Sony ICD-SX25 - Icd Recorder, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...IC Recorder 2004 Sony Corporation ICD SX25 SX35 SX45 SX55 Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...ul interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receive...

Page 3: ...nformation IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT OR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCT Trademarks LPEC and are the trademarks of Sony Corporation IBM and PC AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft Windows and Outlook are trademarks of Microsoft ...

Page 4: ...or Other Equipment 16 Recording with an External Microphone 16 Recording from Other Equipment 16 Recording with Other Equipment 17 Playing Back Messages 18 Using the Display Window 23 Selecting the Display Mode 26 Turning off the Display 28 Various Ways of Playback Adjusting the playback sound by amplifying inaudible sound Digital Voice Up function 29 Adjusting the Playback Speed DPC Digital Pitch...

Page 5: ... Adding Priority Mark s Priority Mark Function 43 Adding Priority Mark s in the Stop Mode 43 Adding Priority Mark s during Playback 44 Other Functions Playing Back a Message at a Desired Time with an Alarm 45 Turning off the OPR Indicator LED 49 Preventing Accidental Operation HOLD Function 50 Using an Adding Recording 51 Changing the Settings MENU 52 Using the Digital Voice Editor Software 55 Add...

Page 6: ... when you insert batteries for the first time or when you insert batteries after the unit has been without batteries for a certain period of time Please refer to steps 3 to 6 in Step 2 Setting the Clock on pages 8 and 9 to set the date and time Using on house current excluding the Korean and the People s Republic of China models Connect the AC power adaptor AC E30HG not supplied to the DC IN 3V ja...

Page 7: ...nit will stop operation Battery life Using Sony alkaline batteries LR03 SG Recording mode ST Stereo STLP SP LP In recording Approx 12 hr Approx 14 hr Approx 16 hr Approx 20 hr In playback Approx 9 hr Approx 9 hr Approx 11 hr Approx 13 hr hr hours In continuous recording playback When playing back through the internal speaker with the medium volume level The battery life may shorten depending on th...

Page 8: ...ies for a certain period of time In this case proceed from step 4 1 Turn the jog lever toward MENU The menu mode will be displayed in the display window 2 Press the jog lever up or down to select SET DATE 3 Press the jog lever x B The date and time setting window is displayed The year digits will flash 4 Set the date 1 Press the jog lever up or down to select the digits of the year Jog lever Press...

Page 9: ...The minute digits will flash 3 Set the minute 4 Press the jog lever x B The menu mode will be displayed again Note If you do not press the jog lever x B for more than one minute the clock setting mode is cancelled and the window will return to normal display 6 Turn the jog lever toward MENU The window will return to normal display 1 If the unit is left unused for more than 3 seconds in the stop mo...

Page 10: ...in 8 hr 50 min 23 hr 40 min ICD SX45 5 hr 50 min 11 hr 15 min 17 hr 50 min 47 hr 35 min ICD SX55 11 hr 45 min 22 hr 40 min 35 hr 55 min 95 hr 50 min hr hours min minutes Recording modes To record in better sound quality select the ST or STLP mode For switching the recording mode see page 53 ST Standard play stereo recording mode STLP Long play stereo recording mode SP Standard play monaural record...

Page 11: ...ning memory indication Recording mode Counter display Current message number Built in microphone Microphone sensitivity The display selected with the DISP in the menu page 26 appears When the LED in the menu is set to OFF the OPR indicator turns off page 49 Notes While the OPR indicator flashes or turns in orange do not remove the batteries or the AC adaptor excluding the Korean and the People s R...

Page 12: ...t recorded review during recording Keep pressing the jog lever down during recording or recording pause Recording stops and you can search backwards while listening to fast playback sound After you release the jog lever playback starts from that point You can add an overwrite recording from that point 1 hour after you pause recording recording pause is automatically released and the unit goes into...

Page 13: ...uction is important sound is recorded in the stereo mode without regard to the DIRECTNL switch ON OFF position For details of recording modes see page 53 Recording a sound not centering on a specific direction all directional recording Slide the DIRECTNL switch to OFF position Selecting the sensitivity of the built in microphone You can select the microphone sensitivity by setting the SENS page 53...

Page 14: ...d from the headphones causing acoustic feedback howling sound Starting recording automatically in response to the sound Advanced VOR function You can set the VOR voice operated recording function in the menu With VOR set to on recording starts when the recorder detects sound and VOR appears in the display window The recording pauses when no sound is detected and VOR PAUSE appears You can change th...

