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Could I hook this amp up to my PC
Dannymh:
I bypassed the isolator and wired one speaker straight to the output, well I actually took the wire that was going into the isolator and put that and a ground into the output, the funny thing is this brought both speakers on so it looks like i am going to have to trace back all the wiring and figure out what has been done here and simply re-wire it without the isolator.
The one problem I am getting with this method is the volume pot does not turn the volume all the way down so I can not get the volume to turn off if the pot is down (kind of the reason I wanted to get it going in its current form)
Anymore ideas. The amp obviously works its the isolator that has my noodle baked
Dannymh:
Righto this makes no sense but here we go :)
volume Pot is wired as such
Channel 1 - Bw is ground to Jamma speaker ground
Channel 1 - Is gets input from Jamma
Channel 1 goes from Jamma into the isolator
Channel 2 - goes straight through to isolator
Isolator has a loop of white which also goes out to a 2 point input with a black ground so again a single channel
All good I have no problems with having a single channel and I can wire this up I just need the pot to actuall turn the sound down when I turn it all the way down. My thoughts are that it either doesn't have the right resistance or is faulty or this isolator somehow comes to the party and would otherwise have an effect.
Really what I need is an isolator expert this is really starting to make me go :dizzy:
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BobA:
That thing you are calling an isolator looks like an amp board. The heat sinks on the ICs indicate power not isolation.
Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: BobA on January 13, 2010, 11:49:59 am ---That thing you are calling an isolator looks like an amp board. The heat sinks on the ICs indicate power not isolation.
--- End quote ---
He's referring to this piece.....
lkench:
Are there any numbers at all on the chips on the "isolator"? If we could figure out what the chips are, we would have a better clue as to what that board is actually doing. I do agree though, that if it really is just osolating a signal, it probably wouldn't have those heatsinks.
-lkench