Sony Digital Voice Editor 2 Operating Instructions

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Digital Voice Editor 2

Operating Instructions

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Sony Corporation 2002 Printed in Japan

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The “Digital Voice Editor” uses software modules as shown below:

Microsoft® DirectX® Media Runtime

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Notes

•The illustrations in this manual may differ from the actual software.

•Explanations in this manual assume that you are familiar with basic operations of Windows. For how to use your computer and operating system, please refer to the respective manuals.

•The illustrations in this manual is for Sony IC recorders ICD-S series, ICD-ST series, ICD-MS series, ICD-BP series, and ICD-P series.

Before You Begin

This manual describes how to connect your Sony IC recorder ICD-S series, ICD-ST series, ICD-MS series, ICD-BP series, and ICD-P series to your computer, how to install the “Digital Voice Editor” software, and the overview of the “Digital Voice Editor” software. Before you start, read the operating instructions of your IC recorder.

The “Digital Voice Editor” software allows you to transfer the messages to your display monitor, to save them on your computer’s hard disk, and to play back and edit them.

•Transferring the messages recorded on the IC recorder to your computer

•Saving the messages on your computer’s hard disk

•Viewing, playing, or editing the messages on your computer

•Transferring messages back to the IC recorder

•Sending a voice e-mail message using MAPI e-mail software.

•Using the transcribing keys to play back a message and transcribe it using a word-processor or an editor's window.

•Transcribing your IC recorder message using Dragon NaturallySpeaking® speech-recognition software (Only when Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 5.0 (or higher) Preferred or Professional Edition is installed on your computer).

For details on each operation , refer to the online help files.

System Requirements

Your computer and system software must meet the following minimum requirements.

•IBM PC/AT or compatible

–CPU: 266MHz Pentium® II processor or higher

–RAM: 64MB or more

–Hard disk space: 70MB or more depending on the size and number of sound files you store.

–CD-ROM drive/“Memory Stick” drive*1

–USB connector*2 (compatible with the standard USB 1.1)

–Sound board: Sound Blaster 16 compatible

–Display: High color (16 bit) 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 *3 (You cannot use this software with Windows® 95 or Windows® NT.)

*1 If you do not connect your IC recorder to your computer via USB connectors, you need a computer with a “Memory Stick” slot or optional “Memory Stick” adaptors as shown below to transfer the “Memory Stick” data to your computer:

–PC Card Adaptor for “Memory Stick” (ex. MSAC-PC3)

–Memory Stick Reader/Writer (ex. MSAC-US2) Depending on the adaptors, more system requirements may be needed. We do not recommend the use of a floppy disk adaptor for “Memory Stick”.

*2 You need the USB connector to connect your IC recorder equipped with a USB connector. You also need the connector to use the Memory Stick Reader/Writer (ex. MSAC-US2).

*3For usual use of the software in the Windows® 2000 Professional, make sure to log on Windows as a user name belonging to the “Administrators” or “Power Users” account. You cannot use the software with a user name belonging to the “Users” account.

For usual use of the software in the Windows® XP Professional/Home Edition, make sure to log on Windows as a user name belonging to the “Computer administrator” user account. You cannot use the software with a user name belonging to the “Users” account.

Notes

•You cannot use the software with a Macintosh machine.

•A handmade computer, a computer whose operating system is installed or upgraded by the user, or a computer with multi-boot operating environment are not supported.

Note on transcribing a message

When you use Dragon NaturallySpeaking® speechrecognition software to transcribe a message, your computer must also meet the system requirements that the Dragon NaturallySpeaking requires. For details, see “Guide for Voice Recognition”. You cannot use the transcribing function with the ICD-P series.

Note on sending a voice e-mail

When you use Microsoft® Outlook Express 5.0/5.5/6.0 to send a voice e-mail of a message, your computer must also meet the system requirements that the Outlook Express requires.

Install the “Digital Voice Editor” software in your computer’s hard disk.

Notes

•When you install the “Digital Voice Editor” for ICD-MS/P/ S/BP Series, you can create compatible file formats (mentioned in “About the File Formats” in the reverse side) except for the DVF (LPEC: for ICD-ST series) files. (You can play back the DVF (LPEC: for ICD-ST series) files.)

When you install the “Digital Voice Editor” for ICD-MS/ ST/S/BP Series, you can create all the compatible file types except for the DVF (TRC) files. (You can play back the DVF (TRC) files.)

When installing both types of the “Digital Voice Editor”,

make sure to select overwrite installation to handle all the compatible file formats.

•Do not connect the IC recorder to the computer before installing the Software.

•Be sure to close all running programs before installing the “Digital Voice Editor” software.

•When installing or uninstalling the software in Windows® 2000 Professional, make sure to log on Windows as the user name of “Administrator. ”

•When installing or uninstalling the software in Windows® XP Professional/Home Edition, log on as a user name with the “Computer administrator” user account. (To find if the user name has a “Computer administrator” user account, open the “User Accounts” from the “Control Panel” and refer to the section beneath the user name being displayed.)

•When the “Memory Stick Voice Editor 1.0/1.1/1.2/2.0” software has already been installed, installing the supplied software will automatically remove the “Memory Stick Voice Editor” software. (Messages are not removed.)

•After installing, the Microsoft DirectX module is also installed depending on the operation system of your computer. This module is not deleted after uninstalling the software.

