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Connect vintage turntable to Sony TA-1130 to Era 300

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Hello all,

I think I have this figured out, but I’m no expert and cant find my exact setup or attempted setup. I have a record player without an integrated amp. I also have a vintage Sony receiver that I inherited from my grandfather, its a TA-1130. I just purchased the era 300 with the line in adapter. I believe I can get this all working together.

I hook the record player to the receiver with RCA cables, then receiver to era 300 with an RCA to 3.5mm cable.

My question is what input on back of receiver do I connect the rca to 3.5. Im assuming the preamp input? any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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buzzAnswer

Grand Maestro

In this case “TAPE” is an input for tape playback. You want to use “REC OUT”.

jgatie

The Era-300 needs a dongle to use Line-In. See here:

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/sonos-line-in-adapter

deancleanAuthor

Contributor I

@jgatie yes thank you. I did buy that as well. Its all being delivered this week. I just wasnt sure about what input on the receiver I should connect to.

deancleanAuthor

Contributor I

ive seen in other threads to connect to the tape spot on receiver.

106rallye

Remember you need an output, not an input.

deancleanAuthor

Contributor I

thanks @106rallye I think when I get home from work I will post a photo of the back of the receiver and that will help other members to direct me. Very difficult with nothing to reference.

buzz

Grand Maestro

For your purposes, the ERA 300 is a tape recorder. In vintage gear this connection is usually labeled as “REC OUT” or “TAPE OUT”. On the receiver you would select “Phono” as the source and the turntable would be routed to REC OUT.

deancleanAuthor

Contributor I

Thanks @buzz here is a photo of the back of the unit. It has both rec and tape out. I suppose I can just test a couple hookups

buzzAnswer

Grand Maestro

In this case “TAPE” is an input for tape playback. You want to use “REC OUT”.

deancleanAuthor

Contributor I

@buzz thank you so much! This is awesome. So glad to have found this forum. Really looking forward to getting my records playing again. This is such a nice receiver too. I think it will sound great.

deancleanAuthor

Contributor I

@buzz thanks again for the help. One more question to clarify. I connect the era 300 to Rec out and the record player to phone in right? Here is a photo of the front of the unit.

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