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Additional Information

Built-in microphone (11)

OPR (operation) indicator
(11, 18)

DPC ON/OFF switch (28)

INDEX/

(bookmark)

button (30, 37)

Display window (22)

A-B

(repeat)/

★

(priority)

button (31, 42)

ERASE button (34)

EAR/MIC (earphone/
microphone) jack (13, 15)

Index to Parts and Controls

REC (record) /REC

PAUSE button (11, 32)

STOP button (12, 19)

Jog lever
FOLDER/MENU/

(review/fast backward)/

(cue/fast forward)/

•

(play/stop•enter)

VOL (volume) +/– buttons
(18)

Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details.

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Summary of Contents for ICD-S7

Page 1: ...3 250 529 12 1 IC Recorder 2002 Sony Corporation ICD S7 Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice The software described herein may also be governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement This software is for Windows and cannot be used for Macintosh The supplie...

Page 3: ...ration NaturallySpeaking Dragon Systems are trademarks owned by ScanSoft Inc and are registered in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks and registered trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Furthermore and are not mentioned in each case in this manual The Digital Voice Editor uses software modules as shown below Microsoft DirectX Med...

Page 4: ...peed DPC Digital Pitch Control 28 Adding a Bookmark 30 Playing Back the Specified Section Repeatedly A B Repeat 31 Editing Messages Adding a Recording 32 Adding a Recording to a Previously Recorded Message 32 Adding an Overwrite Recording during Playback 33 Erasing Messages 34 Erasing Messages one by one 34 Erasing All Messages in a Folder 36 Dividing a Message into Two Combining Messages Index Fu...

Page 5: ...eventing Accidental Operation HOLD Function 49 Formatting the Memory 50 Changing the Settings MENU 52 Using the Digital Voice Editor Software 55 Additional Information Precautions 57 Troubleshooting 58 Error Messages of the IC Recorder 61 System Limitations 63 Specifications 64 Index to Parts and Controls 65 Index 67 ...

Page 6: ...d close 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 3 to 6 in Step 2 Setting the Clock on pages 8 and 9 to set the date and time ...

Page 7: ...eplace both of the two batteries with new ones m The LOW BATT low batteries is displayed and the unit will stop operation Battery life Using Sony alkaline batteries LR03 SG Recording mode SP LP In continuous recording Approx 10 hours Approx 12 hours In continuous playback Approx 12 hours Approx 13 hours When playing back through the internal speaker with the medium volume level The battery life ma...

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: ... Miss Smith Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Blank space Recorded after the last recorded message Maximum recording time The maximum recording time of all the folders is as follows You can record messages for the maximum recording time in a single folder Recording mode SP LP SP and LP in a mixture Maximum recording time 532 min 1 418 min 532 min to 1 418 min mi...

Page 11: ...ed to keep pressing z z z z zREC REC PAUSE while recording 2Speak into the built in microphone OPR indicator lights in red during recording Remaining memory indication Recording mode indication Counter display Current message number Built in microphone Microphone sensitivity indication Continued The display selected with the DISPLAY in the menu page 25 appears When the LED in the menu is set to OF...

Page 12: ... the current recording If you do not change the folder after you stop recording the next time you record you will record in the same folder Stop recording 3 Recording Messages continued Notes While the OPR indicator flashes or turns in orange do not remove the batteries Doing so may damage the data When you connect an external speaker or a connecting cord to the EAR MIC jack you cannot record from...

Page 13: ...ing to the recording conditions 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 You can change the SENSE setting with the menu during recording page 53 To monitor the recording When recording from the built in microphone you connect an earphone or headphones supplied or not supplied to the EAR MIC jack and monitor the recording fr...

Page 14: ...ccording to the recording conditions If recording is not satisfactory after you have changed the microphone sensitivity or for important recording set the VOR to OFF Memory remain indication During recording the remaining memory indicator decreases one by one When the remaining recording time reaches 5 minutes the remaining memory indication flashes When the remaining time reaches 1 minute the rem...

Page 15: ...er type microphone is connected power is automatically supplied to the microphone from the IC recorder 1 Recommended types of microphones You can use the following Sony electret condenser microphones Zoom microphone ECM Z60 ECM T15 or ECM T115 ECM DM5P 1 Using the built in microphone and an external microphone The built in microphone an all directional and standard sensitivity microphone is suitab...

Page 16: ...f the IC recorder to the microphone jack of other equipment Tape recorder TV radio or etc Note If you use a connecting cable without register sound may be recorded interrupted Make sure to use a registered connecting cable Recording sound of a telephone You may be able to use a commercially available telephone recording adaptor to record telephone sound with the IC recorder For available accessori...

Page 17: ...r 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 message in a folder Counter display Continued 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 DISPLAY ...