Page 15: ...ion flashes When the remaining time reaches 1 minute the remaining memory indication will flash in the display window regardless of the display mode page 26 When the memory is full recording automatically stops and FULL will be displayed with an alarm sound To continue recording first erase some of the messages page 36 Note When you set the BEEP page 54 to OFF an alarm sound beep does not sound ...

Page 16: ...crophone is connected power is automatically supplied to the microphone from the IC recorder 1 Recommended types of microphones You can use the ECM CS10 Sony electret condenser microphone not supplied Recording from Other Equipment To record sound of other equipment with the IC recorder connect the m microphone jack of the IC recorder to the earphone jack of other equipment tape recorder etc by us...

Page 17: ...ther Equipment To record the sound of the IC recorder with other equipment connect the i headphones jack of the IC recorder to the audio input connector minijack stereo of other equipment Tape recorder etc mini plug stereo mini plug stereo ...

Page 18: ...toward FOLDER repeatedly to display the folder A B or C in which you wish to play messages Select the message number Selected message number The number of messages in a folder 2 Selected folder Press the jog lever up or down to display the desired message number Press up for next message number Press down for previous message number The display selected with the DISP in the menu page 26 appears Co...

Page 19: ...e unit stops at the beginning of the last message Listening in better sound quality You can enjoy better sound quality as follows To listen from headphones Connect the stereo headphones supplied or stereo headphones not supplied mentioned in the Specifications page 64 as optional accessories to the i headphones jack The built in speaker will be automatically disconnected To listen from an external...

Page 20: ... These operations are for when EASY S is set to OFF For operations when EASY S is set to on see page 54 Adjusting the playback sound by amplifying inaudible sound Digital Voice Up function When you slide the VOICE UP switch to ON low level part of a recorded message is amplified allowing you to hear even small voices more easily By adjusting the overall recording to its optimum level you can make ...

Page 21: ...forward or behind Then if you keep pressing the jog lever up or down the unit starts to search at higher speed During cue review the counter will be displayed regardless of the display mode setting page 26 1 When playback is done to the end of the last message When playback or fast playback is done to the end of the last message END flashes for 5 seconds and the OPR indicator lights up in green Yo...

Page 22: ...ring playback Playing back a message repeatedly Repeat Play During playback press the jog lever x B for more than one second will be displayed and the selected message will be played back repeatedly To resume normal playback press the jog lever x B again To stop playback press xSTOP 1 To play back the specified section repeatedly A B Repeat You can specify the start A and end B points and play bac...

Page 23: ...es not appear excluding the Korean and the People s Republic of China models 6 Remaining memory indicator 15 7 Priority marks 43 8 Selected message number Total message number in the folder 11 18 9 Repeat play indicator 22 33 Appears while a message or a specific portion A B of the message is played back repeatedly 0 Bookmark indicator 32 Appears when the bookmark is set for a message qa Counter R...

Page 24: ...shes in the display xDisplay during setting the menu In menu setting mode the menu items and current setting are displayed You can change the setting while it is flashing In alarm or clock setting the date and time setting display appears A message is being recorded as the 21st message of all 21 messages in the folder A in ST mode with H high microphone sensitivity Display examples When the DPC sw...

Page 25: ...mory runs out the remain indications flash in the display xError messages The error messages or error numbers will be displayed page 62 When an access error occurs When an error number is displayed Display examples When the remain time becomes shorter than 1 minute ...

Page 26: ... displayed 4 Press the jog lever up or down to select the display mode The display mode changes in the order shown to the right 5 Press the jog lever x B 6 Turn the jog lever toward MENU The menu mode exits and the normal mode is displayed 1 On current time display If the unit is left unused for more than 3 seconds in the stop mode the display will turn to the current time display mode as shown to...

Page 27: ...cording mode The remaining recording time indication xREC DATE recorded date In the playback and playback pause modes the date the current message was recorded In the recording mode the current date If the clock has not been set Y M D will be displayed x REC TIME recorded time In the playback and playback pause modes the time the current message was recorded In the recording mode the current time ...

Page 28: ... always appears on the window which almost will not influence the battery life To turn off the display slide the HOLD switch in the direction of the arrow in the stop mode HOLD will flash for three seconds and then the display turns off in the window To turn on the display slide the HOLD switch in the opposite direction HOLD ...

Page 29: ...corded message and adjusting the overall recording to its optimum level Digital Voice Up function This function is useful to hear a meeting with each speaker s voice more audible During playback or stop slide the VOICE UP switch to ON The message is played back with adjusted sound To resume normal playback Slide the VOICE UP switch to OFF Note Depending on the area you purchased the unit the Digit...

