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Playing Philips MP3 Player on a Sony sound system

Mar 14, 2009 10:01AM PDT

Hi. I think this has been raised before, but in a different way and i'm still confused. Please forgive me if I'm repeating.

I have a Philips MP3 player. Downloaded tunes and ripped from CD to it. sounds perfect on headphones. I can play it in the car via a cable ( jack) which is connected into the Head Unit. However,when i connect it to my Sony amp on a separates system with a jack to RCA cable, the sound is really bad. Very low and muffled. If I turn the volume up really , really high on the amp I get to hear the music, but it's nothing like it should sound. Am I missing something? Do I need a preamp? One post on here said to connect via the tape deck first and use that as a pre amplifier. how? I just want to make playlists and leave it connected so that it plays contnuously without having to change CD's etc.

Many thanks for your help.

Thomas

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Obvious, but
Mar 15, 2009 1:47AM PDT

Presumably you are connecting the mp3 to the hifi using the mp3's headphone socket. Have you tried raising the level of the headphone volume and setting the hifi volume knob at a 'normal' leve until you get the right amount of sound without distortion.

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Yes
Mar 15, 2009 8:36AM PDT

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I've tried a few things.Turned volume up full on MP

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Tried other inputs ?
Mar 15, 2009 8:07PM PDT

I'm surprised, because I have listened to various MP3 players via my Yamaha stereo receiver and hifi amps have pretty standardised inputs. I think I'm using the tape replay socket -- though I'm sure it would also work on the CD or Aux inputs.

It will not work on a Phono input which has different equalisation and level requirements.

If all else fails, you could use the little amplified speakers people use with computers.

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Thanks
Mar 16, 2009 10:22AM PDT

I have some PC speakers which are fine, but not the full amplified stero sound I am looking for. I think it might be easier for me to just burn CD's of the mixes / playlists and play them in the CD player. The Hi Fi system has a lovely sound so that is what I was trying to get with MP3's.

Many thanks for your suggestions.