3-047-938-11 (1) IC Recorder Operating Instructions ICD-37/57/67 2000 Sony Corporation
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.
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 Messages .
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 Meet Mr. Brown at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
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).
Step 1: Installing the Battery 1 Slide and lift the battery compartment lid. 2 2 1 Insert a LR03 (size AAA) 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, attach it as illustrated.
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 hours recording/4.5 hours playback * Using Sony alkaline battery LR03 (SG), playing back through the internal speaker with VOL control at around 3 The battery life may shorten depending on the operation of the unit. Notes • Do not use manganese batteries for this unit.
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. 1 Display the clock setting display. 1 Press MENU to enter the menu mode.* 2 Press –. once to display “SET DATE”. 3 Press NxPLAY/STOP. The year digits will flash. * The “ALARM” display may appear instead of the “BEEP” display (see page 34). 2 Set the date. 1 Press –.
Getting Started 3 Set the time. 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”. 4 Exit from the menu mode. Press MENU.
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. e.g. Message 1 Message 2 Newly recorded message Blank space 1 Select the file. Current file Press FILE repeatedly until the desired file is displayed. 2 Start recording. 1 Press REC START/STOP.
3 Stop recording. Basic Operations 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.
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.
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. Basic Operations 1 Current file Press FILE repeatedly until the desired file is displayed. 2 Select the message number. Selected message number Press –. or >+ to display the desired message number.
Playing Back Messages (continued) 3 Start playback. 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. 4 Adjust the volume. Turn VOL.
To stop playback To Do this Basic Operations 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 skip to the previous message search forward during playback search backward during playback Press >+. Press –.. Keep >+ pressed. Keep –. pressed.
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. Before erasing Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Message 5 Erase Message 3 After erasing Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 4 Remaining messages are renumbered.
Erasing all messages in a file e.g. File A File B Blank space Blank space 1 Press FILE to select the file you want to erase. Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 2 Press ERASE and STOP at the same time for 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.
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 2 Play back the message you want to move. 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.
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 bottom.
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 of Message 3 Message 3 After adding a recording Message 3 Message 4 Message 4 Added recording Meeting at 2 o’clock on December 1. at Conference room A Built-in microphone STOP 1 REC START/STOP During playback, press REC START/STOP for more than 1 second.
Playing Back a Message at a Desired Time with an Alarm You can sound an alarm and start playback of a selected message at a desired time. FILE MENU NxPLAY/STOP Display window –./>+ 2 Advanced Operations 1 Use FILE and –./>+ to select the file and the message you want to play back. Enter the alarm setting mode. 1 Press MENU. The unit enters the menu mode and “ALARM OFF” will be displayed. (If “ALARM On” is displayed, the alarm has been set.
Playing Back a Message at a Desired Time with an Alarm (continued) 3 Press –. or >+ to flash “On”. 4 Press NxPLAY/STOP. “DATE” will flash in the display window. 3 Set the alarm date. • to play back on a desired date (the message will be played back at the same time on the same date every year until you erase the message) 1 Press NxPLAY/STOP when “DATE” flashes. The month digits will flash. 2 Press –. or >+ to select the month digits and press NxPLAY/STOP. The day digits will flash. 3 Press –.
• to play back at the same time every day Press –. or >+ to select “DAILY”. 4 Press NxPLAY/STOP. The hour digits will flash. Set the alarm time. Advanced Operations 5 1 Press –. or >+ to select the hour digits and press NxPLAY/STOP. The minute digits will flash. 2 Press –. or >+ to select the minute digits and press NxPLAY/STOP. “ALARM On” and “,” will be displayed to indicate that the setting has been completed. 6 Press MENU to exit the menu mode.
Playing Back a Message at a Desired Time with an Alarm (continued) To cancel the alarm setting before the playback starts Press STOP while the alarm sound is heard. You can stop even when the HOLD function is activated. Notes • You cannot set the alarm if you have not set the clock or there is no message in the selected file (the unit will not enter the alarm setting mode when you press MENU in Step 2 on page 21).
To cancel the alarm setting or change the alarm time 1 Select the message you set the alarm to play back, and press MENU. “ALARM On” will be displayed. 2 Press NxPLAY/STOP to flash “On”. 3 To cancel the alarm setting: Press –. or >+ to flash “OFF” and press NxPLAY/STOP. To change the alarm date and time: Press NxPLAY/STOP. When the alarm date is displayed, follow the steps 3 to 5 on pages 22 and 23 to change the alarm date and time. 4 Press MENU to exit the menu mode.
