do you have speakers? how do you listen to your records on the turntable. you have to have a source for sound in order to hear anything from the mpc. the mpc does not come with internal sounds, you have to put them into the mpc. you need 1/4 inch rca jacks to plug into the amp, reciever, stereo mixer, or whatever you have your source for music. now, the rca jacks go into the the rear of the mpc where it has stereo out and record in. the stereo out plug goes into your source of where the power of music is coming from. the record in is for sampling, that also goes to your music source. if you have the manual, read it. it will help you. if not down load it from akai. if you need more, i will try to help. i have the 2000 also.