Connecting Microphones; Connecting A Turntable - Radio Shack MPA 31 Owner's Manual

CONNECTING AUDIO
COMPONENTS
TO THE AMPUFIER
You can connect optional comporents
(such as miCTophones, tuners, turnta-
bles, or CD players) to your amplifier to
expand your system. Your tocal Radio
Shack store canies a wide selection of
audio components, adapters, micro-
phones, and speakers.
Cautton: Make sure you make all ttie
connections to ttie anrtplifier and ^aeak-
ers before connecting and tuming on
power.
Connecting Microphones
You can connect a microphone to one
or both of the amplifier's MIC 1 and
MIC 2 input jacks. The mcrophone(s)
can be high- or low-impedance and
must have a V4 -inch plug.
Connecting a Turntable
You can connect an audio input source,
such as a magnetic cartridge tumtatJle
to the amplifier's PHONO jack.
Cautton: Do not connect a high level
audio input source, such as a ceramic
cartridge turntable, to the PHONO
input jack. Doing so could cause sound
distortion.
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Notes
• To avoid a low frequency hum, con-
nect your turntable's gpround wire
(usually blad< or green) to the ampli-
fier's GND screw.
» To prevent a tjeat or howing sairKJ
during monaural operation in the
PHONO mode, s^iarate the PHONO
input line from the ^Deaka- wire.
Connecting an Auxifrary
Audio Source
You can connect an auxiary audo
input source (such as a tape deck, CD
player, cerarrric cartridge turntable or
tuner) to the amp6fier's AUX.CO jack.
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Note: To connect a stereo audto
source to the AUX.CO jack, use a
shiekled Y-adapter, s u * as Cat. No.
42-2438 (not suppled).