thanks Z, as always you come through with the knowledge
Haha, I don't know much except for what I know. Uh. Yeah.
I'm in the process of a test recording right now(just some mp3's on my pc into the line in). Good news is that i've recorded over 45 minutes so far and the battery just lost it's first bar(it's got 4) so i don't think power will be an issue.
one thing i do notice is that there are no recording level bars on the ihp - is this bad?
Yes.
i admit i no nothing about this function, or if it is absolutely necessary for a recording
It is. Absolutely.
, but i thought i'd mention it. i was under the impression i'd need to check these to see how to "set" my ad-20, i hope there's a workaround...
You do need them, and it might just be an issue of the levels being so low that they're not showing up on your meters, or some preference settings. You need to look in the manual deep and hard, because not seeing levels when recording, especially from an analog source, which should be good friends with the recorder, is bad, bad news for live recording.
If this thing is a recorder, there have to be meters somewhere on the display. Scrounge that manual!