Thanks, Gary. I've had partial success, but first I want to tell you
about a result that seems "impossible" to me. The Tuner is connected
to the Amp via the Amp's Tape I/O. There is no device in the Amp's
"Tuner" input. The TapeDeck is connected to the Tuner. If I play a
tape in the deck, with the Tuner's rec/playback switch set to "AMP",
and I have the Amp's selector set to "Tuner", the tape comes through
like a bell. If I turn the Amp's tape monitor on, there is no sound.
This seems just the opposite of what I would expect. All three
devices are Technics products (though not matched in any way). If I
connect a device to the "Tuner" input on the Amp (e.g. the Tuner
itself), both devices get amplified at the same time.

One success is that if I connect the Amp's Tape Rec out to the
Tuner's Amp/Tuner Line In, the TapeDeck hears the CD player through
the Aux input, even with both the Amp and Tuner powered down.
Connecting the Amp to the Tuner "the other way" doesn't work.

However, I have not discovered a way for the Tuner itself to be
amplified unless I connect the Tuner's Variable Output to the Amp's
Tuner input (which I had been using for the TV). Thus the Amp now has
one more device to play than it has inputs. Among the four extra sets
of jacks on the back of the Tuner, only the Tape Deck Line Out seems
to send the tuner signal along.

I'm hopeful that because of the "impossible" result, it's just a
problem with the way I have things connected and perhaps this can be
worked out.

Gary A. Edelstein wrote in message . ..
On 14 Jul 2004 08:01:59 -0700, (Jonathan Berry)
wrote:

I have a tape deck, but it is connected to the Amp. Actually, I've run
out of Amp inputs, so if I can somehow connect the Tape Deck via the
Tuner and make the Amp think the Tuner & Tape Deck are just a Tape
Deck, I'd be happy. Is that the idea?

Yes.


So could I, for instance, connect the Tuner to the TapeDeck i/o of the
Amp, and the Cassette Deck to the TapeDeck i/o of the Tuner, and thus
free up an Aux input on my Amp? Would the rec/playback switch on the
Tuner thus allow me to record other devices attached to the Amp?

Yes. Connect the tape deck to the tuner and the tuner to the amp.

Gary E