Olympus TP-7 Telephone Recording Device
- Economical, sensitive microphone for recording phone conversations
- Works great with cell phones and landlines
- Includes all necessary adapters
- Records both sides of conversation
- Records directly to voice recorder
Product DescriptionUSE YOUR OLYMPUS DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER TO RECORD IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS FROM YOUR DESK PHONE OR CELL PHONE. COMES WITH 3. 5MM AND 2. 5MM PLUGS TO ADAPT TO YOUR PHONEAmazon. com Product DescriptionDo you ever need to record an important telephone conversation? The TP-7 telephone pickup, makes phone recording easy and even picks up both sides of the conversation. Just plug the TP-7 jack into the “MIC” jack of your recorder, and put the earphone side into your ear. When in use, the TP-7 will capture both sides of the conversation. For added convenience, the TP-7 works great with land lines and cell phones. What’s in the Box Microphone, adapter to convert from monaural 3. 5 mm mini-plug to stereo 3. 5 mm mini-plug, and monaural 3. 5 mm mini-plug to monaural 2. 5 mm mini-plug adapter.
If you’re as dumb as me, you’ll buy this. if you’re smart. . . . you wouldn’t buy this piece of *&$%!
Rating: 2 / 5
I haven’t used it because it seems too complicated. To use this device you have to put it in your ear. Usually I already have a blue tooth ear piece in my ear. I was hoping for a recording device that would hook to the phone base somehow.
Rating: 2 / 5
Okay, full disclsure, I didn’t plunk down the Andrew Jackson and buy this thing. After reading the reviews, I realized I didn’t have to.
You see, I remembered (probably from a Mr. Wizard episode or something) that small speakers including earphones, can work in reverse as microphones. To listen to my recorder, I already had some cheap stereo earbuds plugged into a $3 radio shack adaptor that converts a mono 1/8″ jack output into stereo. I unplugged them from the earphone jack and plugged them into the microphone jack instead. Then I attatched the business end of one earbud to the earpiece of my telephone with a rubber band, let the other one hang near the talk-hole, and presto, I can record telephone conversations with reasonable quality.
Now I’m willing to accept that perhaps this $20 contraption sounds better and it is no doubt more elegant. But my solution was free, and the sound quality seems to be in line with what the reviews here state.
A few cautions – I’m no expert on audio equipment, but when I tried this method with higher-quality earphones (even my ipod ones), it worked worse. For whatever reason, the cheaper the better. Also, you MUST use earphones with those puffy little wind-canceling mittens, otherwise you will record the earphone scratching against the receiver and your own wind.
Next up, I’m going to see if I can get even better sound by using the hands-free thing that came with my mobile phone (another adaptor from radio smack), and finally, see if I can use the jack on the mobile phone to connect the phone directly to my recorder. Man, I am such a dork.
Rating: 2 / 5
This may be a good product, but I wouldn’t know. All the ones I have received were dead-on-arrival. Ever the optimist, I will try one more time.
Rating: 2 / 5
I was expecting this to connect directly to my phone.
It wasn’t worth the trouble to return.
Rating: 3 / 5