BMenu Settings Turning off the Beep Sound BEEP On: A beep will sound to indicate that operation has been accepted. BEEP OFF: No beep sound will be heard except for the alarm and timer. 1 2 Press MENU to enter the menu mode. Press –. or >+ to display “BEEP On (or OFF)” and press NxPLAY/STOP. “On (or OFF)” will flash. 3 Press –. or >+ to select “On” or “OFF” and press NxPLAY/STOP. The setting is completed. 4 Press MENU to exit the menu mode.
* This pattern lets you know the procedure is wrong or informs you of some messages, such as: - you are trying to record a message when you have already recorded up to the maximum recordable time or the maximum number of messages. - the unit has stopped functioning due to lack of battery power. Selecting the Microphone Sensitivity SENS H (high):To record at meetings or in a quiet and/or spacious place. SENS L (low): To record for dictation or in a noisy place.
Playing Back All Messages in a File Continuously CONT On: You can play back all messages in a file continuously. CONT OFF: Playback stops at the end of each message. 1 2 Press MENU to enter the menu mode. Press –. or >+ to display “CONT” and press NxPLAY/STOP. “OFF (or On)” will flash. 3 Press –. or >+ to select “On” or “OFF” and press NxPLAY/STOP. Now the setting is completed. 4 28 Press MENU to exit the menu mode.
BAdditional Information Precautions On power • Operate the unit only on 1.5 V DC. Use one LR03 (size AAA) alkaline battery. On safety • Do not operate the unit while driving, cycling or operating any motorized vehicle. On handling • Do not leave the unit in a location near heat sources, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust or mechanical shock.
Troubleshooting Should any problem persist after you have made these checks, consult your nearest Sony dealer. Symptom The unit does not operate. Remedy •The battery has been inserted with incorrect polarity. •The battery is weak. •The buttons are locked with the HOLD switch. (If you press any button, “HOLD” will flash three times.) No sound comes •The earphone is plugged in. from the speaker. •The volume is turned down completely. “FULL” is displayed •The memory is full.
Specifications Recording media Recording time Built-in flash memory, Monaural recording ICD-37: 45 minutes ICD-57: 90 minutes ICD-67: 180 minutes Frequency response 280 Hz - 2 800 Hz Speaker approx. 3.6 cm (1 7⁄16 in.) dia. Power output 80 mW Output Earphone jack (mini jack) for 8 - 300 Ω earphone Playback speed control FAST: +50% SLOW: –25% Power requirements One LR03 (size AAA) alkaline battery: 1.5 V DC Dimensions (w/h/d) (not incl. projecting parts and controls) 58.0 × 83.5 × 14.
Index to Parts and Controls Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details. Main unit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 q; qa qs qd qf qg qh 1 VOL (volume) control (14) 2 FILE button (10, 13, 18) 3 MIC (built-in microphone) (10) 4 NxPLAY/STOP (play/ stop•enter) button (8, 14, 15) 5 –.
Display window 1 5 2 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 Alarm indicator (23) 6 Battery exhausted indicator (7) 7 Repeat play indicator (15) 8 REMAIN indication (10) 9 REC DATE indication (14) 33 Additional Information 1 Total number of messages in a file (13) Mode indication of the menu(21, 26 - 28) (On, OFF, etc.
Menu map Press MENU to enter the menu mode. : Initial seItting On ALARM* (See page 21.) OFF BEEP On (See page 26.) OFF SENS H (See page 27.) L CONT On (See page 28.) OFF SET DATE (See page 8.) Year Month Day Hour Minute * The “ALARM” display will not appear if you have not set the date and time or if there is no recorded message.
Month Day Minute SUN Hour Minute MON Hour Minute TUE Hour Minute WED Hour Minute THU Hour Minute FRI Hour Minute SAT Hour Minute DAILY Hour Minute Additional Information Hour DATE 35
Index A J, K, L, M, N, O Accidental operation .................... 25 Alarm .............................................. 21 Menu ..................................... 8, 21, 34 Message, erasing ........................... 16 Message, playing back ................. 13 Message, recording ....................... 10 Message number ........................... 10 Microphone, built-in .................... 10 Microphone sensitivity ................ 27 Move ...............................................
