This manual shows how to connect a turntable to a TV-set and build ab inexpensive multimedia centre with second hand parts.

Hardware procurement

I found the following parts in Ebay and on our local newspaper’s small ads site.

Hardware list Price (second hand) TV set (4K) >500€ TV stand 80€ 2 * USB Power-adapter (4A) 10€ Socket strip with foot switch 12€ Soundbar HW-F350 25€ DVD Burner 12€ Turntable Onkyo CP-1046F 20€ Pre-Amplifier Inakustik Premium 15€ Raspberry PI 4 (new) 40€ Rasberry PI case (new) 10€ SD-card 32GB, Class 10, A1 (new) 10€ Wireless keyboard and mouse 10€ Sum (without TV) 244€

This is how the multimedia centre looks like.

Figure 1. Media-tower with Soundbar HW-F350

Figure 2. Turntable Onkyo CP-1046F

Figure 3. DVD-Burner

Figure 4. Rear view of media-tower