Old receiver, need more inputs

^ I cannot tell each and everyone of you how stupid I feel right now. Yes, there are two sets of tape inputs on this receiver. I also have my non-working Akai rtr sitting next to my cabinet. Why i didn't think to plug the CD player into a Tape input is beyond me!
I guess I completely forgot about tapes since my rtr isn't functioning and hasn't in about a decade. It's like tape ceased to exist for me even though I walk into the damn rtr almost daily!
That's it! I'm getting the rtr fixed (right channel is out) and hooking it up along w/ the CD player.
Thanks for the responses!

^ I cannot tell each and everyone of you how stupid I feel right now. ^

Don't feel bad. We've all had those moments. Although, with a moniker like "Salad", it's easy to see how you might get "mixed up". :-)

BTW, I have the littler brother 2252b. I used to favor the older blackout/blue dial vintages for looks but when I saw this in person, it's pretty close now. Looks pretty at night.

Ditto what Onemug says. . .we've all been there! More than once I have spent hours diagnosing an issue with systems and it has turned out to be something like an unplugged cable.

I think it's human nature to overlook the obvious and "overthink" the solution (at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it!).