The Olympus is small and does not have a CD burner.  You'd need to transfer it to the PC.

If you had your own CD recorder, of course, yound need to use music CD's.  But I never went that route.
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Fiorello 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 6:06 PM
  Subject: Re: mp3


  Hi Steve;
  Do these machines contain c d burners or would it have to be transferred to 
  the computer and burned first?
  Richard

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  From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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  Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 12:25 PM
  Subject: Re: mp3


  Richard,

  You might grab an accessible MP3 recorder such as the Olympus DS30,40, =
  or 50.  You can take the audio from a line-out into the Olympus or other =
  MP3 recorder and record it.  Then, you can take the unit, connect it to =
  your computer and upload the files from the unit to your PC.

  Steve, K8SP

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    From: Richard Fiorello=20
    To: [log in to unmask]
    Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:11 PM
    Subject: mp3


    Hi;
    It seems I wasn't the only one with mp3 questions.  My nontechnical =
  problem=20
    is that the computer and cassette deck are on opposite sides of the =
  house.=20
    The stereo is the type that the cassette decks are built into the =
  receiver.=20
    Anything can be moved but it sounds like work.  I was hoping for a =
  stand=20
    alone unit to convert older cassettes into mp3 or wav c d .  At some =
  point=20
    this stereo will find a new home and with it goes my cassette deck.  =
  If I=20
    get ambitious, there would be no need for another cassette deck.
    Richard