ARCHOS Key FM Recorder 128 MB MP3 Player/Recorder/FM Stereo Radio - Manual (Page 16)

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6.3 How to Record from your Hi-Fi unit
Pre-Recording Screen
Question Screen
To record from your Hi-fi unit, you can use the included audio cable*. Plug one end into the Ondio’s
Line-in jack. This is the jack on the top of the Ondio on the right. Plug the other end of the cable into the
Line-out jacks (Left and Right) from your Hi-fi unit, Cassette deck, CD player, or VCR. Next, return to
the Main menu (by clicking on the Mode button) and then select the Recorder mode by clicking on
the down button .
You will see a screen as that on the left. Before recording, check for a good recording level by playing the
sound to be recorded from the Hi-fi unit while watching the left and right record level indicators on the
screen. Use the Left and Right buttons to decrease and increase the recording sensitivity. The bars should
go up to the very end of the scale without causing the final bar to flash a ! mark. If you see the ! mark, this
means you are overdriving the input and you need to reduce the sensitivity a little bit.
To change the default file name Rec xx where xx is the next consecutive recording number, you can press
and hold down on the mode button. This will go to the QUESTION screen and ask you if you would like
to change the file name. You can also press and hold the Mode button to change the bit rate and sample
rate of the recording.
Now that your recording level and parameters are all set, double-click on the Power button to start
the recording. If you need to pause, click once on the Mode button . To recommence from the pause,
click on the Right button . To stop the recording, click the Mode button once to pause the recording,
and then click the Mode button a second time to definitively stop it. The recording is now saved as an
MP3 file.
*The included audio cable connects to your Hi-fi unit via two (left and right) RCA type connectors. If you
would like to record from a device which has only a headphone jack, such as a portable radio or
boombox, you will need to purchase an audio cable which have the male stereo 3.5mm jacks on BOTH
ends.