Page 30: ... normal speed 50 The message is played back in natural tone thanks to the digital processing function Playing back a message rapidly or slowly Slide the DPC switch to ON FAST or SLOW flashes for 3 seconds and the message is played back at the speed specified with the menu To resume normal playback Slide the DPC switch to OFF Jog lever x B MENU DPC ...

Page 31: ...r up or down to select DPC then press the jog lever x B The playback speed setting mode will be displayed The flashing number represents the playback speed in percentage with the standard speed as 0 3 Press the jog lever up or down to set the playback speed Fast play up to 100 by 10 Press up Slow play down to 50 by 5 Press down 4 Press the job lever x B The specified playback speed is confirmed 5 ...

Page 32: ...newly specified point To start playback at the bookmark Press the jog lever up or down during stop so that the bookmark indicator flashes for 3 seconds Then press the jog lever x B To delete the bookmark 1 In stop mode press the jog lever up or down to display the number of the message with the bookmark you wish to delete 2 While pressing DIVIDE bookmark press ERASE for more than 1 second 3 Press ...

Page 33: ...t A B B flashes 2 During playback press A B repeat PRIORITY briefly The finishing point B of the section is set A B and are displayed and the specified section is played back repeatedly To resume normal playback Press the jog lever x B To stop A B Repeat playback Press xSTOP Notes You cannot set A B Repeat for a section that overlaps two or more messages If you do not set the finishing point B the...

Page 34: ...t recording mode setting You cannot add or overwrite a recording if the remaining memory is not long enough For more information see Troubleshooting page 58 During playback of Message 3 After adding a recording Added recording xSTOP zREC REC PAUSE Built in microphone OPR indicator Adding a Recording to a Previously Recorded Message When REC OP in the menu is set to ADD you can add a recording to t...

Page 35: ...C and ADD are flashing press zREC REC PAUSE The REC is displayed and ADD flashes for 3 seconds on the display window The OPR indicator will turn red Then the new recording will be added at the end of the current message 3 Press xSTOP to stop the recording Adding an Overwrite Recording during Playback When REC OP in the menu is set to OVER you can add an overwrite recording after the selected point...

Page 36: ... a recording has been erased you cannot retrieve it Erasing Messages one by one You can erase unnecessary messages only When a message is erased the remaining messages will advance and be renumbered so that there will be no space between messages xSTOP ERASE Jog lever FOLDER Erase Message 3 Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Message 5 Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 ...

Page 37: ...is being played back and ERASE is flashing The message is erased and the remaining messages will be renumbered For example if you erase Message 3 Message 4 will be renumbered as Message 3 When erasing is completed the unit will stop at the beginning of the following message To cancel erasing Press xSTOP before step 2 To erase other messages Repeat steps 1 and 2 To erase a message partially First d...

Page 38: ...lay the folder A B or C containing the messages you want to erase 2 While pressing xSTOP press ERASE for more than 1 second The message number and ALL ERASE will flash for 10 seconds 3 While ALL ERASE is flashing press ERASE All the recorded messages contained in the folder are deleted The folder itself will not be deleted To cancel erasing Press xSTOP before step 3 ...

Page 39: ... recording or playback so that the message is divided into two and the new message number is added to the divided message By dividing a message you can easily find the point you want to play back when you make a long recording such as a meeting You can divide a message until the total number of messages in the folder becomes 99 Notes You need a certain amount of space in the memory to divide a mes...

Page 40: ...g pause When you press DIVIDE bookmark during playback The message is divided into two at the point you pressed the button and DIVIDE flashes for 3 seconds The message numbers of the following messages will increase by one To play the divided message Press the jog lever up or down to display the message number as the divided messages have message numbers 1 To play the divided messages continuously...

Page 41: ...odes 1 Press xSTOP to stop the IC recorder 2 Press the jog lever up or down to display the number of the second of the two messages you want to combine 3 While pressing DIVIDE bookmark press ERASE for more than 1 second COMBINE will flash for 10 seconds 4 Press ERASE while the display is flashing The two messages are combined into one and the messages will be renumbered as in the illustration on t...

Page 42: ...ve 2 Turn the jog lever toward FOLDER repeatedly to select the folder that you want to move the message into The destination folder and MOVE flash The first and last 5 seconds of the message will be played back 3 Press the jog lever x B The message is moved to the destination folder Messages are sorted in order of the recorded date and time or the number of the priority marks in the folder To canc...

Page 43: ... marks both in the stop mode and in the playback mode Adding Priority Mark s in the Stop Mode 1 Select the message you want to mark 2 Press A B repeat PRIORITY for more than 1 second and the message number indication will flash on the display window 3 Press A B repeat PRIORITY repeatedly to select the number of priority mark s while indications are flashing The setting is finished when the priorit...

