"rec out" too hot?

[slickshoes]

Hi,
I have aZoom H4N, a portable recorder that has two XLR line-in inputs and records directly to an SD card. I take this out to my DJ nights and plug it into the venue mixer's "Monitor Out" RCAs. It records flawlessly.
Today I thought I would like to use it on my home stereo Technics SA-5760 to record vinyl to two 15 minute audio files. I plugged the Zoom in to Tape 1's "REC OUT" RCAs, but the signal being received by the Zoom was way too hot, I reduced the input level setting on the recorder all the way down to almost zero and it still was receiving a crazy unabalanced signal.
I plugged it in to other places on the unit and even used a 1/8" to 14" adapter on the front phones jack to record off there. All sounds garbage.

Where can I plug in my Zoom to record an LP?

 

[JURB]

Recently I had a similar problem. Recording from R2R into a PC for burning to CD and thumbdrives.

I had to go out in the garage and find an old parts unit, rip out the volume control, cut a set of audio cables and insert the control because the output of the R2R was severely overloading the input to the PC.

You might have to do pretty much the same thing, or have it done. Person needs a boneyard because up and buying a dual potentiometer is not smart given all the equipment out there that is for parts.

Also, a fixed attenuator could be built but then you need to know how much to attenuate. Probably better to just have a control you can set. Turn it down until it sounds good.

The one I made recently is not a really professional job. I just wired the pot after cutting up the cables and put some tape on it. That's really all you need but when carrying things around you might want it somewhat rugged. (well I did solder it)

I had to do this a long time ago for a buddy, I mean in the 1980s. He had a Marantz 2225 and bought an ADS Atlier C2 (I think) cassette deck. The level from the Marantz was so high it was unmanageble. Just cracking the record level it would be reading up in the red on the meters. Same deal, I just found a dual volume pot and wired it up.

Don't use two pots, too much fuss. Really. And also I would recommend using a pot that was made to be a volume pot in the first place. With the loudness tap you might be able to tailor the curve to your needs.

 

[Gazdatronik]

In the H4 you might need to switch it in the menu from mic level to line level