Reply to anyone use Zoom H1 to record live sets?

Hello everybody!

Looking for a little help - just grabbed one of these to record my live sets externally and I am having trouble recording without distortion. I have tried using the auto level feature and adjusting manually - cant find the right setting to record a distortion free mix that sounds clean. I have been using 320 MP3 - should I be using Mp3 or Wav Format? I am recording from pioneer cdjs & A&H zone22 mixer - rca out to 1/8 line in on the zoom H1.

I was believeing of returning it but have read mutliple accounts of people having success with it - hopefully i just havent figured it out yet....

Any help or best practices would be appreciated - thanks in advance!

-joonya
Providence, RI