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3-237-275-11 (1)

IC Recorder

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2002 Sony Corporation

ICD-B25

Operating Instructions

Summary of Contents for ICD-B25 Operating Instructions (primary manual)

Page 1: ...3 237 275 11 1 IC Recorder 2002 Sony Corporation ICD B25 Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ... harmful 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 r...

Page 3: ...sages Adding a Recording 21 Dividing a Message into Two Combining Messages Index Function 23 Moving Messages to a Different Folder Move Function 26 Other Functions Starting Recording at a Desired Time Timer Recording 27 Playing Back a Message at a Desired Time with an Alarm 30 Preventing Accidental Operation HOLD function 33 Selecting the Display Mode 34 Menu map 35 Changing the Settings 36 Additi...

Page 4: ...this IC recorder you can quickly locate the message you want to play back Reviewing the current recording is also very easy z Erasing You can quickly erase unwanted messages with an easy operation When a message is erased the next message automatically advances leaving no blank space Meet Mr Brown at 2 p m tomorrow 11 30 November 1 12 00 November 1 10 00 November 2 Don t forget to call Mary Make r...

Page 5: ...e a message into two You can also combine messages by erasing the index Repeat play function page 16 18 This unit can play back one message or the selected section repeatedly Easy search function page 17 You can quickly search for the point 10 seconds ahead or 3 seconds back and start playback Playback speed control page 16 You can play back messages rapidly or slowly This is useful when playing b...

Page 6: ...se the lid 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 Setting the Clock on pages 8 and 9 to set the date and time 2 1 2 1 2 ...

Page 7: ...ou removed the exhausted ones Otherwise the display may show the clock setting display or incorrect date and time when you re insert the batteries In this case set the date and time again The recorded messages and alarm setting however will remain When replacing the batteries be sure to replace both batteries with new ones Do not charge dry batteries When you are not going to use the unit for a lo...

Page 8: ...period of time In this case proceed from step 2 1 Press MENU to enter the menu mode 2 Display the clock setting display Step 2 Setting the Clock NxPLAY STOP MENU 1 Press once to display SET DATE 2 Press NxPLAY STOP The year digits will flash 3 Set the date 1 Press or to select the digits of the year 2 Press NxPLAY STOP The month digits will flash 3 Set the month and day in sequence then press NxPL...

Page 9: ...s NxPLAY STOP The minute digits will flash 3 Set the minute 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 Getting Started ...

Page 10: ...ert new batteries and check the battery indicator page 7 Select the folder e g Message 1 Message 2 Blank space Newly recorded message 1 Press FOLDER repeatedly to display the folder in which you wish to record messages Current folder 2 Speak to the built in microphone Start recording 2 OPR indicator lights in red during recording Remaining memory indicator Current message number Counter display Yo...

Page 11: ...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 pause and Press XPAUSE or zREC STOP resume recording Recording resumes from that point To stop recording after pausing recording press xSTOP 1 hour after you pause recording recording paus...

Page 12: ...e remaining amount of recording time by selecting the remaining recording time display mode See page 34 Remaining memory indication During recording the remaining memory indicator decreases one by one When the remaining time of recording reaches 5 minutes the last one of the indication flashes When the remaining time of recording reaches 1 minute the selected display mode page 34 and REMAIN will f...

Page 13: ...ing is not satisfactory after you have changed the microphone sensitivity or for important recording set VOR to OFF Recording with an external microphone or from other equipment Connect a plug in power type microphone or other equipment to the MIC PLUG IN POWER jack When you connect an external microphone the built in microphone is automatically cut off When a plug in power type microphone is conn...

Page 14: ...t from Step 1 When playing back a message you have just finished recording start from Step 3 Select the folder Select the message number 1 2 Press or to display the desired message number for larger message number for smaller message number Selected message number Current folder Counter display Press FOLDER repeatedly to display the folder you wish to play back ...

Page 15: ...o the EAR jack The built in speaker will be automatically disconnected If you plug in headphones you will get output from the left channel only If noise is heard wipe the headphones plug To stop playback To Do this stop at the beginning of Press xSTOP the current message stop at the current position Press NxPLAY STOP Playback Pause function To resume playback from that point press NxPLAY STOP agai...

Page 16: ...unit stops at the bookmark These operations are for when EASY S is set to OFF For operations when EASY S is set to ON see page 17 Various Ways of Playback Playing back a message repeatedly Repeat Play During playback press NxPLAY STOP for more than one second will be displayed and the selected message will be played back repeatedly To resume normal playback press NxPLAY STOP again To stop playback...

Page 17: ...e OPR indicator lights up in green You cannot hear the playback sound If you keep pressed while END is flashing the messages are played back rapidly and normal playback will start at the point you release the button When END stops flashing and the OPR indicator goes off the unit will stop at the beginning of the last message If the last message is long and you wish to start playback at a later par...

