Help Please! Amp cuts out with iPod connected & volume turned up

[admin_exported]

Hello folks, my first post here so please go easy!

I've connected my Apple iPod to my ageing Technics SU-A900 MKII amp using an iPod interconnect lead, which is effectively a 3.5mm jack connector at the iPod, and left/right stereo RCA connectors at the amp end and this is plugged into the aux input on the amp.

When I turn the volume up past 40% on the amp, the amp appears to trip into protected mode and all sound is disabled. I then have to power the amp off/on to restore service.

My speakers are B&W 602s and are connected to the amp using QED Original speaker cable, although the length of cable to each speaker is approx 10 metres.

Any ideas/advice received most gratefully - thank you. Pete.

 

[jockey.wilson]

Have you got the headphone volume on your Ipod turned up to max?

You will need to since otherwise you are trying to amplify a very small signal input to large levels, and probably asking the amp to do too much, hence its overheating and tripping.

 

[Anonymous]

Hello, yes, the output/headphone volume is turned up to max.

I'm wondering if I should use a dedicated iPod dock to attach the iPod to the amp.