Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Thu, 11 Jan 90 13:05:08 EST Reply-To: George Pell Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was From: George Pell Subject: Re: voice-activated tape recorders X-To: swl-l@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Jan11.143623est.58688@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu In article <7368@shlump.nac.dec.com> s_dowman@leaf.enet.dec.com (Steve Dowman) writes: +In article <12493@cbnewse.ATT.COM>, parnass@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) writes... +{In article <16708@megaron.cs.arizona.edu>, bakken@cs.arizona.edu +{(Dave Bakken) writes about the CTR-82: +{ +{> .... The voice activation only works for the built-in +{> microphone, not the auxiliary or microphone input lines. +{ +{Is this true? It's very difficult to believe. If true, it differs from +{the CTR-75. This would make the CTR-82 a dud. It's the voice activation +{while connected to a radio that makes a VOX recorder so useful. + + I purchased a CTR-82 recently and found it activates only from the built-in + microphone and the mic input jack, but not the auxillary jack. This is + using a Sony 2010 from the recorder jack and a Bearcat 200XLT from the + earphone jack. It works fine this way but I don't understand why plugging + into the aux jack doesn't activate it also. The manual indicates it should + work this way. Anyone else finding the same on their CTR-82? + I went home last night and verified that my newly purchased CTR-82 does, in fact, that the VOX works on all three inputs, internal mic, mic, and aux. Could there be a rash of defective units out there???? geo