Sony ICD-70 User Manual

Sony Corporation Printed in Japan

3-861-841-12 (1)

IC Recorder

Operating Instructions Page 2

Page 22

ICD-70

1997 by Sony Corporation

English

Please refer to the illustrations in
the Japanese instruction manual as
indicated in each section.

Table of Contents

Index to parts and controls .......... 3

Getting Started

1 Installing the Batteries ............... 4

2 Setting the clock .......................... 5

Basic Operations

Recording messages ...................... 6

Playing back messages.................. 7

Erasing messages ........................... 9

Various Ways of Recording

Starting recording automatically in
response to the sound (Advanced

VOR function) .............................. 10

Adding a recording to a previously

recorded message ........................ 10

Recording with an external
microphone or other equipment 11

Organizing the Files

Renumbering the messages
according to their priority

— Priority marks ......................... 12

Moving messages to a different file

— Move function ......................... 13

Preventing confidential messages
from being played back by others

—Secret function.......................... 13

Other Functions

Playing back a message at a
desired time with an alarm

— Alarm function ........................ 14

Sounding a beep sound after a
desired duration

— Timer function ........................ 16

Preventing accidental operation

— HOLD function ....................... 16

Selecting the recording mode .... 16

Turning off the beep sound........ 17

Selecting the microphone

sensitivity ...................................... 17

Playing back all messages in a file

continuously ................................. 18

Selecting the illumination mode of

LCD back light ............................. 18

Additional Information

Precautions ................................... 19

Specifications................................ 20

Troubleshooting........................... 21

Menu map..................................... 42

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Index to Parts and
Controls

The numbers are keyed to the
illustrations on pages 46 and 47 in
the Japanese instruction manual.

Main unit

1 VOL (volume) control
2 MIC (built-in microphone)
3 OPR (operation) indicator
4 Jog dial

PLAY/STOP
= /+ (fast forward/fast
backward)

/ (menu selection)

5 FILE button
6 PRIORITY button
7 HOLD switch
8 MENU button
9 STOP button
!… DIGITAL 1/¤ connector (for

connecting to a computer*)

!` @ (earphone) jack
!“ Display window
!£ MIC (PLUG IN POWER)

jack

!¢ ERASE button
! REC (record) button
!⁄ Speaker
!ƒ Hand strap

5 REMAIN (Remaining

recording time) indication
REC DATE (Recording date)
indication

6 Current time/day indication

(15:30 TUE, etc.)
Recording time indication
(10:10:10, etc.)
Menu indication
(ALARM OFF, etc.)
File name
(ACTION, SCHEDULE, etc.)
Messages
(RECORD, ERASE?, etc.)

7 Battery exhausted indicator
8 HOLD indicator
9 Alarm indicator
!… Repeat play indicator
!` Digital VOR indicator
!“ Recording mode indication

* You need to use the WAV LINK
software (available in spring ‘98). See
“Optional accessories” on page 20
for more details.

English

Display window

1 File icons
2 Current message number
3 Priority marks
4 Total number of messages in

a file

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zGetting Started

Step1: Installing the
Batteries

See the illustrations on page 8 in
the Japanese instruction manual.

1 Slide and lift the battery

compartment lid.

2 Insert two size AAA (LR03)

alkaline batteries with correct
polarity, and close the lid.

Note

• If the battery compartment lid is
accidentally detached, attach it as
illustrated on page 8 in the Japanese
instruction manual.

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 Step
2 – 4 in “Step 2: Setting the Clock”
on the next page to set the date and
time.

Note

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

Charging the clock battery

Before using the IC recorder for the
first time, or if you have not used
the unit for a long time, you first
need to charge the built-in clock
battery. Install the batteries in the
battery compartment and leave

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them for more than one day. The
clock battery will be automatically
charged. (You can use the unit
while charging.) If you remove the
batteries while charging the clock
battery, the unit will be reset to the
initial setting. Once you have
charged the clock battery, you do
not have to recharge it, as long as
batteries are installed. When the
clock battery is recharged, settings
such as clock setting are
maintained for about 3 minutes.

