[Shayler60]

Silly question but, I bought a little CD player as back up to my main one which I put through a mixer and amp. When I unpacked the new one I found it had no line outputs only speaker conections how can I convert these to line outputs??

[Crocodile]

Can't imagine a standalone CD player having only speaker outputs. Is it a Walkman type with a headphone socket?

A model number or better a photo would help.

[Shayler60]

Hi Crocodile, thanks for reply.
What this is, is a little table top CD made by Bush (LS003). It is made for a kids bedroom I guess.
The reason I need it to go through my amp is I have been roped into providing music at a kids party. So I bought this with a view to it being a back up if my main player had a problem. It is not designed to play at the volume I think we need. bearing in mind my amp is 240 Watts the desk top is 4 Watts. I am capable to solder flying leads into the unit to produce line output only, I just dont know where. The unit will not be used for anything else once modified.

[Crocodile]

I guess you could connect some RCA leads to the speaker terminals. Start with the volume control at zero & then wind it up VERY gradually until you get a decent output without clipping & then somehow lock the volume there (Blutack?).

Obviously there's a risk that if anyone tries to increase the volume you could have some serious damage to your kit. Surely you could pick up an old, used CD separate for peanuts?

[Shayler60]

Thats brilliant, Thank you.
Time is the issue for me I got to do this in less than a week but I will take your advice and find an old seperate from ebay if I can do it in time.
Thanks again
Dave.

[Crocodile]

I've just remembered that at the back of the garage somewhere, I have a very old Philips external CD-ROM drive. It's essentially a stripped down CD player & I've used it as a standalone player in the past in an emergency. If you want it for the cost of post I'll see if I can dig it out.