Kenwood MDS-JA20ES 36EN, Controlling a Separately Available Sony CD Changer, What cords will I need, Connecting the MD deck and a CD changer to an amplifier

Controlling a Separately Available Sony CD Changer

Hooking Up the System

When you connect a Sony CD changer with a CONTROL A1 jack to the MD deck using a control A1 cable, you can operate the CD changer using the controls on the MD deck or the supplied remote (Mega CD Control Function).

Hook up the MD deck to an amplifier and a CD changer as follows. Be sure to turn off the power of each component before connection.

Notes

•You can use the Mega CD Control Function only when the deck is connected to a CD changer. This function does not support single-disc CD players.

•The displays and operations may differ depending on the connected CD changer.

LINE(ANALOG)		DIGITAL IN	DIGITAL OUT	S-LINK
			COAXIAL OPTICAL	CONTROL A1
IN	OUT	COAXIAL OPT1 OPT2
L		L
R		R

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REC TAPE/MD

OUT IN

Amplifier
				DIGITAL
			OPTICAL OUT
				or
	CD IN			DIGITAL
					CONTROL
			COAXIAL OUT		A1
		LINE
		OUT

CD changer

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What cords will I need?

• Audio connecting cords (only two supplied) (3)

White	White
(L)	(L)
Red	Red
(R)
	(R)

• Optical cable (not supplied) (1)

• Control A1 cable (not supplied) (1)

Hookups

Connecting the MD deck and a CD changer to an amplifier

Connect the amplifier to the LINE OUT jacks on the CD changer and the LINE(ANALOG) IN/OUT jacks on the MD deck using the audio connecting cords (only two supplied).

Make sure to match the color-coded cords to the appropriate jacks on the components: red (right) to red and white (left) to white. Be sure to make connections firmly to prevent hum and noise.

CD changer			Amplifier
	LINE		CD IN
	OUT	ç	L
	L
	R		R
MD deck		ç	Amplifier
LINE(ANALOG)			TAPE/MD
IN	OUT		OUT
L	L		L
R	R	Ç	R

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Connecting a digital cable to the CD changer and MD deck

You can make a digital recording from a CD to an MD by connecting the CD changer and MD deck with an optical cable or a coaxial digital connecting cable.

When using the optical cable

Take the caps off the connectors and then insert the plugs parallelly until they click into place.

Be sure not to bend or tie together the optical cable.

MD deck		CD changer
DIGITAL IN	DIGITAL OUT	DIGITAL
COAXIAL OPT1 OPT2	COAXIAL OPTICAL	OPTICAL
		OUT

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You can connect the optical cable to either OPT1 or OPT2

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• Coaxial digital connecting cable (not supplied) (1)

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