•After installing the “Digital Voice Editor” software, do not install the “Memory Stick Voice Editor 1.0/1.1/1.2/2.0” software. The “Digital Voice Editor” will not work properly. With the supplied software, you can save or edit the messages in the “Memory Stick”.

1 Turn on your computer and start up Windows.

2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CDROM drive.

The installer starts up automatically and the welcome window appears.

If the installer does not start up, double click [DVE Setup.exe] in the [English] folder.

If you have already installed a previous version of the “Digital Voice Editor” or any version of the “Memory Stick Voice Editor”

The dialog box to uninstall the previous version is displayed. Follow the instructions on the screen to uninstall the software and then the installation of the current version starts.

When the dialog box to select the IC recorder is displayed

Erase the check for the IC recorder that you do not use and then click [Next]. Only the necessary driver for the IC recorder you use will be installed.

3 Follow the displayed instructions.

When the [Restart] dialog box appears, click [OK] to restart the computer.

Now the installation is completed.

Installing a driver of other IC recorder

When you use the IC recorder whose driver has not been installed, you can install the necessary driver with the supplied CD-ROM. When the dialog box to select the application components is displayed, select the driver installation.

Uninstalling the software

When you wish to uninstall the software, follow the steps below.

1 Click [Start] and select [Programs], [Sony Digital Voice Editor 2] and then [Uninstall].

The uninstaller starts up.

2 Follow the displayed instructions.

Note

If you wish to move the software to another drive or directory after it is installed, you need to uninstall the software and then reinstall it. The software does not work properly if you just move the files.

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•You can also start up the uninstaller by clicking [Start] and then selecting [Settings], [Control Panel], and [Add/ Remove Programs].

•Uninstallation does not remove the message files.

Connecting the IC Recorder to your Computer

You can transfer the IC recorder data onto your computer either by connecting the IC recorder to the computer or inserting the “Memory Stick” into the computer.

Connecting through the USB connectors (for the IC recorder equipped with a USB connector)

Use the USB connecting cable supplied with the IC recorder to connect the USB connectors of the IC recorder and your computer.

The IC recorder is recognized by the computer as soon as the cable is connected. You can connect or disconnect the cable when the IC recorder and the computer are turned on or off.

To USB connector of IC recorder

To USB connector of your computer

USB connecting cable (supplied)

Inserting a “Memory Stick” to your computer (ICD-MS series)

Remove the “Memory Stick” from the IC recorder and insert it to your computer by using either of the following methods:

If your computer has a “Memory Stick” slot

Insert the “Memory Stick” directly into the slot.

If your computer does not have a “Memory Stick” slot

Use either of the devices below to insert the “Memory Stick” to your computer. In either case, you need to install the driver for the device. For details, refer to the instruction manual of the device you use.

•Using the Sony PC Card Adaptor (ex. MSAC-PC3)

Insert the “Memory Stick” into the PC Card Adaptor. Then insert the PC Card Adaptor into the PC card slot of your computer.

Note

When using the PC Card Adaptor, make sure to release the LOCK switch of the “Memory Stick”.

•Using the USB-compatible Sony Memory Stick Reader/Writer (ex. MSAC-US2)

Connect the Memory Stick Reader/Writer to the USB connector of your computer with the supplied cable. Insert the “Memory Stick” into the Memory Stick Reader/Writer.

Notes

•Be sure to install the “Digital Voice Editor” software before connecting the IC recorder to your computer. Otherwise, a message like [Found New Hardware Wizard] may appear when you connect the IC recorder to your computer. In this case, click [Cancel].

•When you connect the IC recorder ICD-BP series to the USB connector of your computer for the first time in Windows® XP Professional/Home Edition, the [Hardware Installation] warning message may appear. In this case, you may ignore the message without problem and click [Continue Anyway] to proceed with the software installation or proceed with using the software.

•Do not connect more than two USB devices to your computer. Normal operation will not be guaranteed.

•Use of this IC recorder with a USB hub or a USB extension cable is not guaranteed.

•A malfunction may occur depending on the USB devices connected at any one time.

•Before connecting the IC recorder to the computer, check the remaining battery power of the IC recorder (more than

one segment of the battery indicator “

” should be on) .

If the batteries are exhausted, communication between the IC recorder and the computer may not succeed.

•When you connect the IC recorder to the computer, make sure that the IC recorder is in the stop mode.

•We recommend you disconnect the cable from the computer when you do not use the “Digital Voice Editor”.

Using the IC recorder as a removable disk

–Data storage function (ICD-S series)

–“Memory Stick” reader/writer function (the IC recorder equipped with a USB connector)

When connecting the IC recorder and your computer through the USB connectors, you can temporarily save an image or text file of your computer onto the IC recorder or the “Memory Stick” as follows:

1 Connect the IC recorder and your computer through the USB connectors.

2 Open “My Computer” in the Windows and check to see that a new removable disk is correctly recognized.

3 Use the Explorer or another to copy files of your computer onto the removable disk.

Notes

•A file saved without using the “Digital Voice Editor” cannot be played or displayed on the IC recorder even if it is of a compatible file format.

•When you view the contents of the removable disk with the Explorer, the VOICE folder will be displayed. Make sure to use the “Digital Voice Editor” software to move, copy, add, or delete a file in the VOICE folder.

•According to the size of the files copied, the maximum recordable time of the IC recorder may reduce.

•Do not format the removable disk on your computer.

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