Sony ICD-30 User Manual

SONY

3-860-406-11 (1)

1C Recorder

Operating Instructions

ICD-30

©1997 by Sony Corporation Printed in Japan |

Owner's Record

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

Model No. lCD-30

For the customers in the U.S.A.

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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection

against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used 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 of the
following measures;

V O I C E F I L E

Serial No._

Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing the Sony IC Recorder.
Some features are:

• 8 minutes (SP) /16 minutes (LP) recording time

• Up to 99 notes in each file

• Two note files — The ratio of the recording time for these files is
adjustable within the maximum recordable time of this unit.

• Note date stamp

• Alarm with message

• Informative LCD with backlight

• Flash memory to keep notes recorded even without a battery

► Getting Started

Installing the Battery

1 Slide open the battery compartment lid.
2 Insert a size AAA (LR03) alkaline battery with correct polarity,

and close the lid.

- 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 receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for

help.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any

interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.

You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly
approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this
equipment.

Clock setting display appears when you insert a battery for the first
time, and when you insert a battery after the unit has been without
a battery for a certain period of time. For more details, please refer
to Setting the Clock, from step 2.

Note

Make sure to close the lid completely. Otherwise the unit will not
operate.

Replacing the battery

"<Xi" 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

Sony alkaline battery LR03 (SG)

• When recording for 2 minutes and playing back for 3 minutes every day

Notes

• When you replace the battery, insert a new battery within 3 minutes after
you removed the exhausted one, otherwise all the settings you have made
will be reset to the initial settings. The recorded notes, however, will
remain.

• Do not charge a dry battery.

• When you will not use the unit for a long time, remove the battery to avoid
any damage caused by battery leakage and subsequent corrosion.

approx. 2 months’

► Basic Operations

Recording Notes

This 1C recorder automatically records notes after the last recorded
note so that you can start recording quickly without searching for
the end of the last recording.
You can record up to 99 notes in each file, A and B. When you
record all notes in SP (standard play) mode, you can record for 8
minutes and in LP (long play) mode for 16 minutes . If you record
notes in a mixture of SP and LP modes, the recordable time varies
from 8 to 16 minutes.
Each recorded note has an index number, and a newly recorded
note will have the last index number.

Playing Back Notes

1 Press SP/LP to select SP or LP mode.

"SP" or "LP" is displayed.

2 Press FILE to select file A or B.

"A" or "B" is displayed.

3 Press REC and speak into the microphone.

The OPR indicator lights in red and recording starts.

4 Press ■ STOP to stop recording.

For the next time you record, if the displays of SP/LP mode and the
file are what you want, just follow steps 3 and 4.

When you have recorded up to 99 notes or the maximum recording
time, "FULL" appears in the display. If you wanf to record more
notes in the same file, first erase some old notes.

To listen to the last recording

Press ► right after recording.

To review the current recording instantly

Press during recording.

1 Press FILE to select a file, A or B.

2 Press or to select an index number you want to play.

3 Press ►.

The OPR indicator lights in green and playback starts.

4 Adjust the volume with the VOL control.

To Press

Skip to the next index
number

play-

Skip to the previous index
you find the number
number you want to play.

Search forward for an index
number
during stop
mode.

Search backward for an index
number
during stop
mode.

Search forward during playback

playback.
Search backward during

release it at the playback
you want during playback.

Press repeatedly until you find the

Keep pressing WN and release it at the

Keep pressing and release it at the

Keep pressing WH and release it at the

index number you want to

Press repeatedly until

index number you want

index number you want

point you want during

Keep pressing and

Playback Pause function

If you press HSTOP part way through your playback of a note,

when you press ►, the note will continue from where you

stopped.

index

point

For private listening

Connect an earphone (not supplied) to the ©jack.

The built-in speaker will be automatically disconnected.

^ Advanced Operations

Erasing Notes

Setting the Clock

You need to set the clock to use the following features:

• alarm

•date stamp

1 Press MENU/NEXT repeatedly until the date display appears.

2 Press or K4 to set the date.

Keep pressing the button, to change the date successively.

3 Press MENU/NEXT again.

The time display appears.

4 Press or to set the time.

Keep pressing the button to change the time successively.

5 Press HSTOP.

The unit returns to normal mode.
The clock starts from 0 second.

You can delete the recorded notes one by one or all notes in a file at
a time.

Note that once a recording has been erased, you cannot retrieve it.

Erasing a note

1 Press ERASE while playing back the note you want to erase.

The index number and "ErASE" flash, and the first and the last
5 seconds of the note are played back 10 times.

2 Press ERASE again while the note is played back.

The note is erased and the remaining tracks are renumbered.

To cancel erasing

Press HSTOP before step 2.

To erase other tracks

Repeat steps 1 and 2.

To erase a note partially

Before you do steps 1 and 2, divide the note into the part to erase
and the part not to erase by adding an index mark. (For details,
refer to Adding/Erasing Index Marks.)

Erasing all notes in a file

1 Press FILE to select the desired file, A or B.

2 Press BSTOP and ERASE at the same time for about a second

during stop mode.

"All ErASE" flashes.

3 Press ERASE to erase the notes.

All the notes in the file are erased.

To cancel erasing

Press HSTOP before step 3.