Page 18: ...ly 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 normal playback Press NxPLAY STOP 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 finishing p...

Page 19: ... press ERASE for more than 1 second during stop mode A beep will sound and the message number and ERASE will flash while the first and last 5 seconds of the message are played back 10 times 2 Press ERASE while the message is being played back 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...

Page 20: ... 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 e g Folder A Folder B Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Blank space Blank space Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 3 While the display is flashing press ERASE 1 Press FOLDER to select the folder you ...

Page 21: ...ress zREC STOP for more than 1 second The REC indicator appears and ADD flashes three times on the display window The OPR indicator will turn red The new recording will be added at the end of the current message 2 Press zREC STOP or xSTOP to stop the recording During playback of Message 3 After adding a recording Message 3 Message 4 Meeting at 2 o clock on December 1 at Conference room A Added rec...

Page 22: ... start recording REC is displayed and the OPR indicator turns red 3 Press xSTOP to stop the recording Notes The added message will be recorded in the same recording mode SP or LP see page 36 as the original message regardless of the current recording mode setting You cannot overwrite if the remaining memory of the IC recorder is not enough For details see Troubleshooting on page 38 The deleted par...

Page 23: ...can add an index to a message during recording or playback 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 When you add an index the message numbers will increase as follows xSTOP INDEX ERASE Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Before adding an index After adding an index Message 1 Message 3 Message 4 Message 2 Message ...

Page 24: ...ou can add an index during recording pause page 13 To add an index during playback While playing back a message press INDEX at the point you want to divide The message is divided in two and the new message number flashes three times An index mark is added and the following index numbers will increase by one 1 Tip You can add an index after you have paused playback with XPAUSE page 15 To play the m...

Page 25: ...ress ERASE while the display is flashing The two messages are combined into one and the messages will be renumbered as in the illustration above To cancel erasing Press xSTOP before step 3 Notes After combining messages by erasing an index the latter message s alarm setting will be deleted Due to the recording system of an IC recorder you may not be able to add or delete an index in some cases pag...

Page 26: ...he folder to which you want to move the message C in this case The first and last 5 seconds of the message will be played back 10 times while the folder indication and MOVE flash 3 Press NxPLAY STOP To cancel moving the message s Press xSTOP before step 3 Note The move function does not duplicate a message in another folder When you move a message to another folder the one in the previous folder w...

Page 27: ...play 1 Press MENU The unit enters the menu mode and ALARM will be displayed 2 Press or repeatedly to display TIMER and press NxPLAY STOP OFF starts to flash Note The timer cannot be set if the clock has not been set 3 Press or to flash ON 4 Press NxPLAY STOP START is displayed for one second and then DATE will flash in the display window MENU NxPLAY STOP Continued ...

Page 28: ...tart time 1 Press or to select the hour digits and press NxPLAY STOP 2 Press or to select the minute digits and press NxPLAY STOP END is displayed for one second and then the hour digits of the recording end will flash in the display window 4 Repeat Step 3 to set the recording end time 5 Select the recording mode Press or to select SP or LP and press NxPLAY STOP 6 Press MENU to exit the menu mode ...

Page 29: ...remaining recording time However in the case of recording once a week or everyday you can set the timer if the remaining recording time is longer than the first recording and for the second or later recording timer recording stops when there is no more remaining time on the IC recorder If 99 messages have been recorded in the selected folder or the memory is full timer recording will not start If ...

Page 30: ...eryday You can also sound the alarm without playing back a message 1 Select the message you wish to play back See Steps 1 and 2 on page 14 2 Press MENU ALARM OFF will be displayed If ALARM ON is displayed the alarm has been set Note The alarm cannot be set if the clock has not been set or no message has been recorded in the selected folder 3 Set the alarm setting to ON 1 Press Nx MENU NxPLAY STOP ...

Page 31: ... back at the same time every day Press or to select DAILY and press Nx 5 Set the alarm time 1 Press or to select the hour digits and press Nx 2 Select the minute digits and press Nx 6 Press or to select B PLAY playback will start with an alarm or B ONLY only an alarm will sound 7 Press Nx PLAY STOP The setting has been completed 8 Press MENU to exit the menu mode The display returns to the normal ...

Page 32: ...enting new settings 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 timer recording start time comes during alarm playback the playback stops and the timer recording will start If the alarm time comes during recording alarm will sound after the recording is finished and will flash If more than one al...

Page 33: ...all the functions of the buttons are locked To cancel the HOLD function simply slide the HOLD switch in the opposite direction Note When the HOLD function is activated during recording cancel the HOLD function first to stop recording 1 Tip Even if the HOLD function is activated you can stop the alarm playback To stop the alarm or playback press xSTOP HOLD switch ...

Page 34: ...isplay mode will change as shown below DISPLAY Counter Elapsed playback recording time in one message Remaining recording time The remaining recording time is displayed during recording or in stop mode During playback the remaining time of the message is displayed m Recorded date The date the current message was recorded If the clock has not been set Y M D will be displayed M Recorded time The dat...

