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Peter Ingham
Junior
Posts: 16
From: Bolton, Lancashire, UK
Registered: Apr 2016

posted June 06, 2016 06:28 AM

Hii'm new to the hobby and looking for help.I have a Chinon 7500 Sound projector and would like to use a tape recorder for sound effects to accomany my silent movies.I have bought a 1.5 two way jack from Maplin my question is do i connect one to the P.A. input jack on my projector and the other to the jack marked R.E.M. on the tape recorder and do i need to adjust anything.Please excuse my ignorance.Many Thanks.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted June 06, 2016 06:35 AM

The output of your tape recorder may overload your projector's input. Why not just use the tape recorder as it is.

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Tom Spielman
Master Film Handler

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From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Registered: Apr 2016

posted June 06, 2016 07:21 AM

If I remember right, the REM jack for an old tape recorder meant "remote" and was used to tell it when to start and stop recording. You won't get any sound out of it.

My family's old mini reel to reel had a microphone with two pins, - one plugged into the input jack (might have been labeled "Mic") and the other into the "Rem" jack. The microphone had an on/off switch that would stop and start the recorder.

[ June 06, 2016, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: Tom Spielman ]

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Peter Ingham
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From: Bolton, Lancashire, UK
Registered: Apr 2016

posted June 11, 2016 11:26 AM

Thanks for the tip Maurice i will use the taperecorder independently it was just i have a small external speaker i wanted to use nearer the screen.

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Ken Finch
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Herne Bay, Kent. U.K.
Registered: Oct 2011

posted June 13, 2016 03:23 PM

Peter, Some tape recorders had a socket for an external speaker. others a Line Out socket to feed an external amplifier. You would need to check for compatibility though. Ken Finch.

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