User manual SONY ICD-V21

[. . . ] You do not need to keep pressing REC while recording. * When recording for 2 minutes and playing back for 3 minutes every day (with VOL control at around 3) When you record a message in the Special Message Box, you can find it easily by pressing just one button. You can record one message in the Special Message Box. The recorded messages will remain even if you replace batteries. [. . . ] Each recorded message has an index number, and a newly recorded message will have the last index number. During stop mode, press and hold the jog lever for more than one second. Playback starts from the message on the display and continues playing until the end of the last message. You do not have to press the jog lever for each message. (During normal mode only; not available during Shuffle mode) When the last message has been played back, the unit stops at the beginning of the last message. When you press the jog lever next time, normal playback starts from the point you stopped. 1 Press ERASE during playback or press and hold ERASE for more than one second during stop mode. A beep will sound and the message number and "ERS" will appear one after the other while the first 5 seconds of the message is played back 10 times. Move the jog lever downward once while the message is being played back. "ALL" and "ERS" will appear one after the other. To stop playing back partway through the Special Message Press SPECIAL. When you press SPECIAL again, the message will be played back from the beginning. Press and hold SPECIAL until "REP" appears (more than one second) during playback of the Special Message. Other operations To Do this During playback, move the jog lever upward once. Move the jog lever upward and hold it there, and release it at the point you want to play. Move the jog lever downward and hold it there, and release it at the point you want to play. Special Message Box to record a message for a special person · shuffle Message Box for fun · Flash memory to keep messages recorded even without a battery If the batteries do not come out, push the side of the battery with a sharp object. (To change the number rapidly, keep holding the lever. Press ERASE while "ALL" and "ERS" are displayed. Return to the beginning of the message Search forward during playback Search backward during playback "BATT" appears on the display when the batteries become weak and it flashes when the batteries are exhausted. When replacing, be sure to take out both old batteries first, and then insert the new ones. Note that once a recording has been erased, you cannot retrieve it. [. . . ] When all messages are played back "End" will appear in the display window. Other operations To Return to the previous message Do this Move the jog lever downward. The number of the messages already played back will be displayed in order. To start Shuffle playback again, first move the jog lever upward to display " ". [. . . ]