Codifus, here is the jack array on the Tuner, in case you missed it:

"I just bought an old Technics ST-8600 Tuner, about 28 years old.
I hooked the Output [Variable] on the back of the Tuner to the
Tuner input on my amp. The sound is lovely, with or without
an antenna.

But I'm confused by the other jacks at the back of the Tuner:

Output T A P E D E C K A M P - T U N E R 4 CH MPX OUT
Variable Rec Out Playback LineIn LineOut Horiz FM Mulipath
Vert
: : : : : :

so there are six x 2 (L-R) = 12 jacks at the back of the unit. Tape
Deck Playback has two removable dummy terminators which I guess
provide shielding."

This was a fancy tuner for its time, costing over $300 sometimes.
Codifus, I might follow your advice anyway, because that would solve
my problem of not having enough inputs to the amp. However, what
would the 2 sets of jacks for "AMP-TUNER" be for in that case? I was
kind of hoping that an owner or former owner of this tuner (or another
with the same design philosophy) would provide the simple answer.


"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message ...
You haven't been following this thread. This tuner does indeed have various
input jacks etc. Almost more of a pre-amp tuner combo.

Mark Z.

"Codifus" wrote in message
om...
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

How can you connect a tape deck to a tuner? It has to be the other way
around. The tuner connects to the record/ in jacks of the tape deck,
then the tape deck connects it's out/play jacks to the amp. To listen
to the tuner you push tape on the amp, then set the tape deck to
monitor it's recording input, the tuner. On older tape decks you may
have to leave the tape deck in record-pause mode to have it monitor
the tuner.

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