"b" wrote in message
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On 9 dic, 17:38, "Arfa Daily" wrote:

It's common on HC systems for there to be no line level outputs, as I
guess
the manufacturers see no point as they have already built in a six
channel
amplifier that they consider is adequate for the job. A good group to ask
HC
related questions on is

uk.media.home-cinema

Arfa

cheers Arfa. though i'm sure it wouldn't have hurt them to include a
line on the scart pins - for convenience as much as anything!
Since i don't have the speakers, I'll have to make some spkr
connectors, as the ones it uses are custom ones by the look of it. a
bit like a smaller version of the rectangular AC cable sockets found
on 70's sanyo and sony portable audio.
-B


Be very VERY careful when you make these connectors. The output pins on most
of these Sony HC systems are fully floating differentials. If you mistakenly
short either one to the surrounding back panel metalwork, the result is
usually instant death to the (expensive) output chip on that channel. I've
always suspected that Sony use these 'odd' connectors in an effort to stop
people connecting anything other than the intended speakers.

FWIW, I have an 'S300 here connected to the computer as an external surround
system. I 'inherited' it, and like yours, it came without the speakers. I
made connectors using socket 'pins' from Molex connectors, with small-bore
heat-shrink sleeving over them. These connectors fit tightly over the Sony
connectors' pins, and the heatshrink makes sure that there is no possibility
of them shorting to the back panel.

Arfa