DC trigger question

[locomk]

just found out there is a bunch of extended IR codes for my yamaha receiver and I found a code that let's me manually control the dc trigger. my yamaha uses a 1/8th adaptor and i know parasound uses a 1/16th adaptor.

Does it have to be a Mono cable, tried using a stereo 1/8th to 1/16th cable (senheisser headphone cable that has 1/16th on one end and 1/8th on the other) and the parasound will not turn on. so i am assuming i need to use a mono single pos/neg cable.

I do not want my Parasound A21 to always be on when i'm using the av receiver, mostly only want to trigger it on for Music and occasional loud listening movies.

[Peter Nielsen]

A stereo 3.5mm to stereo 2.5mm adaptor should work. Did you set the switch on the back of the A21 to the correct position? Does the yamaha output 12V?

Peter

[Chris D]

Yes, I think that should work. Haven't had any problems with triggers in my Halo setup.

[locomk]

A stereo 3.5mm to stereo 2.5mm adaptor should work. Did you set the switch on the back of the A21 to the correct position? Does the yamaha output 12V?

Peter

yeah I flipped the switch down to dc trigger mode and plugged in the cable to the dc trigger in on the A21, tried using both 12v trigger outs of my yamaha and used the discrete codes., the Yami's osd showed that dc trig 1 on and off and dc trig 2 on and off. i was thinking i need mono, but now i'm just not sure.