(NEW) Victrola 8-in-1 Bluetooth Record Player & Multimedia Center

I got a few things to say about this "record player". It's also plays: * MP3s from USB drive * FM Radio * CDs * Streaming from bluetooth * Anything that can plug into AUX * Cassette tapes * 1 other thing I can not remember right now. Recording to PC is easy. 1. Turn on your computer. (Skip this step if it is already on) 2. Turn on the Victrola 8-in-1. (Skip this step if it is already on) 3. Plug in a simple-no-nonsense USB-A to USB-B cable (If you only have USB-C ports, you will need an adapter) to your computer. (Skip this step if you have already plugged in the cable) 4. Plug the other end of the cable to the back of the Victrola 8-in-1. (Skip this step if you have already plugged in the cable) 5. Lauch the audacity program (You can download this from audacityteam.org) or if you prefer another recording program you can use that. Personally I have been using audacity since the early 2000's so it came about about the same time that records got popular and therefor it is in my opinion the best software to use for recording records and cassette tapes) 6. Select which source you want to record from. There are many options: * Record player * Cassette player * FM Radio * Possibly other sources (although I do not know why you would want to record what is streaming from your mobile device, USB / MP3, or CDs as those formats are already probably on your computer except for perhaps the CD but it is easier to copy a CD using your computer's CD drive, unless you do not have one, then this seems like a viable alternative although I have not done so myself so I can not guarantee it. In fact I don't guarantee anything, I did not invent, produce, market, and sell the Victrola 8-in-1, all guarantees must be made by the aforementioned entities and I take no responsibility) 6. Hit record on your computer. 7. Play the soutce material as described in the manual. 8. When the song or whatever is finished, press stop on your computer. 9. Stop the playback from the source. 10. It is now time to export your audio. Go to the file menu, and choose "export audio" 11. Save it as either MP3, OGG, or WAV format. OGG is a good lossless compression, MP3 sounds pretty good but is lossy. WAV uses no compression, so it is a larger file, but has perfect sound quality. This is a good option if you do not want todeal with lossy compression but do not have the ability to play ogg vorbis files for some reason. And that's it! Make sure you select the appropriate device for your audio in, it will show up as a digital SPDIF device. Also this might not work if your computer is too old or does not have USB ports of any kind. Pros: * Adequate sound quality. 4/5 stars * Record any format to any other format that your computer can play * Looks great * Bluetooth has great range * Compatible with the linux operating system, although not mentioned in the manual Cons: * Cassette player is not great, they could have put a player with proper play, rewind, fast forwar, and pause buttons. Instead you stick the tape in and you can only play or fast forward, you have to flip the tape over to reqind. There is only one putton, so you push the tape all the way in to play, then push the button half way to fast forward, then push the button all the way in to eject, then push the tape back in to play. * There is not support for external speakers. In may cases this is fine because the internal spearkers are pretty good. But if you wanted to have more speakers you can not easilly do this, you would have to hook the headphones up to a seperate amplifier which defeats the purpose of having a single unit, and will turn off the built in speakers. You could also open it up and hack the main board to add additional speakers, but this will VOID YOUR WARRANTY. * it was slightly too big to fit on my record player cabinet so I had to get a different record player cabinet that was slightly larger. This turned out to be a good thing in the end because it can hold more records, but it was very dissapointing at first but still not bad enough to leave a bad review. Overall I give this a 4.6 star review, I put it in as 5 stars because that was the closest I could get to 4.6