Floyd the Barber Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Hello All -- I joined this group to learn a little bit and get a hopefully get a question answered. And this thread seems like the right place! Here is my goal: To record a live FM broadcast to MD - strictly with battery power - while in attendance, on-site, at a convention. In the past I have done this with a Walkman on batteries and my old MD deck on electric. But new rules don't allow me to use electric. What all-in-one unit or combination of devices would allow me to record direclty to MD? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I am technologically handicapped (as you can see by y e-mail address) and need all the advice I can get! Please e-mail with your suggestions, if you like... floydsffl-mail@webtv.net Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 What about a portable FM radio, a male-to-male stereo analog cable and a MD recorder with mic in? That should do the trick. This seems like alot to lug around, though. I did see a while ago a portable flash player with an FM/AM radio that could record in the manner in which you seek. I'll look around and see if I can find it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipaqman Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Yesterday, I recorded the football game from a radio to my MD recorder. I used a small Sony digital AM/FM radio SRF-M37V ($30 at BestBuy) and a short stereo patch cord (stereo miniplug to stereo miniplug available at Radio Shack and BestBuy). I picked the SRF-M37V for its sensitivity, great sound quality, long battery life, and a hold button to lock the keys. I plugged the headphone jack of the radio to the line input (not mic) of the MD recorder and turned the radio volume to about two-thirds. I plugged my headphones into the MD output and left them plugged in to provide a good FM antenna back to the radio. Then I pressed record on my MD. I normally use the LP4 format for radio recording. That lets me record a football game and the postgame comments on one MD blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiesto Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Yesterday, I recorded the football game from a radio to my MD recorder. I used a small Sony digital AM/FM radio SRF-M37V ($30 at BestBuy) and a short stereo patch cord (stereo miniplug to stereo miniplug available at Radio Shack and BestBuy). I picked the SRF-M37V for its sensitivity, great sound quality, long battery life, and a hold button to lock the keys. I plugged the headphone jack of the radio to the line input (not mic) of the MD recorder and turned the radio volume to about two-thirds. I plugged my headphones into the MD output and left them plugged in to provide a good FM antenna back to the radio. Then I pressed record on my MD. I normally use the LP4 format for radio recording. That lets me record a football game and the postgame comments on one MD blank.:ohmy: can you actually plug a 'stereo miniplug to stereo miniplug' cable to the OPTICAL line-in to record anything? there's no need for a special cable or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 :ohmy: can you actually plug a 'stereo miniplug to stereo miniplug' cable to the OPTICAL line-in to record anything? there's no need for a special cable or something? :laugh: If you look at the jack again, you'll see it labeled OPTICAL/LINE IN. Optical in and line-in. :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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