I have two speakers,one mixer,two cd players,one mic with cord,two
cordless mics and a amp and would like help setting this up.

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Request for Question Clarification by lmnop-ga on 27 Mar 2003 06:19 PST

It may be hard to get detailed help for the price you are offering,
but it will be useful to have a couple of details, for someone to
start with:
what kinds of inputs and outputs does the mixer have?
is this consumer level gear (which would use RCA type plugs) and do
the speakers have plugs or posts on the back?
I hope this will help you get help!

If your mixer has 5 or more channels, connect the line outputs of the
CD players to two of the mixer channel inputs, the wired mic to the
third mixer input. You will need two FM receivers for the wireless
microphones. Any kind with line out jacks should work. If there are
only speaker out jacks on the CD players or FM receivers, you can
connect a 5 to 10 ohm resistor across the speaker connection, a 100 to
5000 ohm resistor in the hot lead going to the mixer. This will reduce
the signal into the mixer. turn up volumn levels cautiously for the
first test as too strong a signal may damage something. High value
resistors resist more, reducing the input to the mixer. You can
connect tiny light bulbs instead of the 10 ohm resistors. This will
give you a little volume expanion = makes loud louder and soft softer.
If you have a string of 20 to 100 tiny christmas tree bulbs that don't
light, most of the bulbs are likely still good, so cut wires so the
sparated bulbs have wires several inches long. Remove about 1/2 inch
or one CM of insulation so you can test the bulbs with a good
flashlight battery. Each good bulb should light dimmly. If your FM
receivers or CD players only have internal speakers you can cut one
wire to each speaker and replace the speaker with a 5 to 10 ohm
resistor or a tiny light bulb as above.
 The output of your mixer connects to the input of your amp. The
speakers connect to the output of your amp. If your amp has a higher
output rating than your speakers, a tiny light bulb will probably
protect your speakers from damage by reducing the volume and burning
out like a fuse. You can probably connect more speakers to your
amplifier if you put a tiny bulb in series with each speaker. Most any
kind of speaker will work safely. Two or three bulbs in parallel will
increase the share a speaker gets.
 In this series connection, the bulbs produce some volume compression
= loud softer and soft louder, so you may want to use 10 or 12 ohm
resistors instead of tiny light bulbs. If your amp has extra input
jacks, you can possibly get good results connecting items to these if
you don't have enough mixer inputs. It might also be practical to use
input jacks on the back of the FM receivers, if they have any. Aux in
may work or even phono input.   Neil