Recording Radio Output on PC

[Guest Jacob]

I'm trying to take the audio out from a BTech GRMS-V2 radio and take it to an audio-in on my PC. Does anyone have any solutions or ideas for making this work? My PC refuses to see it as an audio-in source.

[SteveShannon]

1 hour ago, Guest Jacob said:

I'm trying to take the audio out from a BTech GRMS-V2 radio and take it to an audio-in on my PC. Does anyone have any solutions or ideas for making this work? My PC refuses to see it as an audio-in source.

You have to match levels and impedances.  That’s frequently done using an audio transformer.  What is the output impedance on your radio?  It’s probably 8-16 ohms, but your manual should say.  Is it a speaker output or a headphone output?  They have different levels.

What are the specs of your audio input on your PC?  
 

Amazon sells cables that match outputs to inputs, but you really need to know what you’re matching first.
 

Another way to do this is by placing a speaker and microphone close to each other and letting them couple audibly, but there are drawbacks to that as well.

Good luck, Jacob!

[Socalgmrs]

10 hours ago, Guest Jacob said:

I'm trying to take the audio out from a BTech GRMS-V2 radio and take it to an audio-in on my PC. Does anyone have any solutions or ideas for making this work? My PC refuses to see it as an audio-in source.

Why? 

[MarkInTampa]

59 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said:

Why? 

Why not? I was wanting to do the same thing on the base station. If I'm sitting at my PC with speakers on ether side of my monitor for the computer, it would be nice to route/mix the radio output to those same speakers.

Back to the OP: The -V2 should have came with a RJ-45 accessory/breakout cable. You can change the speaker output settings in the menu to "EAR" (earphones) or "EAR+SP" and run a 2.5mm patch cable to the audio input/mic jack of the PC and you should be fine.