How to hook CD player to this thing. Or can you? The manual PDF says this thing plays CDs, but these vertical units are a pain to mess with... plus the PDF content is "subject to change", so they can basically say all they can cram onto the page and if it isn't true, well, ya know, it did say subject to change, so...Amazon's product specs say this has "analog audio in", but is that some sort of iPod lingo? When referring to Blu ray players, aai usually means RCA cable ports... How to hook CD player to this thing. Or can you? The manual PDF says this thing plays CDs, but these vertical units are a pain to mess with... plus the PDF content is "subject to... » Read More How to hook CD player to this thing. Or can you? The manual PDF says this thing plays CDs, but these vertical units are a pain to mess with... plus the PDF content is "subject to change", so they can basically say all they can cram onto the page and if it isn't true, well, ya know, it did say subject to change, so...Amazon's product specs say this has "analog audio in", but is that some sort of iPod lingo? When referring to Blu ray players, aai usually means RCA cable ports... « Show Less
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It's a 3.5 mm audio jack. I have my tv rca out to 3.5 jack hooked up to it. It works great.
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The one I received can only be connected to an iDevice or threw a device with Bluetooth.
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Jonathan - yes, you can hook up a CD player or any other music player as long as your CD player has a connector for headphones. Then all you do is buy a 3.5mm male-to-male cable and connect the DVD player to the Panasonic speakers. I mostly use the Panasonic with a Bluetooth connection to my laptop, iPhone, iPad and Nano but I've used it with a cable as well. Nice sound and good product. I own two of them I like them so muchAlso, the female input jack is next to the power cord. Not easy to see but it's there
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You need to connect it in Aux input using a male-male audio cable 3.5mm. I am not sure if your stereo audio from CD Player will be converted in 5.1 satisfactorily, because the original source is 2.0. In my case, I have connected an optical input, but when the audio is 2.0 (stereo), the adapter only gives 2.0 from RCA outs depending audio format. Only I have noted when the original audio is 5.1, the RCA outs from adapter is 5.1.
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Jeffrey - I don't have that; where can I get it? I did a search on monoprice, but nothing relevant showed up. SocialLogic - I dunno what it's called but it's definitely not the coaxial input port (coaxial is the same used for subwoofer, I thought - and this receiver has two inputs, since it is 7.2)I've had it for about 10 days, and I'm still tweaking around with the settings. What audio mode do you guys generally use when playing Blu Ray? :)
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The copy on the box says "audio input jack for connecting MP3 players..." It is top loading for CDs. Hope that helps.
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I believe it to be a defective unit. I bought 3 different units, since Christmas, not all were Onkyo, and all 3 skipped repeatedly thru each song. I bought brand new CD's, and all 3 units same results. I gave up on looking for a CD player, bought myself a USB flash drive, downloaded my music to it, stuck it into my Blu-ray player and now listen to my music thru my Blu-ray player. Also, any unit that plays a dvd, will also play a cd. But cd's are on their way out thanks to modern technology.
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Actually, that is why I returned it an got one with a CD player. At first, I thought that I could just place my CD's into Itunes, and then put them onto an SD card and it would work the same. However, they needed to be transferred from the new mp4 format to mp3. When that was all said and done, it didnt even work. So, I do not know honestly, as I was so frustrated by reading that they wanted me to buy all of their SD cards and I wasnt having any luck. I would recommend just returning it and getting one with a CD player, or if you have an ipod or iphone-burn your CD's into Itunes and then sync them to your device so that you can play them from that. Actually, that is why I returned it an got one with a CD player. At first, I thought that I could just place my CD's into Itunes, and then put them onto an SD card and it would work the same. However, they needed to be transferred from the new mp4 format to mp3. When that was all said and done, it didnt even work. So, I do not know honestly, as I was so frustrated by reading that they wanted me to buy all of their SD cards and I wasnt having any luck. I would recommend just returning it and getting one with a CD player, or if you have an ipod or iphone-burn your CD's into Itunes and then... » Read More Actually, that is why I returned it an got one with a CD player. At first, I thought that I could just place my CD's into Itunes, and then put them onto an SD card and it would work the same. However, they needed to be transferred from the new mp4 format to mp3. When that was all said and done, it didnt even work. So, I do not know honestly, as I was so frustrated by reading that they wanted me to buy all of their SD cards and I wasnt having any luck. I would recommend just returning it and getting one with a CD player, or if you have an ipod or iphone-burn your CD's into Itunes and then sync them to your device so that you can play them from that. « Show Less
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I was looking at some of the comments people made. I will agree sometimes my cd's I trying playing back on it occasionally act up. But it could be the kind of player it is because when I play the same cds on another cd/cassette combo it does the same but if I play them off the computer and on a stereo I have upstairs they could play fine. I play the same cd at work on their cd/player and it plays there so it depends on why it does that I am not certain.
