At 14:50 -0400 05-10-2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Could you explain a little more how this works? You feed the audio from your >radio (receiver) to the VCR? If you use the timer on the VCR does that mean >that the power to the receiver has to be on all the time? >Ellis
Hi Ellis, This is the setup I use for making radio recordings on my VCR. I'm using a JVC HR-S6711 recorder and a Denon DRA 1000 receiver. My VCR is connected to the tape 2 in/out of the receiver. If I want to make a timer recording, I do the following. 1. I use the Express Timer settings to specify date/time. Instead of choosing a TV channel to record, I choose F1 or S1. (The audio in sockets are at the front of my VCR. Normally they would be used for copying from a camcorder, but you can fool the recorder this way) The recorder will record the signal coming from the receiver. 2. After programming, I set the VCR to timer recording. 3 .I set the receiver to Radio Station I want to record. 4. I set the receiver volume to 0. When I go, I leave the power of the receiver on. (That's the only disadvantage of this system. I could buy a clock for the receiver that fits in the electrical socket to set the receiver to turn on/off while away.) With the JVC it's also possible to make non-timer recordings by simply choosing F1 or S1 as the channel you want to record. Incidently, I have never seen this described in any manual. But any VCR which has audio in sockets for a camcorder could do this. Even in the manual of my JVC nothing is mentioned about audio recording. Only playback on a stereo is described, not recording. The input level is fixed, so you don't have to worry about that (at least it is on my machine). IMHO this should work on any VCR which has audio in sockets, most modern recorders have them anyway for use with a camcorder. I've hit only one snag with my receiver. I can only copy from tape 2 to tape 1. That's why I've chosen my MD deck to be tape 1 and my VCR to be tape 2. I can record from VCR to MD but not vice versa. I suppose there are amplifiers/receivers with more possibilities. Just check your manual. Mark -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