Page 44: ...d the messages will be renumbered Messages with priority mark s Messages are sorted in order of the number of priority mark s in a folder Messages without a priority mark are moved behind the messages with priority mark s 1 Tip If there are over 2 messages with the same number of priority marks in a folder these messages are sorted by the recorded date and time The oldest one comes first Note You ...

Page 45: ...g back a message Note When the clock is not set or no messages are recorded you cannot set the alarm 1 Select the message you want to play back For more information about selecting the desired message see step 1 and 2 of Playing Back Messages on page 18 2 Enter the alarm setting mode 1Press the jog lever toward MENU The menu mode will be displayed in the display window 2Press the jog lever up or d...

Page 46: ...splayed in the display window 3 Set the alarm date and time To play back on a desired date 1Press the jog lever x B while DATE is displayed The year digits will flash 2Press the jog lever up or down to select the year digits and press the jog lever x B The month digits will flash 3Set the month and the day in sequence then press the jog lever x B To play back once a week Press the jog lever up or ...

Page 47: ...lash 2Press the jog lever up or down to select the minute digits and press the jog lever x B 5 Select the alarm playback Press the jog lever up or down to select the alarm sound either from B PLAY for starting playback after the alarm or B ONLY for only the alarm 6 Press the jog lever x B The setting is finished 7 Press the jog lever toward MENU to exit the menu mode The normal display appears is ...

Page 48: ... press the jog lever x B To check the alarm setting Follow steps 1 through 2 on page 45 to display the current alarm date and time Then follow steps 3 to 7 on pages 46 and 47 to change the alarm date and time Notes If the alarm time comes while another message is being played back with an alarm the playback stops and the new message will be played back If the alarm time comes during recording the ...

Page 49: ...rd MENU The menu mode will be displayed 2 Press the jog lever up or down to select LED on 3 Press the jog lever x B The LED setting mode will be displayed 4 Press the jog lever up or down to select OFF and then press the jog lever x B The setting is changed 5 Press the jog lever toward MENU to exit the menu mode The normal display appears To turn on the OPR indicator In step 4 select on and then p...

Page 50: ...s of the buttons are locked When the HOLD function is activated during stop all the display will be turned off after HOLD flashes To cancel the HOLD function Slide the HOLD switch in the opposite direction 1 Tip Even if the HOLD function is activated you can stop the alarm playback To stop the alarm or playback press xSTOP You cannot stop usual playback HOLD switch ...

Page 51: ...ay window 2 Press the jog lever up or down to select REC OP then press the jog lever x B The adding recording window will be displayed 3 Press the jog lever up or down to select on then press the jog lever x B The setting is changed 4 Press the jog lever up or down to select ADD or OVER then press the jog lever x B ADD adds a recording to a previously recorded message OVER adds an overwrite record...

Page 52: ... or down to select the menu item for which you want to change setting 3 Press the jog lever x B The setting mode of the selected menu item will be displayed 4 Press the jog lever up or down to select the setting that you want to set and then press the jog lever x B The setting will be changed 5 Turn the jog lever toward MENU to exit the menu mode The window will return to normal display Note If yo...

Page 53: ... or in a noisy place DISP Displays the window to change the display mode COUNTER See page 26 VOR Displays the window to set the VOR Voice Operated Recording function on The VOR function is activated Recording starts when the unit detects sound and stops when no sound is heard eliminating recording from soundless period OFF The VOR function is disabled Normal recording operation is selected DPC Dis...

Page 54: ...ndow to set the continuous play on You can play back all messages in a folder continuously OFF Playback stops at the end of each message REC OP Displays the window to set the adding recording mode on OFF See page 51 SET DATE Displays the window to set the clock 04Y1M1D See page 8 BEEP on A beep will sound to indicate that operation has been accepted OFF No beep sound will be heard except for the a...

Page 55: ...nsferring the PC messages back to the IC recorder Playing or editing the messages on your computer Sending a voice e mail message using MAPI e mail software Transcribing your IC recorder message using Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software not supplied For the details see the supplied Digital Voice Editor 2 software operating instructions Connection To USB connector of your computer ...

Page 56: ...ible Display High color 16 bits or more and 800 x 480 dots or more OS Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Windows XP Media Center Edition Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows 2000 Professional Windows Millennium Edition Windows 98 Second Edition standard installation You cannot use this software with Windows 98 Windows 95 or Windows NT Notes You cannot use the softwar...

