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harleybearman
18th October 2003, 08:55 PM
Recording from Vinyl/Cassette to Compact Disc

Hi Peeps,

I've just managed to get all the gear needed to copy all my old vinyl and cassettes on to CD, however I can't seem to figure it all out.

Equipment: -

Teac AG-D9260 Tuner/Amp (new)

Aiwa AD-WX727 twin Cassette deck (used not seen working before purchase)

Phillips CDR 760 Recordable / Rewritable single disc CD Recorder (used not seen working before purchase)

Technics Quartz SL-Q20 turntable (had this a while but needed a preamp to work with this system)

The system all works fine, I can listen to any part of the system via the amplifier, so the wiring I assume is correct, but not 100% sure as the different manuals indicat line in/out and play/record in different ways.

The CDR manuals instructs me to quite simply to select an audio source, ( I assume that means just switch the amp to Radio, cassette or turntable then select type of cable IE optical, coaxial, or analogue, I have tried all 3 but would prefer analogue for the softer ambiance, press record and start the source audio to get the levels correct and then restart source and press play on the CD recorder, but all I keep getting is NO Audio on the display. no matter what I do with the audio leads I get the same result, there is a facility on the CDR deck to self diagnose and that came up as passed.

I have manuals for all the component parts but the troubleshooters are of no help, (are they ever) and apart from the amp, it's all too old to get help from the manufacturers.

So I thought maybe some of you guys out there in the wibbly wobbly web might be able to help.

You can mail me direct to

gemtrans@blueyonder.co.uk

if you think you may be able to stop me tearing out what little hair I have left.

I used to mess around with Hi Fi separates when I was younger but I'm not used to the way stuff works anymore

Cheers Kev.

:( :( :( :(

mycenius
19th October 2003, 02:21 PM
You are best to record to PC (through a sound card) and record the music as a WAV file using software like Sound Forge (which will allow you to compensate for low recording levels, etc, so you get consistent volume regardless of the original source, and filter some of the hiss & pop from the older media if you wish).

The WAV files can then be burnt onto CDR from the PC...

M.

harleybearman
19th October 2003, 04:02 PM
Thanks to those who posted help, it turned out to be the type of CD I was trying to use.