Some more info from my experimentation.
Keep in mind my goal here is to get a useable “line out” signal from a WPC pre-DCS game so that I can feed it into my subwoofer. I know a lot of people simply pull the signal off of the subwoofer wiring. For me, I got a lot of feedback / hum when I tied into the subwoofer wiring. So I wanted to explore J509, the theoretical “line out” connector on the sound board.
My first experiment was to tie into J509 without an board modifications. I did that, wiring pins 1 & 3 on that connector to the RCA input on my powered sub. Zilch. Nothing. If my sub was making any sound, I couldn’t hear it over the machine. Back to the drawing board.
In Clay’s guide, he recommends removing resistor R102 from the sound board, and then connecting the negative side of C21 to pin 3 on connector J509. Supposedly that gives you a “line out” that’s not effected by volume control. I made this mod today to my CFTBL and once again wired it to the RCA input on my powered sub. Shazam. This seems to work.
Right now I’m not hearing the hum / feedback. I’m using a shielded cable but thus far haven’t grounded the shield.
I’ll post more feedback after testing this setup for a while. I modified my TZ sound board too, so it’s next in line to get a sub wired up like this.
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