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In my previous post I wrote about that neat little sony digital flash memory recorder device I just got and how much fun I had using it as a ‘to do’ list device.

But there is another little sneaky way you can use that digital voice recorder if you combine it with your telephone system.

You do not have to have magic jack to be able to record telephone calls.  The radio shack recorder control pictured above will record phone conversations from your land line as well. By the way, keep in mind that some states have laws that restrict when and when you cannot record phone conversations without the other persons consent.

Anyway, here is how you record phone conversations with Magic Jack.  Simply plug your magic jack into your computer.  Then connect the phone cable from the Radio Shack recorder control into your magic jack.  Then connect your home phone line into the recorder control.  Then plug in the fatter microphone cable from the Radio Shack recorder control into the microphone jack of your sony digital recorder (or other digital flash recorder device).

Then all you have to do is be sure the radio shack recorder control is set to ‘record’ and be sure your digital recorder is set to record, then start talking and it will record the phone conversation. The quality is pretty good from my experience. Have fun!