what to do?

[natelew]

I recently aquired a pioneer rt 701 and a yamaha pm 180 amplifier with six channels, both of which are in a rack. It came from a highschool I am currently working at. I dont know what this combo would have been used for.
Can I record bands with this? Can I run my home stereo through this? What is missing from this set up o make it usuable? I have never done any home recording nor have I seen equipment like this before. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

 

[LfO]

Looks like you've found a couple of antiques. Seems to me like the best thing to do is sell them on ebay. While some people are big fans of analog, I suspect you can find much more modern and maintainable analog equipment.

I'm not trying to bring you down - if you really want to get into recording, this is the place to be, but you'd be MUCH better off working with modern equipment. And, I can't think of any use for the mixer (google tells me the yamaha's a mixer, not an amp) in a home stereo system...