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Connecting iPod to an older stereo - very quiet, add'l equipment needed?

Just got an iPod Classic - everything works fine when using headphones, but I was hoping to use it plugged into my home stereo as well. It's an older tuner/amp with your typical L & R RCA connectors for Video, Aux, Phono, etc.

I bought a cable that splits from stereo 1/8" to RCA cables and getting the iPod output through the stereo, but the volume is rather low. I.e. iPod volume maxed out and stereo volume turned very high, and still doesn't quite fill the room. Is there a trick to getting it to play at a reasonable volume on a home stereo? Or some accessory that'll make this possible?

Thanks in advance...

Posted on Jun 14, 2010 5:54 PM

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Jun 14, 2010 6:27 PM in response to rbsiv

When you use the sound out of the headphone jack over RCA (L/R) cables then it is going to be the case as you stated in your post above. Sound is not robust and even the maxed out sound coming out of the iPod is not enough and lacks the punch.

To be effective at this you need to pull the sound out of the dock port, which has a line level audio and send it into your stereo's L/R channels via RCA cable.

If you do a search on Google for "iPod Dock to RCA" then you will see a bunch of sites selling these cables. One example [*is shown here*|http://www.shop.com/Cables To+Go+iPod+audio+cable+4+ft+-127367841-o.xhtml].

Have a good day.

Axel F.

Connecting iPod to an older stereo - very quiet, add'l equipment needed?

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