SONY ICDBM1VTP
Service Manual

ICD-BM1VTP

Recording from Other Equipment
To record sound of other equipment with the IC recorder, connect the MIC (microphone) jack of the IC recorder to the earphone jack of other equipment (tape recorder etc.) by using an audio connecting cable.

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.

Notes � When the audio recording level is large, sound may be recorded interrupted if you use an audio connecting cable without register. Use a registered audio connecting cable. � When the audio recording level is small, do not use a registered audio
connecting cable.

1
Select the folder.
1 Press FOLDER.

Basic Operations Basic Operations

Recording with Other 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.

2 Press the jog lever up or down (>/ .) to display the folder containing the message you want to play back.

FOLDER
mini-plug (stereo)

ENTER

Selected folder 3 Press ENTER to select the folder. To cancel the selection, press CANCEL.

Tape recorder, etc. mini-plug (stereo)

2

Select the message number.
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. Selected message number The number of message in a folder Counter display*

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* The display selected with the DISPLAY button (page 26) appears.

3

Start playback.
1 Slide the control key to PLAY.

Playing Back Messages (continued)
Other operations

OPR indicator (lights in green during playback) i jack

To
go back to the beginning of the current message* go back to previous messages*

Do this
Press the jog lever down (.) once.** Press the jog lever down (.) repeatedly. (During stop mode, keep the button pressed to go back the messages continuously.)** Press the jog lever up (>) once.***

Counter display* 2 Adjust the volume with VOL +/� . * The display selected with the DISPLAY button (page 26) appears. The unit plays back all the messages in a folder continuously. At the end of each message, a beep will sound. When the unit reaches to the end of the last message in a folder, �MSG END� will flash 3 times with a beep and playback stops. Move the control key to STOP.

skip to the next message*

skip to the succeeding messages* Press the jog lever up (>) repeatedly.***
These operations are for when EASY-S is set to OFF. For operations when EASY-S is set to ON, see page 51. ** If you do these operations at the beginning of the first message in a folder during stop mode, the unit locates the end of the last message. *** If you do these operations at the end of the last message in a folder during stop mode, the unit locates the beginning of the first message. *

1 To listen from an ear receiver
Connect the supplied ear receiver to the i (headphones) jack. The built-in speaker will be automatically disconnected.

Playing back a message rapidly or slowly in natural tone � DPC (Digital Pitch Control)
When you adjust the playback speed with the DPC in the menu (pages 39 and 40), you can play back a message rapidly or slowing by sliding the DPC switch to ON. When you set the playback speed faster or slower of the normal speed, �FAST PLAY� or �SLOW PLAY� appears. You can change the setting during playback.

1 To listen from an external speaker
Connect an active or passive speaker (not supplied) to the i (headphones) jack.

Note
Playback after the overwrite recording starts from the beginning of the message. Playback after a stop starts from the point where you stopped playback.

Searching forward/backward during playback (Cue/Review)

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Stop playback.
Slide the control key to STOP. The unit stops at the current position. (When the unit reaches to the end of the last message in step 3, it stops at the end of the last message.) You can start an overwrite recording from the point (page 15).

� To search forward: Keep pressing the jog lever up (>) during playback and release it at the point you wish to resume playback. � To search backward: Slide the control key to B.SPACE or keep pressing the jog lever down (.) during playback and release it at the point you wish to resume playback. The unit searches at slow speed (unit of 4 seconds) with playback sound. It is useful to check one word forward or behind. Then, if you keep pressing the jog lever up or down, the unit starts to search at higher speed. Release it at the point you want to resume playback.

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