TURN YOUR RECORDS AND TAPES INTO MP3s

Play your records on your home stereo and make your music mobile with TTUSB05XL. This innovative USB turntable has a convenient USB computer jack enabling you to connect your Mac or PC and transfer your music. You can also connect other music sources and turn them into MP3s.

Once on your computer, you can listen, make custom playlists, record it to CD, and transfer it to your iPod or MP3 player. The music from your records can be with you wherever you go!

TTUSB05XL also has a line input jack so you can connect other music sources such as cassette decks, and turn your other music into MP3s.

ION's exclusive software suite makes transfer and editing your music easy. EZ Vinyl Converter provides an easy way to transfer your music and import it into your iTunes music library. PC users can download a free version of EZ Vinyl Converter with Gracenote® MusicID technology, which automatically adds album, artist, and song information! Audacity enables you to edit your tracks and reduce noise from worn recordings.

TTUSB05XL comes with everything you need to turn your music into digital MP3 files. It has a built-in dust cover, cartridge with stylus, 45RPM adapter, cables, and slipmat. Pick one up and start enjoying your music anywhere you go.

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Key Features

• Turn your records into MP3s and listen anywhere
• Plug and play USB: no drivers needed!
• 33 1/3 and 45 RPM speeds
• Records 78s with software
• Line output with integrated preamp for home listening
• 1/8”-stereo line input digitize music from cassettes or other sources
• Works with Mac and PC

Includes

• TTUSB05XL turntable
• Dust cover, attached
• Slipmat
• 45RPM adapter
• Cartridge with pre-assembled stylus
• USB cable
• Audio cables, attached
• Power cable, attached
• Software CD
• Quick start guide

Computer Requirements

• PC running Windows XP (32-bit) or Vista (32-bit)
• Mac running OS X 10.4* or higher
• One available USB1.1 port or higher
• Compatible with most standard operating system drivers
  
  *This product includes two Macintosh compatible software recording programs on the CD-ROM. The included EZ Converter software requires Mac OS 10.4 or higher. However, the included Audacity software is compatible with Mac OS 10.1 or higher. Customers with computers running Mac OS 9, may download an earlier version of Audacity (v.1.0.0) for free at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac

• Q: When the turntable is connected to my computer, I get no sound, either from Audacity or any of my other programs. Why?

  A: When you first connect the turntable, Windows XP (and Mac OSX) will often select the "USB Audio Codec" as the audio input and output for your entire system. Since your turntable does not have speakers, audio will not be heard from your programs until you tell Windows not to use the turntable as an output device. Here's how to change these settings so that your internal sound card will always be used for playback whether or not your turntable is connected via USB:
  

  For Windows:
  1. On the bottom left of your screen, select the "Start" menu.
  2. Select "Settings" then "Control Panel".
  3. In the window that opens, select the "Sounds and Audio Devices" icon. (If you don't see a choice called "Sounds and Audio Devices," choose the "Switch to Classic View" option in the panel on the left of the window, and the "Sounds and Audio Devices" icon should become available in the list on the left.
  4. Select the "Audio" Tab at the top of the "Sounds and Audio Devices" control panel window.
  5. Under "Sound Playback," choose your internal sound card as the default device. This varies by computer but should not be set to "USB Audio Codec" or "Microsoft Sound Mapper".
  6. Under "Sound Recording," select "USB Audio Codec" for your default device.
  7. Check the box titled "Use only default devices".
  8. Click "Apply"...then "OK".

  
  

  For Mac:
  1. Open your Hard Disk.
  2. Open your "Applications" folder.
  3. In the "Applications" folder, open the "Utilities" folder.
  4. In the "Utilities" folder, open the "Audio MIDI Setup".
  5. In the "Audio MIDI Setup" under Audio Devices, set:
     
     
     • "Default Input" to "USB Audio Codec"
     • "Default Output" to "Built In Audio"
     • "System Output" to "Built in Audio"

  
  Now, all programs, including Audacity, will only use your internal sound card for audio output.
  

• Q: I have selected my computer's sound card for playback, and the "USB Audio Codec" for recording in Audacity's preferences screen, but the turntable's sound is still not playing through my speakers. What now?

  A: All that is left to do is to tell Audacity that you want it to play any sound from the turntable out through your soundcard's speakers. This option is called "Monitor Input." Here's how to find and enable it:
  
  Next to the round playback control buttons you should see the Input and Output meters. They are each labeled with "L" and "R." Underneath the "L" and "R" labels of the input level meter, you will see a small icon that looks like a microphone (see the picture below). To the right of this icon is a black arrow that points downward. Click this arrow, and select "Monitor Input." The input level meters should now be active, and you should hear sound when you play your turntable.
  
  
  

• Q: Do I need to connect the RCA cables from the turntable to my computer? My computer does not have any jacks for RCA connections. What do I do?

  A: The best way to connect your ION TTUSB to your computer is via USB. If you use USB you don't need to connect the RCA cables to your computer. However, you can also connect the turntable via RCA to your home stereo for use without the computer. Home stereo receivers can have two types of analog audio inputs: Line Level and Phono Level. They both use the same standard RCA connection. Line Level inputs are typically labeled "CD, DVD, VCR, AUX, LINE" etc. Phono inputs will always be labeled "Phono." Make sure to select the proper signal level (on the bottom of the ION TTUSB) for the type of stereo input you are using. If you're using USB only, the switch position does not matter.
  

• Q: I am following the instructions, and the turntable is connected to my computer's USB cable and turned on, but my computer does not recognize the device. In Audacity's preferences screen, there is no "USB Audio Codec" option under default recording. What should I do?

  A: If you are running Windows XP or Mac OSX, everything needed to get the tuentable communicating with the computer is built right into the operating system on your computer. Once you connect the turntable to your computer with the USB cable that came in the box, your computer will recognize it as an audio input device titled "USB Audio Codec." The driver is written by Windows (or Macintosh) and is part of the system.