I bought the Zoom H-2 today. My local music store gave me close to the Amazon price so I decided to treat myself to one.

I haven't read the manual yet but just started working through the recording process. Can someone give me just the basics of setting it up to record my Everett upright piano.
1. where to place the H-2 (on top of my piano) (on the floor) (somewhere else)
2. recording mic setting: front, surround, rear.
3. Wav or mp3 settings
4. I'm getting some static sounds when I play it back
5.What other settings in the menu should I change from the default setting that it came with.
6.Can it play back without using headphones. I'd like to just play it from the H-2 itself.