Page 35: ... MODE OFF ON TIMER SP LP BEEP ON OFF CONT OFF ON SENS H L VOR OFF ON EASY S OFF ON SET DATE B PLAY B ONLY SP LP Menu map Press MENU to enter the menu mode Year Month Day Hour Minute Initial setting Press NxPLAY STOP to go to the next step Press or to select Set date Set time Set start time Set end time Set date ...

Page 36: ...u can play back all messages in a folder continuously CONT OFF Playback stops at the end of each message zMicrophone sensitivity SENS H high To record at a meeting or in a quiet and or spacious place L low To record for dictation or in a noisy place z VOR Voice Operated Recording VOR VOR ON Recording starts when the recorder detects sound and stops when no sound is heard VOR OFF The recorder keeps...

Page 37: ...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 Keep personal credit cards using magnetic coding or spring wound watches etc away from the un...

Page 38: ... in The volume is turned down completely The memory is full Erase some of the messages See page 19 99 messages have been recorded in the selected file Select another file or erase some of the messages See page 19 The remaining memory is too short The overwritten part will be deleted after the overwriting part finishes recording Therefore you can only overwrite within the remaining recording time A...

Page 39: ...selected in the SENS mode Select H page 36 The advanced VOR function page 13 is activated Select OFF in the VOR mode This unit is designed to automatically adjust the recording level when recording meetings etc and is not suitable for music recording Set the PLAY SPEED selector to NORMAL page 16 You have not set the clock page 8 The date of recording will not be displayed if you recorded the messa...

Page 40: ...You cannot erase an index to combine messages of different modes The selected folder does not have any messages You cannot set the alarm etc because of this If you do not set date and time you cannot make alarm or time recording setting To set date and time see page 8 When there are already 99 messages in the selected folder or the remaining memory of the IC recorder is short you cannot add an ind...

Page 41: ...nted as 16 seconds or 42 seconds so the remaining recording time may decrease by more than the actual length of the messages Even when each message is longer than the minimum recording unit if the length of each message cannot be divided by the minimum recording unit the remaining recording time may decrease by more than the total length of the messages The sum of the number on the counter elapsed...

Page 42: ...ck 15 qd OPR operation indicator 10 15 Index to Parts and Controls qf zREC record STOP button 10 21 qg X PAUSE button 11 15 qh REVIEW CUE fast backward review fast forward cue selection of menu mode button 8 14 16 17 23 25 27 30 35 36 qj NxPLAY STOP EXECUTE play stop enter button 8 15 16 18 26 27 30 35 36 qk HOLD switch 33 ql VOL volume control 15 qa qs qd qf qg qh qj qk ql q 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Ref...

Page 43: ...Additional Information 43GB Rear ws wa w w PLAY SPEED selector 16 wa Battery compartment 6 ws Hook for handstrap not supplied Continued ...

Page 44: ...oice operated recording indicator 13 q REC recording indicator 10 qa Selected message number 10 14 Mode indication of the menu ON OFF etc 8 20 24 27 30 35 6 7 8 9 q qa qs 1 2 3 4 5 qs Counter Remaining time indication Recording date and time indication Current time indication 15 30 etc 34 Menu indication Messages ERASE HOLD etc Note The effect of the back light of the display window may be reduced...

Page 45: ...Minimum input level 0 6 mV 3 kilohms or lower impedance microphone Playback speed control FAST 30 SLOW 15 Power requirements Two LR03 size AAA alkaline batteries 3 V DC Dimensions w h d not incl projecting parts and controls 44 5 105 3 14 0 mm 1 13 16 4 1 4 9 16 in Mass incl batteries 68 g 2 4 oz Optional accessories Electret Condenser Microphone ECM Z60 ECM T115 ECM DM5P Connecting cord RK G64 Yo...

Page 46: ...earch 17 Erase index 25 Erase messages 19 Error messages 40 External microphone 13 F G Folder 10 14 H Hold 33 I J K IC memory 4 Index 23 L LP mode 36 M N Menu 8 27 30 35 36 Menu map 35 Message erasing 19 Message move 26 Message playing back 14 Message recording 10 Message number 10 14 23 Microphone built in 10 Microphone external 13 Microphone connecting 13 Microphone sensitivity 12 36 Move 26 O O...

Page 47: ...ate 34 Recording 10 Recording mode 36 Remaining memory 10 12 Remaining recording time 34 Repeat play 16 Review 17 S Scanning play 16 Search backward 17 Search forward 17 SP mode 36 T U Timer recording 27 V W X Y Z Volume control 15 VOR 13 36 ...

Page 48: ...Sony Corporation Printed in Japan Printed on 100 recycled paper using VOC Volatile Organic Compound free vegetable oil based ink ...

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