Re: Attn: Jeorg - How goes the digital recorder install?

Charlie E. wrote:
Hi Jeorg,
How did that unit work out for your church? The city here is
considering changing over from that combination CF/CD unit, as it is
too complicated for the clerks to use properly.


So far so good. The Marantz is programmed to automatically record worship services and the resulting MP3 is transferred to the server immediately afterwards. The front panel controls are blocked so nobody can mess with the machine. We will probably unblock them once we have an audio team scheduled and, most of all, well trained. Manual operation is rather simple once it's programmed right. Hit the record button and it begins to spool audio onto MP3, later hit stop and that's it.

We do have some issues with the CAT-5 spitting out EMI into pastor's wireless mike receiver (Shure Marcad) but that thing has problems with just about any noise source. Light switches and such. The Sennheiser receivers perform much better so some day we want to switch everything to that system.

Before we make this permanent and stop backup tape recordings we will have to clean up all the cabling. Holes are mostly drilled already, cable trays are installed, and I cut the 19" rack to custom height. But we don't want to risk a major hickup for the Christmas services so our IT guy and I will tackle that job right after Christmas. Run cables properly, install shielded CAT-5, some ferrites, spread audio and power runs apart, ground everything. It is unbelievable but even high end stuff like the Marantz recorder or the Sennheiser wireless does not have ground terminals (%^#&!!). So I'll have to take the drill and some self-tapping screws.

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