connecting an ipod

[Bushbaby]

Hi All,
This may have come up before but i shall ask anyway.
I would really like to use my Pye VHF3d more (I've started listing to Jazz FM on a regular basis). Its made me think that if I was able to contect my IPod to it, the VHF3d would become the main source for listing to decent quality music on a regular basis (I tend to put everything through the home cinema system which has Morduant Short floor standing speakers).

However, the thought of the risk of damaging the IPod or giving myself or Angela an electric shock concerns me. Whats your thoughts?

Many thanks

Rob

[AlanBeckett]

Come in Joe, this is your line.

Alan

[Joe]

No problems at all, Rob. If you are worried you could put 0.1µF caps in the signal leads going to the i-Pod, though the chances of the HT going awandering to the Gram socket is slim.

- Joe

[Refugee]

If you have an AC only set with an earthed chassis you will be just fine.
I am not I-pod loyal but it should plug directly in if such a gadget is offered up to mine.
Two of these mono-blocks have 25 watts per channel to offer in the volume stakes and the lead contains 33 ohm loads in the jack plugs.
The splice is epoxy potted.

[Geaney]

I'm a big fan of the AM transmitter - with that you can receive your audio on any of your radios in the house and no need to worry about earthing, etc. With the VHF3d you could even be a bit cheeky and rig up and FM transmitter for interference free reception on the PYE!
Just thinking out loud........
Cheers, John

[AlanBeckett]

The VHF3D is Stereo but only via the Gram Inputs. There's no Decoder.

Alan

[pwdrive]

So, no summing network required then for an Ipod feed to the gram input, just a twin channel lead and make sure the common signal rail in the receiver is earthed to the mains earth assuming that it's a mains AC only receiver.

Lawrence.

[Bushbaby]

Thanks all,
I remember why I didn't start working on this radio now. Does anyone have a service sheet for it? If I recall correctly, this one is tricky to find.

Regards

Rob

[AlanBeckett]

Joe's refurbished one.
The Service data is a bit of a shambles - a mixture of the VHF2D, VHF3D and the Gram versions of both.

Alan

[Joe]

There doesn't seem to have been a Trader, ERT or manufacturer's service sheet produced. It's sort of in R&TVS but the radio part is the same as one model and the AF that of another, both with "Minor differences."

I just replaced faulty parts like-for-like so it didn't really trouble me.

- Joe