Hi and thanks for the response.
Yes we would normally use the 1608 for music and speech, but there is no music in churches at the moment in the UK. At the moment, we are using the microphone on the laptop, to feed audio to Zoom. I tried simply connecting an Aux Out on the 1608 to the microphone socket on the laptop, but that didn't work, I assume because I am going from from line level to microphone level which wont work. I guess I am going to need to feed the audio through another device to boost the signal?
I will try as you suggest tomorrow and see how I get on - I would love an XR18 but I am afraid a new heating and lighting system are way ahead on my XR18