I bought a Rowe AMI 100 CD jukebox from a bar that was failing. They had it hooked up to external speakers. When I hooked up the machine at home without the external speakers I can't get any sound out of the internal speakers. But when I hook up set of external speakers they work fine. Is there a switch I need to flip or a procedure I need to do to turn the internal speakers on by themselves? I don't have room for external speakers.
Not knowing about that jukebox I think the easiest solution would be to wire up the internal speakers as external speakers.
Jukeboxes are very versatile, and the reason is mainly they are used in places of business, not your home. The typical juke in a bar will be connected to external speakers, usually the 70.7v ceiling type system.
In that bar, one of the overhead speakers might be over the waitress station, and they would prefer that one not be as loud, so their orders are clear. The ceiling speakers all have taps on them so you can set the relative level, so no matter how high or low we turn the volume control, that speaker over the waitress station can be substantially lower. Or maybe we want a couple patio speakers to be much louder, whatever.
The jukebox itself has speakers, and in most bars there are tables near it. It can be annoying sitting in front of a loud blaring jukebox. So the internal speakers are also adjustable relative to the externals. SOme operators just turn the internal speakers off and rely on the externals only, the box itself then is more or less just a controller. Other operators set the internals low. And then, in some places they run flat out and the box is just freaking loud.
Inside the box, the amplifier should be easy to identify, but there should also be a speaker connection unit, with a couple of transformers on it to support the 70.7v stuff. I don;t recall your model specifically, but most times there are rows of screw terminals, and wires with spade lugs. You put the wire under the screw for the appropriate power level. I am thinking this was on the left, and maybe within a sort of enclosure made up of thin masonite pieces. If I recall, the wires are identified.
In that bar, one of the overhead speakers might be over the waitress station, and they would prefer that one not be as loud, so their orders are clear. The ceiling speakers all have taps on them so you can set the relative level, so no matter how high or low we turn the volume control, that speaker over the waitress station can be substantially lower. Or maybe we want a couple patio speakers to be much louder, whatever.
The jukebox itself has speakers, and in most bars there are tables near it. It can be annoying sitting in front of a loud blaring jukebox. So the internal speakers are also adjustable relative to the externals. SOme operators just turn the internal speakers off and rely on the externals only, the box itself then is more or less just a controller. Other operators set the internals low. And then, in some places they run flat out and the box is just freaking loud.
Inside the box, the amplifier should be easy to identify, but there should also be a speaker connection unit, with a couple of transformers on it to support the 70.7v stuff. I don;t recall your model specifically, but most times there are rows of screw terminals, and wires with spade lugs. You put the wire under the screw for the appropriate power level. I am thinking this was on the left, and maybe within a sort of enclosure made up of thin masonite pieces. If I recall, the wires are identified.
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