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Circuitbenders Forum => BENDING TIPS => Circuitbending discussion => Repair advice & questions. => Topic started by: JED on October 16, 2010, 04:06:04 PM
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Hi...I am an absolute newby to this sort of thing...I have had since new a Casiotone MT-65 keyboard which has had little use for many years and I have lost the manual....I recently bought a Tascam DP-008 multitrack recorder and want to use the two 1/4" jack sockets on the back of it to connect the casiotone to so as to able to make loops to record over (drum tracks etc)....trouble is I am not sure what sort of socket it is on the Casiotone....it just says"line out" and dosnt look like a 1/4" jack socket? Can anyone tell me what the socket is and how to make up a lead to connect it...also is there anywhere I can download a copy of the casiotone manual??...if it would help I can email a pdf of the DP-008 manual to anyone who might need it so as to see what I am talking about......thanks in hope....JED :-[
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It's probably a 3.5mm jack socket, same as a normal headphone minijack. You can buy or make adaptor leads.
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Thanks Gordonjcp for your reply...I will see if I have a 3.5 plug to test it with although I dont know if the output is mono or stereo...probably mono due to the age of the beast...since posting I have emailed Casio for help although the MT-65 is no longer on their list of supported units....if I find a 3.5 plug seems to fit the socket maybe I should take a chance and get a 3.5 mm mono plug to twin 6.35mm stereo lead made up....if such a beast is possible to configure.....thanks again....JED.
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The output on the unit is an RCA (Phono) connection, it should also have a stereo headphone socket on the same panel, you just need what is known as a "Y" lead, it has a stereo 1/4" jack on one end and a pair of mono jacks on the two leads that come from it.
Arron
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or, if you get in the mood to take this thing apart, you can always wire a 1/4" jack to the board. this make prove more useful than the whimpy little jack you have to adapt down.