Are you sure your preamp has a phono section? If you can use a CD player with the input, it is likely that it is a line level input. The marking may say Phono or Phono/Aux but you may need a phono board option. My Cambridge Audio int. amp has an input marked Phono/Aux but is a line level input. To use with a TT, you need to add a phono board inside.
One way to tell is to open up the top to see if the input traces to a phono section in the preamp.
One way to tell is to open up the top to see if the input traces to a phono section in the preamp.