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Date Posted: 12:42:23 09/29/00 Fri
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chuck
's message, "How about this??" on 11:34:05 09/29/00 Fri
> Using the audio out (mini phono/stereo) on the back of
> my tower to an adapter (mini phono to RCA/Y). I could
> then feed the line out audio signal straight to the MD
> recorder. This may not be the most efficient or
> practical but I can assume that the signal is true
> audio. Now can I reverse this process to give as well
> as take?????
>
> As for the traffic I don't blame you. I do listen to
> mine however I'm a stereo & music freak. I have all
> the bells & whistles so I can drive for hours w/out
> touching the radio.
> Also live in a small town (compared to DFW) so traffic
> is much easier to negotiate. Going cross country it's
> the only way I stay awake when traveling alone.
Actually, this could depend on several factors, Chuck. - The first being whether your tower is setup for amplified or non-amplified speakers. Another would be if the MD recorder had a preamp on the input. If your soundcard has a "Line Out" jack, you are probably in business.
All in all, I would say to give it a try, as it has a very good chance of working the way you want, although I will remind you again, that I am not that familiar with MD's. In fact, I didn't even know they made MD recorders. It must be a fairly expensive unit.
If you have the owner's manual for the MD recorder, I would suggest you review the requirements for recording first.
Remember that a "Line Out" and an "Audio Out" have drastically different levels of output, and feeding a signal from an audio output into an input with a preamp on it that is designed for a Line feed could possibly overload and blow the Preamp.
(A "Line Out" is picked off the output before it has passed through the amplifier).
Newer computers are setup for use with amplied speakers at the factory, and the "Speaker Out", or "Audio Out" jack is actually a "Line Out" jack. If this is the way yours is setup, you should be in business.
In other words, if your computer uses Amplified speakers, go ahead and try it.
>
> > > If I go the MP3 route what I want is portability.
> > > Since I can't take my computer with me when I
> deploy
> > > or travel (& am too cheap to spring for a laptop)
> I'm
> > > mostly interested in converting to a more portable
> > > medium. I like MD because of the recordability,
> > > portability, & especially the size of the playback
> > > units. I guess what I'm wanting to know is can I
> > > record from downloaded music files to a MD w/out a
> CD
> > > burner?
> >
> > Not that Iknow of, Chuck. In fact, there is no way
> > that I know that you could do it with a Burner.
> > As I said before, I am not that familiar with MD's,
> > but I doubt that the software required for burning
> > would support MD's, however since they are becoming
> > very popular, I don't doubt that some company already
> > has a burner for them on the drawing board or already
> > on the market.
> > While I like music, I never turn the radio on in the
> > car. I devote all my attention to driving. Talking on
> > a cellphone or playing with the buttons/knobs of a
> > radio/CD player seems innocent enough, but this very
> > act has gotten a lot of people killed.
> > This may not be a problem in a lot of places, but
> > Rush hour is more or less 24 hours a day in the DFW
> > area. What used to be a 30 minute drive, can
> sometimes
> > take almost 2 hours sometimes. There are times that
> > devoting all your attention to driving is not nearly
> > enough.
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