bookman51
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I have a used surround sound system in my garage with a receiver. Is there a device to record radio programs like I can do with my television? 
Record Radio Programs
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gayler
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I have a used surround sound system in my garage with a receiver. Is there a device to record radio programs like I can do with my television?
Casette recorder or cd recorder?
My Old Tools
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You might be on to something. I will do some looking. I would still like to use my current receiver and surround sound system. Seems like someone would make a programmable radio so one could record radio programs like we now can with television programs. I suppose not a big market. Thanks
Dustball
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Look into getting an USB FM tuner and use PC software to do the scheduling/recording.
If the stations you listen to have internet streams, you can use a phone app to record them.
If the stations you listen to have internet streams, you can use a phone app to record them.
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Lynden
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tboy
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Are the radio programs also available as podcasts? Lots of them are. Dave Ramsey is on I listen to, he is live on the radio, but also has podcasts available the next day.
Interestingly, the Betamax, then later Hi-Fi VHS, had sound quality that surpassed any other tape format and was a great way to "save" music. I had a nice collection of music recorded from borrowed CD's.
This was before any sort of home digital recording was available.
denis4x4
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I have an app called tune in on my iPad that has a recording function.
Chevy-SS
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You might be on to something. I will do some looking. I would still like to use my current receiver and surround sound system. Seems like someone would make a programmable radio so one could record radio programs like we now can with television programs. I suppose not a big market. Thanks
You're living in the dark ages, LOL. Go online to find podcasts and endless other recordings, then save those on USB and playback as MP3 files. Very handy and extremely easy. Once you start, you'll never look back at doing it the old way!
Or put a computer in your shop and get online, then feed the online sound signal to your system.
You're living in the dark ages, LOL. Go online to find podcasts and endless other recordings, then save those on USB and playback as MP3 files. Very handy and extremely easy. Once you start, you'll never look back at doing it the old way!
Or put a computer in your shop and get online, then feed the online sound signal to your system.
No doubt that I am. I am also not wanting to drop a lot of bucks on this. I do not think my old surround sound system has a USB port. I suppose if I dropped enough bucks to put a computer in the shop I could pick up a connection via my wifi in my house. I still need a way to connect it to my surround sound system.
Chevy-SS
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Likely not, but a computer would.
Guaranteed you can easily find a cable to make that audio connection from computer to surround sound system.
Captain Spaulding
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Check and see if the stuff you want to record is being posted online. I regularly listen to things that are somewhere between a few weeks and 80 years old while working.
Chevy-SS
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And another suggestion (to save money) is to ask around and I bet someone you know has a FREE computer, which may be running Windows 7 or 95, but who cares? As long as it gets online you'll be all set.
I got the problem solved folks. Thanks for the help. I have an Android cell phone. It just required a mini plug for the phone and a split cable with two RCA plugs for the auxiliary plug ins of my receiver. I can download NPR podcasts (and other podcasts) via my phone and play them through the receiver to the speakers. I put a charger on the phone so it does not run down while I am playing the podcasts.
So far, seems to work fine. Again, thanks for the help.
So far, seems to work fine. Again, thanks for the help.