XPost: misc.consumers.frugal-living   
   From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, max wrote:   
      
   > PeterD  wrote in   
   > news:j3l7q3$bbo$4@speranza.aioe.org:   
   >   
   >> On 8/30/2011 6:06 PM, Suzie wrote:   
   >>> Anyone recommend a digital voice recorder that has a   
   >>> remote jack (for phone recording,etc) for under $75? One   
   >>> that connects usb to computer for upload of recording   
   >>> files?   
   >>   
   >> Sansa Clip...   
   >>   
   >   
   > Cannot be used for phone recording, no external mic or remote.   
   >   
   It was a good suggestion, especially since older MP3 players are bound to   
   appear at garage sales.   
      
   Open the thing up (and if you have to break the case, all the better so   
   you'll put it in a different case where you can put switches and jacks)   
   and desolder the microphone and add a microphone jack.  Then I guess you'd   
   want to bring wires from the pause button (maybe there's a more   
   appropriate button) so you can at least stop and start recording from a   
   remote location.   
      
   Keep in mind that they don't record in MP3, so the recording may use up a   
   fair amount of space, which may mean that 512K Sansa MP3 player that   
   someone is dying to get rid of will not be so useful for this purpose.   
      
      Michael   
      
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