Page 18: ...he unit stops at the beginning of the last message 1 To listen from an earphone or headphones Connect an earphone or headphones not supplied to the EAR MIC jack The built in speaker will be automatically disconnected If you plug in headphones you will get monaural output from both left and right channels 1 To listen from an external speaker Connect an active or passive speaker not supplied to the ...

Page 19: ...t point press the jog lever x B again go back to the beginning Press the jog lever down of the current message once go back to previous Press the jog lever down messages repeatedly During stop mode keep the jog lever pressed to go back the messages continuously skip to the next message Press the jog lever up once skip to the succeeding messages Press the jog lever up repeatedly During stop mode ke...

Page 20: ...jog lever up during playback and release it at the point you wish to resume playback To search backward Review Keep pressing the jog lever down during playback and release it at the point you wish to resume playback The unit searches at slow speed with playback sound It is useful to check one word forward or behind Then if you keep pressing the jog lever up or down the unit starts to search at hig...

Page 21: ...to the beginning of the next message and play backward to the desired point 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 Re...

Page 22: ...nt microphone sensitivity H high To record at a meeting or in a quiet spacious place L low To record for dictation or in a noisy place 5 REC Recording indicator 11 6 Remaining battery indicator 7 7 Priority marks 42 8 Selected message number Total message number in the folder 11 17 9 Alarm indicator 46 Appears when the alarm is set for a message 0 Bookmark indicator 30 Appears when the bookmark is...

Page 23: ...microphone sensitivity of the message being recorded or played back and playback counter are displayed in the window In a special recording or playback mode such as overwrite recording A B repeat playback or DPC play the mode flashes 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 ...

Page 24: ... the battery or memory runs out the remain indications flash in the display xError messages The error messages or error numbers will be displayed page 61 When the remain time becomes shorter than 1 minute When an access error occurs When an error number is displayed ...

Page 25: ...ever x B The display setting window will be displayed 4 Press the jog lever up or down to select the display mode The display modes 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 ...

Page 26: ...stop and recording 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 cu...

Page 27: ...pears 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 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 ...

Page 28: ... and half the normal speed 50 The message is played back in natural tone thanks to the digital processing function DPC Jog lever x B MENU 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 ...

Page 29: ...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 30: ...ark is added to the 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 INDEX bookmark press ERASE for more tha...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...hooting page 58 You cannot add or overwrite a recording to an MSV ADPCM file message recorded with the IC recorder ICD MS1 Adding a Recording to a Previously Recorded Message 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 recording Message 3 Message 4 xSTOP zREC REC PAUSE Built in microphone OPR indicator You ...

Page 33: ...ng in Message 2 Message 3 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Message 4 The starting point of an overwrite recording Message 2 1 During playback press z REC REC PAUSE for more than 1 second 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 2 Press xSTOP to stop the recording Addi...

Page 34: ...ng Messages You can erase the recorded messages one by one or all messages in a folder at a time Note Once 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 ...

Page 35: ...ing 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 divide...

Page 36: ...y 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 pressing 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 37: ...ing playing back messages you can add an index see page 38 In stop mode you can erase the index see page 39 Notes Due to the recording system of an IC recorder you may not be able to add or delete an index in some cases pages 60 and 63 You cannot add or erase an index to an MSV ADPCM file message recorded with the IC recorder ICD MS1 xSTOP INDEX bookmark ERASE Jog lever Continued ...

Page 38: ...n index For more information see System Limitations on page 63 If you add an index to a message with priority mark s priority mark s will be added to both parts of the divided message If you add an index to the point the bookmark is specified the bookmark is erased While recording or playing back a message press INDEX bookmark at the point you want to divide When you press INDEX bookmark during re...

Page 39: ...r CONT in the menu as described in Changing the Settings on page 53 Combining Messages by Erasing the Index You can combine two messages into one by erasing the index Notes After combining messages by erasing an index the latter message s alarm setting priority mark s and bookmark will be deleted If a bookmark has been added to the message the above steps first delete the bookmark page 30 Repeat t...

Page 40: ...he number of the second of the two messages you want to combine 3 While pressing INDEX bookmark press ERASE for more than 1 second ID ERASE 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 page 39 To cancel erasing Press xSTOP before step 4 ...

Page 41: ...nt to move 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...

Page 42: ... priority 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 PRIORITY will flash on the display window 3 Press A B repeat priority repeatedly to select the number of priority mark s while PRIORITY is flashing The setting is finished when the priority mark s light s...

Page 43: ...umbered 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 can also add priority mark...

Page 44: ... 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 17 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 down to...

Page 45: ...ate 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 down to select the day of the week SUN for Sunday to FRI for Friday Then press the jog ...

Page 46: ... after the alarm or BEEP 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 displayed when the message having an alarm setting is selected When the set date and time comes At the set time the alarm will sound for about 10 seconds and the selected message will be played back If you have sele...

