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Line in for 41-285
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Hello all,

I have posted a bunch of questions here in recent days about my Philco 41-285. Thanks for all your help; this is the first Philco I've seen and apart from the rubber wiring Icon_thumbdownIcon_thumbdown it's been a pretty fun rebuild.
I am having a problem, however. I need help in correctly wiring in a line in.

I wired one in the other day the same way I have done in other radios: Tapping into the high side of the volume pot and ground.
This worked; I was able to play an auxiliary source in this manner. However, it caused a problem I have not seen in other radios. When I disconnected the auxiliary source (BUT left the auxiliary wiring in place) and attempted to listen to the radio, the signal was a lot quieter than it should have been. Once I completely emoved the line in from the volume/pot ground, the radio volume returned to normal. Here is the adapter that I plugged into the volume pot:
http://www.antiqueradio.org/iPodAdaptor.htm

Any idea why this problem occurred? Some sort of impedance mismatch? As I said I've run this adapter into other radios and never had this radio signal attenuation problem. Any ideas on fixing it would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Ted


Messages In This Thread
Line in for 41-285 - by Diverted - 02-14-2014, 04:55 PM
RE: Line in for 41-285 - by morzh - 02-14-2014, 05:25 PM
RE: Line in for 41-285 - by Diverted - 02-14-2014, 05:40 PM
RE: Line in for 41-285 - by morzh - 02-14-2014, 05:47 PM
RE: Line in for 41-285 - by Diverted - 02-16-2014, 05:40 PM
RE: Line in for 41-285 - by morzh - 02-16-2014, 05:59 PM



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