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3-251-798-

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IC Recorder

2003 Sony Corporation

ICD-ST20/ST10

Operating Instructions

Owner’s Record

The model number is located at the rear and the serial
number is located inside the battery compartment.
Record the serial number in the space provided below.
Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your
Sony dealer regarding this product.

Model No. ICD-ST10

Serial No.

Summary of Contents for ICD-ST10 - Icd Recorder

Page 1: ... Owner s Record The model number is located at the rear and the serial number is located inside the battery compartment Record the serial number in the space provided below Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product Model No ICD ST10 Serial No ...

Page 2: ...d in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause 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...

Page 3: ...er IC recorders Information 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 is the trademark of Sony Corporation IBM and PC AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft Windows and Outlook are trademarks of...

Page 4: ...Mode 26 Turning off the Display 28 Various Ways of Playback 29 Adjusting the Playback Speed DPC Digital Pitch Control 29 Adding a Bookmark 31 Playing Back the Specified Section Repeatedly A B Repeat 32 Editing Messages 33 Adding a Recording 33 Adding a Recording to a Previously Recorded Message 33 Adding an Overwrite Recording during Playback 34 Erasing Messages 35 Erasing Messages one by one 35 E...

Page 5: ...enting Accidental Operation HOLD Function 49 Using an Adding Recording 50 Changing the Settings MENU 51 Using the Digital Voice Editor Software 54 Additional Information 56 Precautions 56 Troubleshooting 57 Error Messages of the IC Recorder 60 System Limitations 62 Specifications 63 Index to Parts and Controls 64 Index 66 ...

Page 6: ...rated 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 Using on house current Connect the AC power adaptor AC E30HG not supplied to the DC IN 3V jack of the unit and to the wa...

Page 7: ...th of the two batteries with new ones m The unit will stop operation Battery life Using Sony alkaline batteries LR03 SG Recording mode ST Stereo SP LP In continuous recording Approx 10 hours Approx 12 hours Approx 14 5 hours In continuous playback Approx 6 5 hours Approx 7 5 hours Approx 8 5 hours When playing back through the internal speaker with the medium volume level The battery life may shor...

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: ...me 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 ST SP LP ST SP and LP in a mixture ICD ST20 85 min 261 min 696 min 85 min to 696 min ICD ST10 41 min 125 min 334 min 41 min to 334 min min minutes ST Stereo recording mode SP Standard play recording mode monaural sound LP Long play recording mode m...

Page 11: ...or lights in red during recording Remaining memory 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 OPE indicator turns off page 48 Notes While the OPE indicator flashes or turns in orange do not remove the batteries or the AC adaptor Doing so ma...

Page 12: ... just recorded review during recording Press 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 the...

Page 13: ...recording mode For details of recording modes see page 53 To record a sound not centering on a specific direction all directional recording Slide the DIRECTNL switch to OFF position To select the sensitivity of the built in microphone You can select the microphone sensitivity by setting the SENS page 52 in the menu according to the recording conditions H high To record a small sound at a meeting o...

Page 14: ...ound from the ear receiver 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 chan...

Page 15: ...tion flashes When the remaining time reaches 1 minute the remaining time 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 35 Note When you set the BEEP page 53 to OFF an alarm sound beep does not sound ...

Page 16: ...microphone is automatically cut off When a plug in power type microphone is connected power is automatically supplied to the microphone from the IC recorder 1 Recommended types of microphones You can use the ECM 719 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 ...

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: ...ward FOLDER repeatedly to display the folder A B C D or E 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 ...

Page 19: ...eginning of the next message When the last message in a folder has been played back the unit stops at the beginning of the last message 1 To listen from an ear receiver Connect an ear receiver not supplied to the i headphones jack The built in speaker will be automatically disconnected 1 To listen from an external speaker Connect an active or passive speaker not supplied to the i headphones jack O...

Page 20: ...lever up once skip to the succeeding messages Press the jog lever up repeatedly During stop mode keep the jog lever pressed to skip the messages continuously If you have set a bookmark on the message the 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 53 Playing back a message rapidly or slowly DPC Digital Pitch Control...

Page 21: ...own once or advance approx 10 seconds by pressing the jog lever up once This function is useful when locating a desired point in a long recording Searching forward backward during playback Cue Review To search forward Cue Keep pressing the 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 ...

Page 22: ...s long and you wish to start playback at a later part of the message keep pressing the jog lever up to go to the end of the message and then press the jog lever down while END is flashing to go back to the desired point For messages other than the last one go to the beginning of the next message and play backward to the desired point Playing back a message repeatedly Repeat Play During playback pr...

Page 23: ...o record for dictation or in a noisy place 6 Priority marks 42 7 Counter Remaining time indication Recording date and time indication Current time indication 26 The display selected with the DISPLAY in the menu appears 8 Repeat play indicator 21 32 Appears while a message or a specific portion A B of the message is played back repeatedly 9 Remaining battery indicator 7 When the AC power adaptor no...

Page 24: ...hes 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 M middle microphone sensitivity Display examples When the DPC s...

Page 25: ...mory runs out the remain indications flash in the display xError messages The error messages or error numbers will be displayed page 61 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 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 to the current time display mode as shown t...

Page 27: ...ording 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 I...