Replacing the battery

“i “ appears on the display when
the batteries become weak and it
flashes when the batteries are
exhausted. Replace the batteries
with new ones.

Battery life

Approx. 1.5 months with Sony
alkaline batteries LR03 (SG)
when recording in LIGHT OPR
mode for 2 minutes and playing
back for 3 minutes every day

Notes

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

• When replacing the batteries, be
sure to replace both batteries with
new ones.

• Do not charge dry batteries.

• When you are not going to use the
unit for a long time, remove the
batteries to prevent damage from
battery leakage and corrosion.

Step 2: Setting the
Clock

You need to set the clock to display
the date and time of recording, and
to use the alarm function.
See the illustrations on pages 9 and
10 in the Japanese instruction
manual.

1 Display the clock setting

display.
1 Press MENU to enter the

menu mode.

2 Turn the jog dial upward

to display “DATE &
TIME” once.

3 Press the jog dial.

The year digits will flash.

2 Set the date.

1 Turn the jog dial to select

the digits of the year.

2 Press the jog dial.

The month digits will
flash.

3 Set the month and day in

sequence, then press the
jog dial.
The hour digits will flash.

3 Set the time.

1 Turn the jog dial to select

the digits of the hour.

2 Press the jog dial.

The minute digits will
flash.

3 Set the minute.
4 Press the jog dial at the

time signal.
The display will return to
“DATE & TIME”.

4 Press MENU to exit from the

menu mode.

English

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z Basic Operations

Recording Messages

You can record up to 99 messages
in each file.
Since a newly recorded message is
automatically added after the last
recorded message, you can start
recording quickly without
searching for the end of the last
recording.
See illustrations on pages 12 and 13
in the Japanese instruction manual.

1 Press FILE repeatedly until the

icon of the desired file is
displayed.

Current file

ACTION

2 Start recording.

1 Press REC.
2 Speake into the built-in

microphone.

During recording, the OPR indicator
lights up in red.
You do not need to keep pressing
REC while recording.

3 Press STOP to stop recording.

If you do not change the file icon
after you stop recording, the next
time you record you will record in
the same file.

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To listen to the current
recording

Press STOP to stop recording, then
press the jog dial.

To review the current
recording instantly

Press the jog dial during recording.

5 different files

Select among 5 files:

ACTION
for recording action plans

SCHEDULE
for recording appointments,

etc.
MEMO-1 free
MEMO-2 free

SECRET

for recording personal or

confidential messages*

* To prevent confidential messages

from being played back by others,
see page 13.

Notes

• When the remaining time of
recording reaches 1 minute,
“NEAR END” will flash in the
display window. When the
memory is full, recording
automatically stops and
“MemoryFull” will flash in the
display window with an alarm
sound. To continue recording, first
erase some of the messages. (Page

9)

• If you press REC when the memory
is full, “MemoryFull” will flash
with an alarm sound. Erase some of

the messages before you start
recording again. (Page 9)

• If you press REC after you have
recorded 99 messages, “INDEX
FULL” will flash with an alarm
sound. Select another file or erase
some of the messages. (Page 9)

` Tips

• You can record for up to 16
minutes in SP (standard play)
mode and 24 minutes in LP
(long play) mode. If you record
messages in a mixture of SP and
LP modes, the recordable time
varies from 16 to 24 minutes.
To change the recording mode,
see page 16.

• You can select the microphone
sensitivity. See page 17.

• You can select the external
microphone. See page 11.

Playing Back Messages

When playing back a previously
recorded message, start from Step

1. When playing back the message
you have just finished recording,
start from Step 3.
See illustrations on pages 15 and 16
in the Japanese instruction manual.

1 Press FILE repeatedly until the

icon of the desired file is
displayed.

Current file

ACTION

2 Select the message number.

Turn the jog dial to display the
desired message number,
upward for a smaller message
number and downward for
larger message number.

Selected message
number

6:37:4

Total number of messages
in the current file

3 Press the jog dial to start

playback.

English

During playback, the OPR indicator
lights up in green.
After playing back one message, the
unit stops at the beginning of the next
message.

Continued

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