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I have a Blue Ray with digital audio output, the video is with HDMI, but I want to connect the audio to an amplifier. It works fine with DVD and Blue Ray disks, but when I want to play a home made CD of music, it distorts with noise. The device will convert your TV output to rca, sure, but I can't tell you if you will hear noise. Is cheap, so you can try.
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You know, I can't say that I have ever put a CD in my Samsung BluRay, so I had to go do it right now.The nice thing that you get with playing audio CD's in your BluRay is the ability to see CD status on the screen of your TV. You won't get that with a CD player.I am assuming it will show other info on CD+G discs. I don't have any, so I could not confirm that.The player I have is a Kenwood DP-M6640. This unit was top of the line years back with a 6-disc cartridge and also a single disc tray. It means nothing to the kids of today with 1TB of MP3's on hard drive. You know, I can't say that I have ever put a CD in my Samsung BluRay, so I had to go do it right now.The nice thing that you get with playing audio CD's in your BluRay is the ability to see CD status on the screen of your TV. You won't get that with a CD player.I am assuming it will show other info on CD+G discs. I don't have any, so I could not confirm that.The player I have is a Kenwood DP-M6640. This unit was top of the line years back with a 6-disc cartridge and also a single disc tray. It means nothing to the kids of today with 1TB of MP3's on hard... » Read More You know, I can't say that I have ever put a CD in my Samsung BluRay, so I had to go do it right now.The nice thing that you get with playing audio CD's in your BluRay is the ability to see CD status on the screen of your TV. You won't get that with a CD player.I am assuming it will show other info on CD+G discs. I don't have any, so I could not confirm that.The player I have is a Kenwood DP-M6640. This unit was top of the line years back with a 6-disc cartridge and also a single disc tray. It means nothing to the kids of today with 1TB of MP3's on hard drive. « Show Less
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Answer number 2 is exactly what I would do. Adapter from RCA analog to Digital optical. I have a Sony 200 disc cd player but lucky for me it has an optical out jack.
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You must insert a CD and select CD function. If you want to listen to the CD you simply unplug your jack from the aux input. Remember that the CD will spin continuously. I recommend an old disc you don't care about but still plays. I love the functionality.
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Holy cats! I prefer the analog output! I must be crazy! When connected analog it has a fuller and super clean low end but otherwise I can't tell a difference. I've tried it both ways, there is NOT a bad way. One thing to note is that if you hook it up digital to an Onkyo receiver you should also do the analog connections for full functionality of the receiver's remote. This is one of the best two CD players EVER heard by me. And I'm an old hand at this stuff. This is one incredible CD player. One of the best things I ever bought. You will have to pry this CD player from my cold dead hands. Holy cats! I prefer the analog output! I must be crazy! When connected analog it has a fuller and super clean low end but otherwise I can't tell a difference. I've tried it both ways, there is NOT a bad way. One thing to note is that if you hook it up digital to an Onkyo receiver you should also do the analog connections for full functionality of the receiver's remote. This is one of the best two CD players EVER heard by me. And I'm an old hand at this stuff. This is one incredible CD player. One of the best things I ever bought. You will have to pry this CD player from my cold dead hands.
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The receiver that the CD player is attached to is how you adjust the volume, just as you would adjust the receivers volume,when the receiver is switched to (play) CD, the receiver adjusts the volume for the CD player. Hope this helps.
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if the unit works, that is: it responds to electrical input, does it light up the front, does the disc changer opens up, act act. hooking up to a stereo is quite easy. you need an rca wire with one red and one white lead; plug them into the back of your unit; the other to the stereo input of aux good luck
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This player only has an HDMI output. Does your TV have component video inputs? These would be three RCA jacks that are blue, red and green. If so, you can get an HDMI to component video adapter. I've never used one and have no idea how well they work. If you just have a yellow RCA video input jack, then you'd be better off buying a non-blu ray player, as you can't get high definition video through the single yellow video input. Hope this helps!
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Let me briefly tell you how I hook up my DAC.Mac mini optical out -optical cable-> DAC optical input and then analog out -RCA cable-> preamp analog input -> ATC SCM20 powered speaker input (XLR)Of course, you can connect your CD player similar way. The analog (RCA) out from DAC to the RCA input of your integrated amp.
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Hey Under -- I'm looking at the manual right now. See page 16 #8 where it describes the rear panel of the player. Is the manual advising that I use the analog out even if I'm already using HDMI. This is where I'm confused and why Samsung's tech support has confused me even more.FYI, I posted the very same question in forums of avforums.com and audioholics.com and the answer I received was NO. HDMI is all I need and the analog out would only be necessary if my receiver did not have HDMI.