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

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:55:44 -0800, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

Thanks Jeorg!
What is the separation between the Marantz and those wireless
receivers? Same rack? All my Shure wireless are in the back, but the
recorder is in the front, so I shouldn't have any noise problems...

Charlei
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