jdmini
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Apr 29, 2007 19:53:44 GMT
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a friend of mine has bought a cd player with a line in input hole on the front of the face unit. what she wanted to do is plug an mp3 player in to it, she has the correct lead (like a double ended headphone jack) but it doesn't seem to work.
it's a kenwood and her manual doesn't give an explanation of what it does, so do you guys know what the hole is for? or how she can use an mp3 player with it
any advice would be really gratefully recieved!
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Apr 29, 2007 20:00:50 GMT
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what model is it? any pics? out of daft, you are changing the source setting?  |
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jdmini
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Apr 29, 2007 20:03:03 GMT
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she said it's a kenwood from amazon.co.uk .com not exactly helpful i know..i asked if it has an aux button and she says she's tried source
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Apr 29, 2007 20:07:04 GMT
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has she tried with the mp3 lead plugged in?
i know on mine it wont show cd if theres not one in.
only source it will show without having anything in is the usb.
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jdmini
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Apr 29, 2007 20:09:51 GMT
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it might be that...i'll ask her, thanks very much for your help.
it'll be easier if i can go and see her cd player really
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Apr 29, 2007 20:13:00 GMT
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hope my ramblings are some help.
if its not that then I'm at a loss as to what could be wrong.
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jdmini
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Apr 29, 2007 20:19:33 GMT
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but is the purpose of a line in, so that she can play an mp3 player through it?
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Apr 29, 2007 20:23:22 GMT
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thinking about it, is it a tape playing one or a cd/mp3 one?
if it isnt mp3 compatible that would explain why it doesnt work, or is it a tape one, that'll be to plug a cd player into.
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jdmini
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Apr 29, 2007 20:27:23 GMT
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it's a kenwood cd head unit...with a line in thing on it, is there such a thing as line out?
and if so...what would it be used for?
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Apr 29, 2007 20:27:50 GMT
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Line in will play any source through the HU you play into it, provided it is a line in - be it an MP3 player, tape player, CD player, whatever - it's just an analogue signal Yes, you can get line outs - these are outputs that provide an output at a level sufficient to drive the input of an amplifier. |
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Last Edit: Apr 29, 2007 20:29:32 GMT by Lewis
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jdmini
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Apr 29, 2007 20:29:32 GMT
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i'm glad you said that..i think she's just not using the source thing properly
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Apr 29, 2007 20:30:01 GMT
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Check she's got the volume wound up on the MP3 player as well  |
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jdmini
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Apr 29, 2007 20:31:34 GMT
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lol! that wouldn't shock me
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Apr 30, 2007 14:44:31 GMT
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Also on some headunits you have to hit the pause button to make the input switch over (Alpine 7909 for instance) but as it seems to be a new HU its unlikely.
I reckon that its either the fact that the correct source isn't selected or the vol isn't up on the MP3 player
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