Phonoland

I'm try to work on my father in law's old RCA Victor phonograph. Can anyone tell me what these connectors - used to plug in the turntable, tape machine, etc. to the amp are called and/or where I might be able to get replacements? I'm trying to restore its "Stereo Orthophonic High-Fidelity" and any help is appreciated!

I've never seen new replacements for them anywhere. Are your plugs damaged?

this one's OK, though the plastic surround is broken on the other side. Another one is pretty mangled. Do these have a specific name? Thanks.

I did a little searching and came up with one shop that seems to have a pretty comprehensive supply of connector plugs --

http://www.kenselectronics.com/lists/pwrcord.htm

You might try him; if nothing else, he may know the part number or where you could get a replacement.

Good luck.

Thanks, Joe, will do! I'll post the results....

Order extra connectors and rig one so you can plug your CD or mp3 player into the tape input. I did this with my rca stereo console, and it sounds great. I got the connectors from other parts phonographs, not new ...

The positive left and right channels are hooked to the end pins, the common negative is the middle pin.

Nobody except RCA ever used those.

I just thought of something. I was able to make individual pins that fit those sockets using tips intended for older high-impedance radio headphones.