User manual SONY ICD-55

[. . . ] Renumbering the Messages according to their Priority -- Priority Marks . The ICD-55 IC recorder enables you to record and play back oral messages in the built-in IC memory. 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. [. . . ] 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. 1 Press ERASE while playing back the message you want to erase or press ERASE for more than 1 second during stop mode. A beep will sound and the message number and "ERASE" will flash while the first and last 5 seconds of the message is played back 10 times. 2 Press ERASE while the message is being played back. Renumbering the Messages according to their Priority -- Priority Marks Usually the recorded messages are lined up in the order of recording. By adding priority marks ( ) to important messages, you can renumber the messages in the order of their priority. You can add up to three priority marks with " " being the most important. Every time you press PRIORITY, the display changes in the following order: n n n no mark. The first and last 5 seconds of the message will be played back. How the messages are arranged The messages with priority marks are rearranged according to the number of the marks. Messages with no priority marks are placed after those with priority marks. During stop mode, messages are rearranged every time a priority mark is added. During playback, messages are rearranged after you press (pPLAY/STOP. The messages with the same number of priority marks are arranged in the order of recording. When there are 3 messages in a file, they are arranged as follows: While messages are being rearranged, "--" is displayed in the message number display. If you do not press (pPLAY/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. You can move recorded messages to a different file. 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. The move function does not duplicate a message in another file. [. . . ] When the alarm time comes when the unit is in the menu mode, alarm will sound and the menu mode will be cancelled. If you erase the message you set the alarm to play back, the alarm setting will be cancelled. You can adjust the playback volume with the VOL control. Noise may be heard when the unit is placed near an AC power source, a fluorescent lamp or a mobile phone during recording or playback. [. . . ]