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rca to usb-c connection for era 100

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I recently bought a Sony pslx310bt and I’m having the same unfortunate issues as everyone else getting them to pair via Bluetooth. The option I’m seeing is a hard connection via line in. I have a 3.5mm to usb-c adapter but the connection in the back of the turntable is male rca. How do I make the connection from that to the 3.5m? A female rca to 3.5mm? Does such a thing exist? I haven’t had any luck finding one locally. This is a Christmas gift so trying to figure this all out asap.

local Best Buy has a port but was trying to avoid the cost if possible.

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Everything is hooked up and working great. Sounds amazing streaming from my phone, wouldn’t change a thing. The line in is still lacking a bit. I did find the line in level adjustments in the app. I set it all the way up on level 10. It helped a lot, however, it’s still nowhere close to the levels when streaming from my phone. Probably still 25%+ less volume and bass. Is this just an attribute of vinyl?

jgatie

Everything is booked up and working great. Sounds amazing streaming from my phone. Wouldn’t change a thing. I did find the line in level adjustments in the app. I set it all the way up on level 10. It helped a lot, however, it’s still nowhere close to the levels when streaming from my phone. Probably still 25% less. Less bass as well. Is this just an attribute of vinyl?

It may be the case that your pre-amp isn't engaged or may be missing. If your turntable has a built-in preamp, make sure it is set to Line output. If it doesn't have a preamp, you need to get an external phono preamp to wire between the turntable and the Era 100.

PS - That turntable does have a preamp. On the back of the unit, the switch labeled "Output" should be set to "Line".

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Bat16taylorAuthor

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It has one built in and didn’t work until I switched it to line out so I assume it’s working. The volume is enough to fill an approx 700sq ft room as long as there’s not a lot of other ambient noise. I’ve Just noticed I’m around 30-40% on the volume control with streaming vs 75% for line in.

jgatie

It has one built in and didn’t work until I switched it to line out so I assume it’s working. The volume is enough to fill an approx 700sq ft room as long as there’s not a lot of other ambient noise. I’ve Just noticed I’m around 30-40% on the volume control with streaming vs 75% for line in.

Great. You can also increase output by setting the "Gain" switch to High.

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Bat16taylorAuthor

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That made a big difference. Thanks .

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