Not quite a noob but know enough to be dangerous, so to speak.
I have a Roland VS-100. I used it once or twice, connected to a PC via USB and output to an amp with ¼" inputs. Pretty much plug and play. Worked like a champ.
I'd like to connect it to my Yamaha RX-V477. Attached is a pic of the business end of the VS-100. It shows Outputs 1 & 2 as MAIN and they are ¼" TS (as are 3 & 4). Outputs 5 & 6 are RCA but when I connect them to the amp, I get no sound. I connected the RCA cables to an AV input on the amp and specified that AV# under the HDMI Configuration as the sound source but no output from 5 & 6. I realize this is the same thing, technically, but I even tried an RCA-to-¼" adapter to MAIN 1 & 2, and 3 & 4 and nothing.
I should also mention that the PC had an AMD HDMI display card in it. Without the VS-100 connected, I get pretty good sound as is. The PC does show all outputs, i.e. 1&2, 3&4, and 5&6 but no matter which output I'm connected to, crickets.
Every function of the amp works, even connecting to Pandora and Spotify. All HDMI inputs work, too, as I have 3 other PCs connected to it and they all output sound from their HDMI display cards.
Don't be harsh as I'm definitely missing something here. I'll just surmise a guess that the output of the VS-100 requires it to be connected to an amp with ¼" inputs as the signal is different than RCA connectors? As I said, please don't be harsh. Thank you.
I have a Roland VS-100. I used it once or twice, connected to a PC via USB and output to an amp with ¼" inputs. Pretty much plug and play. Worked like a champ.
I'd like to connect it to my Yamaha RX-V477. Attached is a pic of the business end of the VS-100. It shows Outputs 1 & 2 as MAIN and they are ¼" TS (as are 3 & 4). Outputs 5 & 6 are RCA but when I connect them to the amp, I get no sound. I connected the RCA cables to an AV input on the amp and specified that AV# under the HDMI Configuration as the sound source but no output from 5 & 6. I realize this is the same thing, technically, but I even tried an RCA-to-¼" adapter to MAIN 1 & 2, and 3 & 4 and nothing.
I should also mention that the PC had an AMD HDMI display card in it. Without the VS-100 connected, I get pretty good sound as is. The PC does show all outputs, i.e. 1&2, 3&4, and 5&6 but no matter which output I'm connected to, crickets.
Every function of the amp works, even connecting to Pandora and Spotify. All HDMI inputs work, too, as I have 3 other PCs connected to it and they all output sound from their HDMI display cards.
Don't be harsh as I'm definitely missing something here. I'll just surmise a guess that the output of the VS-100 requires it to be connected to an amp with ¼" inputs as the signal is different than RCA connectors? As I said, please don't be harsh. Thank you.
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