Recording from mono 3.5mm jack
 

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:03:57 +0000, wrote:

Is there anywhere cheaper for simple audio cables?

All I want to do is record my phone calls using the 3.5mm mono male
jack attached on my phone. To achive such a simple thing, I think I
need to buy 3 cables.

Maplin.co.uk want to charge £11.27+ for 3 x cables.

RW06G 3.5mm to Phono Adptr £0.67
Female 3.5mm mono to male phono adaptor.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/largeimages/1023i0.jpg

BV83E Phono Ext Lead 5m £2.55
Single male to female phono extension cable.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/largeimages/9664i0.jpg

QN25C 1xF-2xM Phono Adpt £4.25
spliter adaptor to turn 1x female phonto into 2 male phono.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/largeimages/29191i0.jpg

Buy or make the standard "soundcard" cable. 3.5mm stereo plug to 2
phonos. Record from the one phono that works, ignore the other.

It's a mono signal. There's no point in recording it in stereo.

Recording from mono 3.5mm jack
 

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:24:11 +0000, wrote:


Buy or make the standard "soundcard" cable. 3.5mm stereo plug to 2
phonos. Record from the one phono that works, ignore the other.

It's a mono signal. There's no point in recording it in stereo.

I was hoping I could record in dual mono, in other words both L and R
have the same signal.

I know I can set the minidisc to record in mono using just one
channel. This means I'd have to leave one of the channels exposed.

Exposed to what?

I'd think it a fair bet that the mini-disk plays a mono recording on
both channels. If so, you're sorted.