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I just go the MZ-NHF800. I could not find anything in the manual about a built-in charger, but I see a "charging" icon on the display when I plug the unit into AC power with a non-rechargable AA battery in the unit. What's going on? Will I get longer battery life from a non-rechargable alkaline AA battery or from one of the better NiMH batteries? Will this unit charge a NiMH battery? PS - I also recommend Thomas Distributing for NiMH batteries.

Thanks for your very informative response.

Boy I'm glad I found this forum! I just bought a MZ-NHF800 recorder and a ECM-MS907 microphone to use for live recordings of my children's musical performances. My daughter is a vocalist often accompanied by acoustic piano. My son plays acoustic and electric guitar. I have learned from reading this forum that I should set RECVolume manually. What are the optimal settings for MIC AGC (Standard or LoudMusic), and MIC Sens (High or Low)? What about the Directive Angle setting on the mic (90 or 120 deg)? I also have an Audio-Technica AT822 stereo condenser microphone that I could set up for special occasions. Should I use different settings for this? Pardon me if these questions have been asked many times before. I did a search on this forum and could not find answers to these questions.