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3-237-275-11 (1)
IC Recorder
Operating Instructions
ICD-B25
2002 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 Before You Begin What is an IC recorder? ................................................................................ 4 Features .......................................................................................................... 5 Getting Started Step 1: Installing the Batteries ..................................................................... 6 Step 2: Setting the Clock ............................................................................... 8 Basic Opera
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BBefore You Begin 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,
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Before You Begin Features • Maximum recording time: 127 min. (SP)/339 min. (LP) This unit is suitable for recording long meetings or lectures. • Possible of recording up to 99 messages in each of 5 folders • Alarm function (page 30) You can start playing back a desired message with an alarm on a desired date and time. • Timer recording function (page 27) You can start recording automatically on a desired date and time. • Index function (page 23) You can add an index at the desired point during r
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BGetting Started Step 1: Installing the Batteries 1 Slide and lift the battery compartment lid. 2 1 2 Insert two LR03 (size AAA) alkaline batteries with correct polarity, and close the lid. 2 2 1 If the battery compartment lid is accidentally detached, attach it as illustrated. Clock setting display appears 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 2 to 4 in “Step 2: Se
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Getting Started Replacing the batteries The battery indicator on the display window shows the battery condition. When flashes, replace the batteries with new ones. When flashes, the batteries are exhausted and the unit will stop operation. Battery life* With continuous use, approx. 7.5 hours (SP)/15 hours (LP) of recording or approx. 6 hours (SP)/8 hours (LP) of playback is possible. * Using Sony alkaline batteries LR03 (SG) * When playing back through the internal speaker with VOL control at
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Step 2: Setting the Clock You need to set the clock to use the alarm or timer setting function. Clock setting display appears 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. In this case, proceed from step 2. ./> NxPLAY/STOP MENU 1 Press MENU to enter the menu mode. 2 Display the clock setting display. 1 Press .once to 2 Press NxPLAY/ display “SET STOP. DATE”. The year digits will flash. 3 Set the
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Getting Started 4 Set the time. 1 Press . or > 2 Press NxPLAY/ 3 Set the minute. to select the STOP. digits of the hour. The minute digits will flash. 5 Press NxPLAY/STOP at the time signal. The display will return to “SET DATE”. 6 Press MENU to exit the menu mode. 1 Tip This unit does not have a power on/off switch. The display is shown at all times. GB 9
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BBasic Operations Recording Messages You can record up to 99 messages in each of five folders (A, B, C, D or E). 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. e.g. Message 1 Message 2 Newly recorded message Blank space Note Before making a long recording, be sure to insert new batteries and check the battery indicator (page 7). Select the folder. 1 Current folder Press F
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Basic Operations Stop recording. 3 Press zREC/STOP again. The unit stops at the beginning of the current recording. xSTOP If you do not change the folder after you stop recording, the next time you record you will record in the same folder. To stop recording You can also stop recording by pressing xSTOP instead of zREC/STOP. To pause recording To Do this pause recording* Press XPAUSE. During recording pause, the OPR indicator flashes in red and “PAUSE” flashes in the display window. release paus
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Recording Messages (continued) Recording Messages (continued) To select the microphone sensitivity See page 36. Maximum recording time You can record for up to 127 minutes in SP (standard play) mode and 339 minutes in LP (long play) mode. If you record messages in a mixture of SP and LP modes, the recordable time varies from 127 to 339 minutes. The unit is factory-set to SP mode. To change the recording mode, see page 36. You can check the remaining amount of recording time by selecting the rema
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Basic Operations Various Ways of Recording Starting recording automatically in response to the sound — Advanced VOR function When the VOR (voice operated recording) function is set to ON (page 36), recording starts when the recorder detects sound and stops when no sound is heard. Note VOR function is affected by the sound around you. Set the microphone sensitivity (SENS) to either H (high) or L (low) (see page 36). If recording is not satisfactory after you have changed the microphone sensitiv
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Playing Back Messages 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 folder. 1 Current folder Press FOLDER repeatedly to display the folder you wish to play back. Select the message number. 2 Selected Press . or > to message display the desired number message number. Counter .: for smaller display* message number >: for larger message number * The display selecte
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Basic Operations Start playback. 3 EAR jack 1 Press NxPLAY/STOP. OPR indicator (lights in green during playback.) 2 Turn VOL to adjust the volume. Counter display (or the selected display mode) After playing back one message, the unit stops at the beginning of the next message. When the last message on a folder has been played back, the unit stops at the beginning of the last message. For private listening Connect an earphone or headphones (not supplied) to the EAR jack. The built-in speaker wil
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Playing Back Messages (continued) Other operations To Do this go back to the beginning Press . once.*** of the current message** skip to the next message** Press > once.*** go back to previous Press . or > repeatedly.*** messages/skip to (During stop mode, keep the button succeeding messages pressed to skip the messages continuously.) play back rapidly or Set PLAY SPEED to FAST or SLOW. slowly The messages will be played back about 30% faster or 15% slower than normal. play messages with Set PL
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Basic Operations Searching forward/backward during playback (Cue/Review) To search forward, keep > pressed during playback and release the button at the point you wish to resume playback. To search backward, keep . pressed during playback and release the button at the point you wish to resume playback. The unit searches at slow speed (unit of 4 seconds) with playback sound. It is useful when checking one word forward or behind. If you keep > or .pressed, the unit starts searching at higher speed
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Playing Back the Specified Section Repeatedly — A-B Repeat While playing back a message, you can set the start (A) and end (B) points for a section you wish to play repeatedly. A-B REPEAT 1 During playback, press A-B REPEAT briefly. The starting point (A) of the section you wish to play repeatedly is set. “A-B B” flashes. 2 During playback, press A-B REPEAT briefly. The finishing point (B) of the section is set. “A-B” is displayed and the specified section is played back repeatedly. To resume n
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Basic Operations Erasing Messages You can erase the recorded messages one by one or all messages in a folder 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 Before erasing Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Message 5 Erase Message 3 After erasing Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Remaining messages are
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Erasing Messages (continued) To erase other messages Repeat steps 1 and 2. To erase a message partially First divide the message by adding an index (see page 23) and then follow the steps on page 19 to erase the message. Erasing all messages in a folder e.g. Folder B Folder A Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Blank space Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Blank space Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 2 While pressing xSTOP, 1 Press FOLDER to select the folder you press ERASE for more than 1 second. want to e
