Pro ject Debut iii and Denon PMA 720AE - phono or aux?

[orangemonkeyj]

Right, I know I'm being stupid here but I'm a bit confused. The Debut iii has a built in phono stage (right?) and the 720AE has a phono input. I stupidly popped the cables in the phono sockets and hooked up the earthing cable which caused it to sound terrible. I realised that I the debut has a phono stage and therefore can just be hooked up to the aux/tape/whatever input which works fine.

Is this right? I assume so but I'm confused. Do I still need to attach the earthing cable? Is there a way to use the phono setting and not have to use aux?

Sorry about all the questions! Just don't want to blow anything up.

Thanks!

 

[Anonymous]

Use any input but the phono stage and use the earth.

 

[orangemonkeyj]

Awesome, thank you!

 

[John Duncan]

As above ^^ but "use the earth" can be a generalisation and can actually be wrong. Default - use the earth, but if it hums and removing the earth makes it not hum, that's how it needs to be.

 

[Anonymous]

As above ^^ but "use the earth" can be a generalisation and can actually be wrong. Default - use the earth, but if it hums and removing the earth makes it not hum, that's how it needs to be.

Yes agree sorry