Page 47: ...es 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 alarm will sound after the recording is finished will flash when the alarm time comes If more than one alarm time comes during recording only the first message will be played back When the alarm time comes when t...

Page 48: ...r toward 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 ...

Page 49: ...functions 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 50: ...re formatting check the data in the IC recorder 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 FORMAT NO 3 Press the jog lever x B The formatting window will be displayed 4 Press the jog lever up or down to select YES 5 Press the jog lever x B OK flashes for confirmation Jog lever x B MENU ...

Page 51: ...hes during formatting When the formatting is completed FORMAT NO will be displayed again 7 Press the jog lever toward MENU to exit the menu mode The window will return to normal display To cancel formatting Select NO in the step 4 or press xSTOP while FORMAT OK is displayed in step 5 ...

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: ... 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 Displays the window to set the playback speed ON OFF See page 28 CONT Displays the window to set the continuous play ON You can play back all messages in a folder continuously OFF Playback stops at the end of each mess...

Page 54: ...dicate that operation has been accepted OFF No beep sound will be heard except for the alarm ALARM Displays the window to set the alarm ON OFF See page 44 FORMAT Displays the window to format the IC recorder memory YES NO See page 50 SET DATE Displays the window to set the clock 02Y1M1D See page 8 DISPLAY Displays the window to change the display mode COUNTER See page 25 MODE Displays the window t...

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 IC recorder To...

Page 56: ...M drive USB port Sound board Sound Blaster 16 compatible Display High color 16 bits or more and 800 x 480 dots or more OS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition XP Professional 2000 Professional Millennium Edition 98 98 Second Edition standard installation You cannot use this software with Windows 95 or Windows NT Notes You cannot use the software with a Macintosh machine A handmade computer a computer...

Page 57: ...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 58: ...The buttons are locked with the HOLD switch page 49 If you press any button HOLD will flash for 3 seconds The earphone or headphones are plugged in The volume is turned down completely If you plug in the earphone or headphones not securely during playback the sound may come from the speaker Unplug the earphone or headphones and then insert it securely With some types of headphones sound may come f...

Page 59: ...cording or an overwrite recording to an MSV ADPCM file recorded with the IC recorder ICD MS1 The advanced VOR function page 14 is activated Set the VOR to OFF An object such as your finger etc 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...

Page 60: ...k page 8 The date of recording 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 delete the index 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 c...

Page 61: ...Remove and then insert the batteries If this message appears again you need to format the memory page 50 Back up the data in the computer after checking the contents The file is not supported by the Digital Voice Editor software or the file itself is corrupted The memory in the IC recorder is formatted with other device or the IC recorder failed in formatting the memory Use the FORMAT in the menu ...

Page 62: ... 04 The IC recorder cannot load or write the settings ERR 05 An error other than the above occurs Cause Remedy The selected folder does not have any messages You cannot set the alarm etc because of this You cannot erase an index to combine messages of different modes You set the alarm to play back a message at a date and time previously set on another message Change the alarm setting Messages have...

Page 63: ...counted as 8 seconds or 22 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 elaps...

Page 64: ...nts Two LR03 size AAA alkaline batteries 3 V DC Dimensions w h d not incl projecting parts and controls 28 0 116 0 13 8 mm 1 1 8 4 5 8 9 16 in Mass incl batteries 65 g 2 29 oz Supplied accessories Earphone 1 USB Connecting cable 1 Application Software CD ROM 1 Handstrap x 1 Optional accessories Stereo ear receiver MDR ED228LP MDR E818LP Active speaker SRS T77 Electret condenser microphone ECM DM5P...

Page 65: ...6 A B repeat priority button 31 42 7 ERASE button 34 8 EAR MIC earphone microphone jack 13 15 Index to Parts and Controls 9 zREC record REC PAUSE button 11 32 0 xSTOP button 12 19 qa Jog lever FOLDER MENU review fast backward cue fast forward x B play stop enter qs VOL volume buttons 18 Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details Front Continued ...

Page 66: ...nector 55 qk Slit for the supplied 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: ...k setting 8 Connecting computer 55 Connecting external microphone 15 Connecting other device 16 Continuous playback 20 53 Counter display 26 Cue 20 D Digital Voice Editor 55 Display mode 25 Display window 22 DPC Digital Pitch Control 19 28 53 E Easy search 20 54 Erase bookmark 30 Erase index 39 Erase messages 34 Error messages 61 Error numbers 62 External microphone 15 F Folder 11 17 Formatting th...

Page 68: ...nsitivity 13 53 Monitoring recording 13 Move 41 O Overwrite recording 33 P Playback 18 Playback pause function 19 Playback speed 19 28 53 Playing back continuously 21 Plug in power 15 Priority marks 42 R Recorded date time display 26 Recording mode 7 10 54 Recording pause function 12 Remaining battery 7 Remaining display 26 Remaining memory 14 Repeat play 21 31 Review 13 20 S Search forward backwa...

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