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: ...peed 100 and half the normal speed 50 The message is played back in natural tone thanks to the digital processing function 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 DPC Continued ...

Page 30: ...2 Press the jog lever 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 s...

Page 31: ...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 DIVIDE bookmark press ERASE for more than 1 se...

Page 32: ...hes 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 finishing p...

Page 33: ...cording mode setting You cannot add or overwrite a recording if the remaining memory is not long enough For more information see Troubleshooting page 57 During playback of Message 3 After adding a recording Added recording xSTOP zREC REC PAUSE Built in microphone OPE indicator Adding a Recording to a Previously Recorded Message You can add a recording to the message being played back The added rec...

Page 34: ...ding pause mode 2 While the REC and ADD are flashing press zREC REC PAUSE The REC is displayed and ADD flashes for 3 seconds on the display window The OPE 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 You can add an overwrite recording after the selected point in a rec...

Page 35: ...nce 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 Continued Erase Message 3 Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Message 5 Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 ...

Page 36: ...sage 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 Fi...

Page 37: ...older A B C D or E 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 38: ...ording 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 message...

Page 39: ... during playback The message is divided into two at the point you pressed the button and the new message number 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 Select ON ...

Page 40: ...own 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 CMB 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 this page To cancel erasing Press xSTOP before step 4 Message 1 Message 2 Mes...

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: ...ks 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 priority ma...

Page 43: ... 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 can also add priori...

Page 44: ...ack 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 down...

Page 45: ...te 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 SAT for Saturday Then press the jog...

Page 46: ...k 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 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 select...

Page 47: ...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 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 ...

Page 48: ...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 OPE indicator In step 4 select ON and then press the...

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: ...w 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 recording 5 Pr...

Page 51: ... up 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...

Page 52: ...unction 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 Displays the window to set the playback speed ON OFF See page 29 CONT Displays the window to set the continuous play ON You can play back all messages in a folder continuously OFF P...

Page 53: ... No beep sound will be heard except for the alarm ALARM Displays the window to set the alarm ON OFF See page 44 SET DATE Displays the window to set the clock 03Y1M1D See page 8 DISP Displays the window to change the display mode COUNT See page 26 MODE Displays the window to set the recording mode ST You can record with stereo sound SP You can record with better sound monaural sound LP You can reco...

Page 54: ...erring 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 To ...

Page 55: ...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 whose operating ...

Page 56: ...urce 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 unit to preve...

Page 57: ...cording Remedy The batteries have been inserted with incorrect polarity page 6 The batteries are weak The buttons are locked with the HOLD switch page 49 If you press any button HOLD will flash for 3 seconds The volume is turned down completely If you plug in the ear receiver not securely during playback the sound may come from the speaker Unplug the ear receiver and then insert it securely LED is...

Page 58: ...FF Display the menu and set the REC OP to ON page 50 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 connected microphone was dirty when rec...

Page 59: ... 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 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 co...

Page 60: ...here are already 99 messages in the selected folder or the remaining memory of the IC recorder is short you cannot divide a message Erase some messages before dividing a message page 35 Batteries are weak Replace batteries with new ones The selected folder does not have any messages You cannot set the alarm etc because of this You cannot combine messages of different modes You set the alarm to pla...

Page 61: ...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 62: ...ording 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 SP LP messages If you divide or combine messages frequently the unit may become unable to combine messa...

Page 63: ...ize AAA alkaline batteries 3 V DC Dimensions w h d not incl projecting parts and controls 41 5 103 6 13 3 mm 1 11 16 4 1 8 17 32 in Mass incl batteries 75 g 2 65 oz Supplied accessories Stereo Ear Receiver 1 USB Connecting cable 1 Application Software CD ROM 1 Carring Case x 1 LR03 size AAA alkaline batteries 1 For the United States model only Optional accessories Stereo ear receiver MDR EX70 Ster...

Page 64: ... bookmark button 31 38 8 Display window 23 9 DPC ON OFF switch 29 Index to Parts and Controls Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details Front 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 q qa qs qd qf qg 0 Speaker qa zREC record REC PAUSE button 11 33 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 qg USB connector 54 ...

Page 65: ...nformation 65GB Rear qh qj qk ql w qh m microphone jack 16 qj i headphones jack 17 19 qk HOLD switch 28 49 ql DC IN 3V jack 6 For the People s Republic of China Model this jack does not work w Battery compartment 6 ...

Page 66: ...gital Voice Editor 54 Display mode 26 Display window 23 Divide 38 DPC Digital Pitch Control 20 29 52 E Easy search 21 53 Erase bookmark 31 Erase messages 35 Error messages 60 Error numbers 61 External microphone 16 F Folder 11 18 H Hold 28 49 L LED 48 LP mode 7 10 53 M Maximum recording time 10 Menu 51 Message adding 33 Message erasing 35 Message move 41 Message playing back 18 Message recording 1...

Page 67: ...ate time display 27 Recording mode 7 10 53 Recording pause function 12 Remaining battery 7 Remaining display 27 Remaining memory 15 Repeat play 22 32 Review 12 21 S Search forward backward 21 SP mode 7 10 53 ST mode 7 10 53 System limitations 62 System requirements 55 T Turning off the display 28 Turning off the indicator 48 U USB cable 54 V Volume control 19 VOR 14 52 ...

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