007 4:50 am    
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hello Donny can you post a second picture of the
one you ended up with thank you
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Donny Dennis


From:
Atlanta, Texas
Post  Posted 26 Oct 2007 4:49 pm    
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Brian, below are photos of what I finally ended up with. The top photo shows the shielded stereo cable with 1/4" jacks on both ends. The middle photo shows the shielded stereo cable with 1/4" jack on one end and a stereo TRS 1/8" adapter for the other end of the shielded stereo cable, and the bottom photo shows the shielded stereo cable with a stereo TRS 1/8" adapter connected to the CD player. The shielded stereo cable with the stereo TRS 1/8" adapter is connected to the headphones jack of the CD player. Apologize for taking so long to post a response to your request but my internet service was down from October 7th until yesterday, and I didn't read your post until today.

Best regards,

Donny




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Brian Doyle

 

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Guisborough, Cleveland, U.K.
Post  Posted 28 Oct 2007 8:25 am    
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Thank you Donny over the moon
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Ernest Cawby


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Post  Posted 30 Oct 2007 6:16 am     hi
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If you have 2 inputs on the front of your amp you can use that and use the volume control on the cd player for proper volume, same plug is used. I do both all the time.


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Donny Dennis


From:
Atlanta, Texas
Post  Posted 2 Nov 2007 1:34 pm    
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Ernie,

Thanks for your input. Will have to try that.

Donny
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