Re: MD: timer juggling

2001-02-21 Thread John Small
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:13:25 -0600 (CST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a 7-day, 6-event timer for $29.95 I did not see one of these. I will recheck ... but if the R50 turns off after 5 minutes in record pause mode it does not matter. I cannot set the R50 to record one day and the 940 the next.

Re: MD: timer juggling

2001-02-21 Thread John Small
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:13:25 -0600 (CST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | It's looking more a more like an LP4 player is the more elegant soln. In the long run, yes, but I've a feeling you won't be able to get one in time for this particular trip. This one time, maybe it's not so bad to copy the

Re: MD: timer juggling (was best portable player)

2001-02-21 Thread John Small
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 21:09:33 -0800, Peter Jaques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: say the program is 8-10pm tuesday wednesday. before you leave, set the RS timer to turn on at 7:59pm, put the R50 in rec-pause. set the 940 to turn on at 8pm *wednesday*. this way, every day the tuner turns on at 7:59.

Re: MD: timer juggling (was best portable player)

2001-02-20 Thread David W. Tamkin
John Small wrote, | To be clear, I'm asking about a player only, not recorder. I have an | MZ-R50 that I paid $465 for when it first hit the market three years ago. | It has been wonderful. Now that I have a 940 deck with LP4 I want to use | that for time shifting radio. So I need a player.

Re: MD: timer juggling (was best portable player)

2001-02-20 Thread John Small
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:43:24 -0600 (CST), "David W. Tamkin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so what you're recording must be longer than 2h40m but not no longer than 5h20m That's correct. Specifically two 2-hour programs (Diane Ream) on successive days ... otherwise when I'm at home between programs

Re: MD: timer juggling (was best portable player)

2001-02-20 Thread Peter Jaques
On 20 Feb 01, 11:16AM, John Small wrote: Yes, that's an interesting suggestion. I could purchase another Radio Shack timer and put the R50 on this ... ah, but nothing I see in the manual about time recording for the R50. Rats, if only the 510 sitting on my self was working (but if it was I

Re: MD: timer juggling

2001-02-20 Thread David W. Tamkin
John explained that what he wants to record are | ... specifically two 2-hour programs (Diane Ream) on successive days ... when he'll have to be elsewhere overnight. | I could purchase another Radio Shack timer and put the R50 on this ... ah, | but nothing I see in the manual about time

Re: MD: timer juggling (was best portable player)

2001-02-20 Thread John Small
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 11:30:04 -0800, Peter Jaques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how about this modification: buy the radio shack timer put your TUNER on it; set the r50 to synchro-record leave it in rec-pause. when the tuner turns on automatically, the r50 will start recording. then you can use

Re: MD: timer juggling

2001-02-20 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "David W. Tamkin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 20 Feb 2001 | Otherwise, would anyone else be able to switch the disc for you? If you live | alone, will a neighbor have a key? Can a friend in the DFW area record one | of the shows for you? At this point I suspect something like Creative's

Re: MD: timer juggling

2001-02-20 Thread John Small
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 18:18:08 -0600 (CST), "David W. Tamkin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Otherwise, would anyone else be able to switch the disc for you? My wife ... but I'd be asking for a domestic dispute! g Using both recorders seems to be a soln provided the timers can be programmed by days.

Re: MD: timer juggling (was best portable player)

2001-02-20 Thread Peter Jaques
On 20 Feb 01, 8:24PM, John Small wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. The timer will only do 24 hours and not by day. I need to record two hours one day and two the next and I will have to turn both on at the same time as I'll be away during that time period from time to time. actually, i

Re: MD: timer juggling

2001-02-20 Thread dattier
When I asked, Otherwise, would anyone else be able to switch the disc for you? John answered, | My wife ... but I'd be asking for a domestic dispute! g Switching discs some time during the day you're gone is too much to ask? Sounds as though you're already deep in a domestic dispute over