Hello Pele. I do this all the time. Recording from hi-fi, television, or anything else which takes my fancy. I now use my PTP in preference to mini-disc, except in certain circumstances. Sometimes I record direct from my amplifier's headphone socket, other times I take the signal from the tuner direct, or the Freeview box direct. I alter the bit-rate, depending on whether the programme is in mono or stereo to start with, and I always use the manual record level, monitoring it before the programme starts, making sure that I am being given the indication that the signal strength is either good or high, and I usually make sure that it is the highest level it can be, whilst still saying the word good. Because the recordings are in effect, analogue, they are not as good as mini-disc, but for most programmes the results are very acceptable. PETER