Anybody recognise these cables?

[Andyzoot]

I recently brought down an old record player from the loft because I wanted to listen to an LP I got yesterday. I got it all up and running apart from the speakers.

 

 

The cables on the right come from the speaker and the cables on the left come from the back of the record player. This connection comes from the 1980s so I'm having alot of trouble figuring out how to get them connected somehow. I could download the manual for the record player (Amstrad MS45) which will cost me £15 so I am trying to find the solution for free first. I simply cannot find anything about these connections online anywhere.

 

Any help would be greatly apreciated

[Slamman]

If you've mucked about AT ALL with car electronics, those should be fairly familiar interconnects... They are simply male and female connectors, and it is odd. I've owned numerous gear and have not seen that on a turntable. I have extras, are you nearby??

[Andyzoot]

So can they be connected at all? Or do I need something else?

[Slamman]

Since your standard turntable comes with an AC cable/plug, TWO RCA red and white stereo connectors and one grounding clip, I'm still at a loss on how those things connect. You'll need to show if there is any labelling so as to figure out which wire does what, etc. There is typically a male to female shaped bezel for those. (mating ends)

EDIT>> Tried looking it up on Google, where Stylus replacement is as common as batteries for a camcorder or laptop, there are no fan sites to be had. I also tried AOL search and it is much slower so I bailed. A page comes up and the cursor hangs for some reason, far too long to gain sanity back! hahaha

 

I would determine if ground is a black wire, mate that to any metal facing screw on the receiver end, then cut the balls off them wires that have no mate and tie them by hand, in case you are truly lacking the parts there... I modify proprietary connects like speaker terminals (Sony DreamSystem, anyone???) so, that is an option, don't give up hope.

Edited August 17, 2008 by Slamman

[Star-Lord]

That red/black cable looks like shield and ground something that was used a lot back in the early 80's it was most used for the elimination of noise and humming sounds. It took be a while to remember plus this dam Yahoo! IM keeps popping up every couple secs. everyone is PMing today dam it.

[Mark]

Bullet connectors!

 

IRC convo leaves us to believe your dad should deal with it methinks. Heheh.

[Rocketkiller]

That's really weird.The ones from the speakers are spade connectors and the ones off the player are bullet connectors. Is there anywhere on the back of the record player to plug in the spade connectors? Also, is there an AC plug attached to the record player? Because if there isn't then those bullet connectors might be to connect to a DC power source.

 

EDIT: Does the record player even have an amplifier? It would be weird if it didn't but I'm just covering all the bases here, I have a few amplifiers from that era and I've never seen those connectors used, which is why I'm so confused.

Edited August 18, 2008 by Rocketkiller

[Slamman]

I mentioned trying to get more pics online to give me an idea, I found nothing besides cartridge dealers!

Anywho, that's correct on the end types, it's to mate male and female, in the various shapes designed, often having rubber insulative covers. If there's no marking at the wire points off the unit, it can also be determined looking for markings off the circuit board, so do you fancy a screwdriver dissassembly??