Hi everyone, new to the forums.

 I would like to connect by Avant 32 dvd, to a cyrus3 preamp/amp powering passive tdl's for my front surround speakers. few questions though,

1 - is it possible?

2 - is it as easy as connecting 2 rca's to 2 din's?

3 - what are the pinouts? (12 and 3 from soldering side?)

At the moment, I just use the 3.5mm stereo jack to connect the speakers, and I just want to upgrade this setup to surround. Havnt got the space to put beolab 1's or 8000 which is what I really want, but you cant have it all.

Many thanks in advance.

Guv 

The Powerlink sockets have both left and right speaker output in each plug so you need a Powerlink to RCA adaptor. I would feed this to the power amplifier and bypass the pre-amp as you will be able to control the volume from the Avant then. The wiring diagrams are www.Beotech.co.uk .

Best of luck! 

Kevin:

I've found with my Avant (old 50hz) that powerlink output is not at line RCA level so volume levels are low.

What you need is to build a preamp!

ok guys, thanks for the reply's, bit of an update and a further question.

I made 2 cables, both are rca - 7pin din (fits nice in the powerlink socket) fired it all up, and it works like a dream. They act as front left and right speakers.

I can control the volume, works fine. Im not sure if its line level or not, but if i leave the amp at 40%, all is sweet. (only a teenie bit higher than i would leave it using a cyrus cd player or my naka cassette) 

 ok, if i wanted to add rear speakers, what would the pinouts be? would they be the same? i cant find the pinouts that are specifically for rear speakers

Puncher:

Kevin:

I've found with my Avant (old 50hz) that powerlink output is not at line RCA level so volume levels are low.

 

What you need is to build a preamp!

I know ,I know... unfortunately the priority has been pouring (and paying for) concrete on which to put the kids pool..... 32 degrees here so worthwhile I'm sure you'll agree.