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3-047-938-11 (1)
IC Recorder
Operating Instructions
ICD-37/57/67
2000 Sony Corporation
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For the customers in the United States Owner’s Record The model number is located at the rear and the serial number is located inside the battery compartment. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. Serial No. INFORMATION This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provi
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Table of Contents What is an IC recorder? ................................................................................ 4 Features .......................................................................................................... 5 Getting Started Step 1: Installing the Battery ........................................................................ 6 Step 2: Setting the Clock ............................................................................... 8 Basic Operations Recording
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What is an IC recorder? This IC recorder enables you to record and play back oral messages in the built-in IC memory. z Recording When a new message is recorded, it is automatically added after the last recorded messages. Unlike with tape recorders, you do not need to worry about recording over previously recorded messages by mistake. Since you do not need to search for the end of the last recording, you can start recording quickly whenever you wish. 11:30, November 1 12:00, November 1 10:00,
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Features •45 minutes (ICD-37)/90 minutes (ICD-57)/180 minutes (ICD-67) recording time This unit is useful for recording messages or appointments. •Organizing message files You can choose among 3 different files to record and store your messages. You can easily move messages from one file to another (see page 18). Up to 99 messages can be recorded in each file. •Alarm function You can start playing back a desired message with an alarm on a desired date and time (see page 21). You can use this fu
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Step 1: Installing the Battery Slide and lift the battery 1 compartment lid. 2 1 Insert a LR03 (size AAA) 2 alkaline battery with correct polarity, and close the lid. To take out the battery Take out the battery by pushing the # side of it as illustrated. If the battery compartment lid is accidentally detached, 2 attach it as illustrated. 1 6
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Getting Started Clock setting display appears when you insert battery for the first time, or when you insert battery after the unit has been without battery for a certain period of time. Please refer to Steps 2 to 4 in “Step 2: Setting the Clock” on pages 8 and 9 to set the date and time. Replacing the battery “E“ appears on the display when the battery becomes weak and it flashes when the battery is exhausted. Replace the battery with a new one. Battery life* With continuous use, approx. 5 hour
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Step 2: Setting the Clock Clock setting display appears when you insert battery for the first time, or when you insert battery after the unit has been without battery for a certain period of time. In this case, proceed from Step 2. Display the clock setting display. 1 2 Press –. once to display 1 Press MENU to enter “SET DATE”. the menu mode.* 3 Press NxPLAY/STOP. The year digits will flash. * The “ALARM” display may appear instead of the “BEEP” display (see page 34). Set the date. 2 1 Press –.
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Getting Started Set the time. 3 1 Press –. or >+ to select the digits of the hour. 3 Set the minute. 2 Press NxPLAY/STOP. The minute digits will flash. 4 Press NxPLAY/STOP at the time signal. The display will return to “SET DATE”. Exit from the menu mode. 4 Press MENU. 9
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Basic Operations Recording Messages You can record up to 99 messages in each file (A, B and C). Since a newly recorded message is automatically added behind the last recorded message, you can start recording quickly without searching for the end of the last recording. Message 1 Message 2 Newly recorded message Blank space e.g. Select the file. 1 Current file Press FILE repeatedly until the desired file is displayed. Start recording. 2 1 Press REC START/STOP. 2 Speak to the built-in microphone. C
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Basic Operations Stop recording. 3 Press REC START/STOP again. The unit stops at the beginning of the current recording. STOP If you do not change the file after you stop recording, the next time you record you will record in the same file. To listen to the current recording Press REC START/STOP to stop recording, then press NxPLAY/STOP. To review the current recording instantly Press NxPLAY/STOP during recording. To stop recording You can also stop recording by pressing STOP instead of REC STAR
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Recording Messages (continued) 1 Tips • You can record for up to 45 minutes (ICD-37)/90 minutes (ICD-57)/ 180 minutes (ICD-67). • You can select the microphone sensitivity. See page 27. Notes • When the remaining time of recording reaches 1 minute, the remaining time and “END” will flash one after the other in the display window. When the memory is full, recording automatically stops and “FULL” will flash in the display window with an alarm sound. To continue recording, first erase some of the m
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Basic Operations Playing Back Messages When playing back a previously recorded message, start from Step 1. When playing back a message you have just finished recording, start from Step 3. Select the file. 1 Current file Press FILE repeatedly until the desired file is displayed. Select the message number. 2 Selected message number Press –. or >+ to display the desired message number. Total number of messages in the for larger current file message number for smaller message number Continued 13
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Playing Back Messages (continued) Start playback. 3 Press NxPLAY/STOP. OPR indicator Date of recording Time of recording During playback, the OPR indicator lights up in green. After playing back one message, the unit stops at the beginning of the next message. When the last message on a file has been played back, the unit stops at the beginning of the last message. Adjust the volume. 4 Turn VOL. 14
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Basic Operations To stop playback To Do this stop at the beginning of Press STOP. the current message stop at the current position Press NxPLAY/STOP. (Playback Pause function) To resume playback from that point, press NxPLAY/STOP again. Other operations To Do this skip to the next message Press >+. skip to the previous Press –.. message search forward during Keep >+ pressed. playback search backward during Keep –. pressed. playback Playing back a message repeatedly — Repeat Play During playback
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Erasing Messages You can erase the recorded messages one by one or all messages in a file at a time. Note that once a recording has been erased, you cannot retrieve it. Erasing messages one by one When a message is erased, the remaining messages will advance and renumbered so that there will be no space between messages. Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Message 5 Before erasing Erase Message 3 After erasing Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Remaining messages are renumbered. 1 Press
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Basic Operations Erasing all messages in a file e.g. File B File A Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Blank space Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Blank space Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 1 Press FILE to select 2 Press ERASE and STOP the file you want to at the same time for erase. more than 1 second. The file, the message number and “ALL ERASE” will flash. 3 Press ERASE. To cancel erasing Press STOP before step 3. 17
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BAdvanced Operations Moving Messages to a Different File — Move Function You can move recorded messages to a different file. FILE NxPLAY/STOP e.g. To move the seventh message in the file A to the file C 1 Play back the message you want to move. 2 Press FILE during playback to select the file you want to move the message to. The file and “MOVE” will flash and the first and last 5 seconds of the message will be played back 10 times. 3 Press NxPLAY/STOP. To cancel moving the message(s) Press STOP
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Advanced Operations Notes • The move function does not duplicate a message in another file. When you move a message to another file, the one in the previous file will be deleted. • If you do not press NxPLAY/STOP while the first and last 5 seconds of the message are played back, the display will return to the REMAIN display. In this case, start the procedure from the beginning. Adjusting the Playback Speed You can adjust the speed of the playback with the use of the PLAY SPEED selector on the bo
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Adding a Recording to a Previously Recorded Message You can add a recording to the message being played back. The added recording will be placed after the current message and counted as a part of the message. During playback Message 3 Message 4 of Message 3 After adding Message 3 Message 4 a recording Added recording Meeting at 2 o’clock at Conference on December 1. room A Built-in microphone STOP REC START/STOP 1 During playback, press REC START/STOP for more than 1 second. The OPR indicator li
