User manual SONY ICD-B500

[. . . ] Owner's Record The model number is located at the rear and the serial number is located inside the battery compartment. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. You can record up to 99 messages in each of the four folders (A, B, C, and D). [. . . ] Select another folder or erase some of the messages. After playing back one message, the unit stops at the beginning of the next message. When the continuous play function is set to "ON" (see the reverse side), the unit stops after playing all messages in a folder. When the last message on a folder has been played back, the unit stops at the beginning of the last message. If noise is heard, wipe the headphones plug. You cannot divide a message in a folder which has 99 messages. ⷠIf you divide messages frequently, the unit may become unable to divide a message. ⷠYou cannot divide a message in the first or the last 1 second of a message. * About one hour after you pause recording, recording pause is automatically released and the unit goes into the stop mode. When fast playback is done to the end of the last message, "END" flashes for 5 seconds. Pressed while "END" is flashing, the messages are played back rapidly, and normal playback will start at the point you release the button. When "END" stops flashing and the OPR indicator goes off, the unit will stop at the beginning of the last message. If the last message is long and you wish to start playback at a later part of the message, keep >+ pressed to play back the message to the end and then press ­ . While "END" is flashing to go back to the desired point. (For messages other than the last one, go to the beginning of the next message and play backward to the desired point. Go back to the beginning of the current message skip to the next message go back to previous messages/skip to succeeding messages It takes longer for the unit to start operation. ⷠIf you divide messages too frequently while the unit is recording them, the following phenomenon may occur: The OPR indicator keeps flashing, and you cannot operate the unit for a certain period. Press DISPLAY/MENU for more than 1 second until "MODE" appears in the display window. Starting recording automatically in response to the sound -- Advanced VOR function When VOR (voice operated recording) is set to ON in the menu, recording starts when the recorder detects sound. You cannot record messages up to the maximum recording time. ⷠIf you record messages in a mixture of HQ, SP and LP modes, the recordable time varies from the maximum HQ mode recording time to the maximum LP mode recording time. ⷠNo more recording can be made when 99 messages each have been recorded in a folder. [. . . ] When recording from other equipment When the HOLD function is activated during recording, cancel the HOLD function first to stop recording. You can move the recorded messages to another folder. CONT ON: You can play back all messages in a folder continuously. CONT OFF: Playback stops at the end of each message. [. . . ]