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What I actually want is to record shows off the radio without having to
change media. Figured that if a videotape can hold 6 hours, then I could
get the show on without doing much more than turning the radio and
recording on with power timers.
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Most HiFi VCRs do support this form of recording. This can be done by
selecting LINE-IN on the VCR and hooking up a radio tuner to the audio
inputs. You don't hook anything up to the video inputs. Newer machines treat
the line inputs as though they are TV channels - you select the input by
using the channel selector buttons with the unit showing AV on the channel
display. In Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other countries that use the
PAL system, some HiFi VCRs offer "Audio LP" mode where the units will record
only sound in the LP mode.
If you are wanting the show recorded under timer control, you would use the
VCR's own timer to start the recording at the radio show's time. On newer
machines, you select the audio inputs by setting the "recording channel"
parameter to the line-level inputs associated with the radio tuner. For
older units, you set the machine to LINE-IN mode and set the timer to record
any TV channel -- the unit records off the radio tuner connected to the
audio inputs. In all cases, avoid setting the machine to SIMULCAST mode,
which records the video from the built-in TV tuner and the audio from an
external device. The only device that you need a power timer for is the
radio tuner, and try to use one that uses a quartz-controlled digital clock,
rather than an electro-mechanical "cam" setup.
Also remember that if you live in the PAL countries (Europe, Australia, New
Zealand, etc), you can buy the E-300 (5 hours in SP mode) blank tapes and
when used with LP mode, you can record 10 hours of radio programming.
With regards,
Simon Mackay
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