Page 57: ...ting it any further On noise Noise may be heard when the unit is placed near an AC power source a fluorescent lamp or a mobile phone during recording or playback Noise may be recorded when an object such as your finger etc rubs or scratches the unit during recording On maintenance To clean the exterior use a soft cloth slightly moistened in water Do not use alcohol benzine or thinner If you have a...

Page 58: ...k The buttons are locked with the HOLD switch page 50 If you press any button HOLD will flash for 3 seconds The volume is turned down completely Headphones are plugged in If you plug in the headphones not securely during playback the sound may come from the speaker Unplug the headphones and then insert them securely LED is set to OFF Display the menu and set the LED to on The memory is full Erase ...

Page 59: ...c accidentally rubbed or scratched the unit during recording so that noise was recorded The unit was placed near an AC power source a fluorescent lamp or a mobile phone during recording or playback Plug of the connected microphone was dirty when recording Clean the plug The i headphones plug is dirty Clean the plug SENS microphone sensitivity is set to L Display the menu and set SENS to H page 53 ...

Page 60: ...rding will not be displayed if you recorded the message when the clock was not set The bookmark is set for the message Delete the bookmark and then combine messages Unless you sort messages using the supplied Digital Voice Editor software messages are sorted in the unit the same as the setting in the computer Sort again in the order of the number of priority marks in the computer using the supplie...

Page 61: ...e remaining memory of the IC recorder is short you cannot divide a message Erase some messages before dividing a message page 36 An AC power adaptor that is not compatible with the IC recorder is connected Make sure to use the AC power adaptor for the IC recorder excluding the Korean and the People s Republic of China models Batteries are weak Replace batteries with new ones The selected folder do...

Page 62: ... nearest Sony dealer Error number Cause ERR 01 The IC recorder cannot access the memory or cannot format the memory ERR 02 The IC recorder cannot write record or erase the data in the memory ERR 03 The IC recorder cannot read the memory ERR 04 The IC recorder cannot load or write the settings ERR 05 An error other than the above occurs ...

Page 63: ... the counter elapsed recording time and the remaining recording time may be less than the unit s maximum recording time You cannot divide a message in a folder which has 99 messages If you divide or combine messages frequently the unit may become unable to divide a message You cannot combine different recording mode ST STLP SP LP messages If you divide or combine messages frequently the unit may b...

Page 64: ...o LR03 size AAA alkaline batteries 3 V DC Dimensions w h d not incl projecting parts and controls 28 0 120 0 13 8 mm 1 1 8 4 3 4 9 16 in Mass incl batteries 64 g 2 26 oz Supplied accessories Stereo headphones 1 USB connecting cable 1 Application Software CD ROM 1 LR03 size AAA alkaline batteries x 2 Carrying pouch x 1 For the ICD SX25 sold in the USA and Canada only Optional accessories Stereo hea...

Page 65: ...dow 23 7 ERASE button 36 8 DIVIDE bookmark button 32 39 9 A B repeat PRIORITY button 33 43 0 OPR operation indicator 11 19 Index to Parts and Controls Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details Front qa zREC record REC PAUSE button 11 34 qs xSTOP button 12 20 qd Jog lever FOLDER MENU review fast backward cue fast forward x B play stop enter qf VOL volume buttons 19 Continued ...

Page 66: ...6 For Korean and the People s Republic of China models this jack does not exist wd Slit for a handstrap Notes To prevent the clip from breaking avoid hooking it on thick fabric such as a pocket of a heavy coat When bending down or running with the unit clipped on your pocket be careful not to drop the unit Index to Parts and Controls continued ...

Page 67: ...Voice Up function 20 29 Display mode 26 Display window 23 Divide 39 DPC Digital Pitch Control 20 30 53 E Easy search 21 54 Erase bookmark 32 Erase messages 36 Error messages 61 Error numbers 62 External microphone 16 F Folder 11 18 H Hold 28 50 L LED 49 LP mode 7 10 53 M Maximum recording time 10 Menu 31 45 49 52 Message erasing 36 Message move 42 Message playing back 18 19 Message recording 10 Me...

Page 68: ...splay 27 Remaining memory 15 Repeat play 22 33 Review 12 21 S Search forward backward 21 SP mode 7 10 53 ST mode 7 10 53 STLP mode 7 10 53 System limitations 63 System requirements 56 T Turning off the display 28 Turning off the indicator 49 U USB cable 55 V VOICE UP Digital Voice Up 20 29 Volume control 19 VOR 14 53 Printed in Japan Printed on 100 recycled paper using VOC Volatile Organic Compoun...