How To Wire Up A Stereo Cartridge To A Mono Record Player? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

camtechman · 6th May 2012, 3:51 pm

I've just bought an SC12H Stereo Cartridge for my mono record player (which has only two wires through the arm) The red wire being the + & the black is -

The question is, do I connect the wires to the left channel pair of pins on the cartridge or to the right hand pair?

Or should I be connecting to both channels of the cartridge in some way, possibly in series or parallel, obviously I'm not trying to get stereo on my mono player but would this method be better for reproduction from the cartridge, instead of just wiring to one side?

Tony

G8HQP Dave · 6th May 2012, 4:46 pm

I would wire left and right in parallel.

Audio1950 · 6th May 2012, 8:11 pm

Either join the two positive and two negative pins on the cartridge itself with fine wire (fiddly) and then connect the two existing wires, or join the two "positives" and "negatives" (earths) at the tag strip under the deck. Doesn't really matter how you do it, as long as the two channels are joined before the amp.

Barry

camtechman · 7th May 2012, 11:26 am

Thanks, will do.

camtechman · 7th May 2012, 11:39 am

Just a few seconds after posting my previous reply, I remembered that I have a box of odds & sods of cartridge fittings and that I have several shorting links, as pic.

Audio1950 · 7th May 2012, 5:40 pm

If they fit, fine, but if the two positives and negatives are diagonally opposite, make sure the two links can't touch each other.

Barry

julie_m · 7th May 2012, 7:39 pm

On an SC12, the top two pins are the lives and the bottom two pins are the returns.

6th May 2012, 3:51 pm	#1
camtechman Nonode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks. UK. Posts: 2,552	How To Wire Up A Stereo Cartridge To A Mono Record Player? I've just bought an SC12H Stereo Cartridge for my mono record player (which has only two wires through the arm) The red wire being the + & the black is - The question is, do I connect the wires to the left channel pair of pins on the cartridge or to the right hand pair? Or should I be connecting to both channels of the cartridge in some way, possibly in series or parallel, obviously I'm not trying to get stereo on my mono player but would this method be better for reproduction from the cartridge, instead of just wiring to one side? Tony __________________ When I die, please don't let my Wife sell my collection for the amount I told her I paid for it!

6th May 2012, 4:46 pm	#2
G8HQP Dave Rest in Peace Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Solihull, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 4,872	Re: How To Wire Up A Stereo Cartridge To A Mono Record Player? I would wire left and right in parallel.

6th May 2012, 8:11 pm	#3
Audio1950 Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 3,763	Re: How To Wire Up A Stereo Cartridge To A Mono Record Player? Either join the two positive and two negative pins on the cartridge itself with fine wire (fiddly) and then connect the two existing wires, or join the two "positives" and "negatives" (earths) at the tag strip under the deck. Doesn't really matter how you do it, as long as the two channels are joined before the amp. Barry

7th May 2012, 11:26 am	#4
camtechman Nonode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks. UK. Posts: 2,552	Re: How To Wire Up A Stereo Cartridge To A Mono Record Player? Thanks, will do. __________________ When I die, please don't let my Wife sell my collection for the amount I told her I paid for it!

7th May 2012, 11:39 am	#5
camtechman Nonode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks. UK. Posts: 2,552	Re: How To Wire Up A Stereo Cartridge To A Mono Record Player? Just a few seconds after posting my previous reply, I remembered that I have a box of odds & sods of cartridge fittings and that I have several shorting links, as pic. Attached Thumbnails __________________ When I die, please don't let my Wife sell my collection for the amount I told her I paid for it!

7th May 2012, 5:40 pm	#6
Audio1950 Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 3,763	Re: How To Wire Up A Stereo Cartridge To A Mono Record Player? If they fit, fine, but if the two positives and negatives are diagonally opposite, make sure the two links can't touch each other. Barry

7th May 2012, 7:39 pm	#7
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: How To Wire Up A Stereo Cartridge To A Mono Record Player? On an SC12, the top two pins are the lives and the bottom two pins are the returns. __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.