Sanyo ICR-FP700D - Digital Voice Recorder User manual

INSTRUCTIONMANUAL ICR-FP
DigitalVoiceRecorder
600 D
ICR-FP700 D
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KETAGPKPFF 

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Pleasereadthismanualbeforeuse.
Keepthemanualinasafeplaceforfuturereference.
FOREUUSERS
Thesymbolmarkandrecyclingsystemsdescribedbelowapplyto
EUcountriesanddonotapplytocountriesinotherareasofthe
world.
YourSANYOproductisdesignedandmanufacturedwithhighqualitymaterials
andcomponentswhichcanberecycledand/orreused.
Thesymbolmarkmeansthatelectricalandelectronicequipment,batteriesand
accumulators,attheirend-of-life,shouldbedisposedofseparatelyfromyour
householdwaste.
Note:
Ifachemicalsymbolisprintedbeneaththesymbolmark,thischemicalsymbol
meansthatthebatteryoraccumulatorcontainsaheavymetalatacertain
concentration.Thiswillbeindicatedasfollows:Hg:mercury,Cd:cadmium,Pb:
lead
IntheEuropeanUnionthereareseparatecollectionsystemsforusedelectrical
andelectronicequipment,batteriesandaccumulators.
Please,disposeofthemcorrectlyatyourlocalcommunitywastecollection/
recyclingcentre.
Please,helpustoconservetheenvironmentwelivein!
FORCANADIANUSERS
ThisclassBdigitalapparatuscomplieswith
CanadianICES-003.
SANYOFISHERSales(Europe)GmbH
Stahlgruberring4,D-81829München,Germany
SANYOElectricCo.,Ltd.
1-1,Sanyo-cho,DaitoCity,Osaka574-8534,Japan
ENGLISH
KETAGPKPFF 

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CAUTION
- Itisforbiddentocopythismanual,wholeorinpart,withoutpriorwritten
permission.
- Allimagesandillustrationsgiveninthismanualareforexplanation
purposesandmaydifferslightlyfromthatoftheactualproduct.Also,actual
specificationsaresubjecttochangewithoutpriornoticeandthereforemay
differfromthecontentsofthismanual.
Sanyocannotbeheldresponsiblefordamagecausedbyimproperuseor
modificationstothedevice,ordatathatislostordestroyed.
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Precautions
- Theapparatusshallnotbeexposedtodrippingorsplashing.
- Donotremovethebatteryduringoperatingtheunit.
- Donotinsertpins,etc.,insidetheunit.
- Donotdroptheunitorsubjectittostrongshocks.
- Donotthrowintoafireorapplyheat.
- Donotimmerseinwateroruseinhumidareassuchasabathroom.
- Donotusewhiledriving.
- Donotlistenforlongperiodsoftimeathighvolume.
- Keepoutofreachofinfants.Storeinanareaoutofreachofsmallchildren.
- Donotusewherethereareextremesoftemperature(below5℃orexceeding
35℃ ).Storeinadrycoolplace.
- Donotuseinthepresenceofstrongelectromagneticwaves.
- Donotlettheunitgetnearlocationswherestrongmagneticfieldsare
produced.
- Microsoft,WindowsMediaTM,andtheWindows®Logoaretrademarksor
registeredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/or
othercountries.
- SDlogoandSDHClogoareregisteredtrademarks.
- Inthisdocument,"SDTMMemoryCard"and"SDHCTMMemoryCard"are
collectivelycalled"SDCard."
- Othersystemandproductnamesgenerallyaretheregisteredtrademarksor
trademarksoftherespectivedevelopmentmanufacturers.ThesymbolsTMand
®arenotshowninthismanual.
- SANYOtakesnoresponsibilityforrecordingfailureduetopowercutsor
damagetotheunit.
- Toavoidpotentialriskofdatalosscausedbyaccidentaloperationor
malfunctionoftheunit,werecommendthatyousaveabackupcopyofyour
recordedmessagesonaPC,etc..
- Recordingcopyrightmaterialwithoutpermissionofthecopyrightowners
isusuallyaninfringement.Ifyouwishtore-recordcopyrightmaterial,
permissionfromthecopyrightownerisnecessary.SANYOdoesnotapprove
of,andcannotbeheldresponsiblefor,anyunlawfuluseofthismachine.
- Neverhandlebatterieswithwetormoisthands.
- Donotmodifyordisassembletheunit.
- Inthiseventofgettingbatteryliquidintheeyes,washthemoutwithclean
waterandseeadoctorimmediately.
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Contents
Introduction.......................................5
Accessories.........................................................5
Controls...............................................................6
Mainunit..................................................................6
LCDdisplay.............................................................7
Fileandfolder...................................................8
Foldersforrecording..........................................8
Recordingfilenames..........................................9
Folderformusic....................................................9
Sortfunctioninthe"MUSIC"folder..........10
Preparation.......................................11
Insertingabattery........................................11
Turningthepoweronandoff..................12
Turningthepoweron..................................... 12
Turningthepoweroff..................................... 12
Batteryindicator............................................... 13
Autopowerofffunction................................ 13
Resumefunction............................................... 13
Preventingmishandling
(Holdfunction)..............................................14
InsertingandremovingtheSDcard....15
NotesonhandlingtheSDcard...................16
Settingthedateandtime.........................17
Recording..........................................18
Recordingwithmicrophone....................18
Usinganexternalmicrophone...............19
VAS(Voiceactivatedsystem)...................19
Settingthevoicesensinglevel(VASValue)
.. 20
Recordingfromexternalsources...........20
Playback.............................................22
Playingafile.....................................................22
Operationsavailableduringplayback
....22
Volumeadjustment.........................................22
Fastforward.........................................................23
Fastreverse..........................................................23
Skippingtonextfile.........................................23
Filereturn.............................................................23
Changingtheplaybackspeed....................23
5-secondbackplayback................................23
Repeatplayback................................................ 24
Repeatbetweentwopointsincurrent
playbackfile(A-Brepeat)..............................24
Playbackfromdesignatedposition
(Timesearch).......................................................25
Folderskip
(onlyif"MUSIC"folderisselected)...........26
Erasing................................................27
RecordingatDesignatedTime
(Timer).................................................29
DividingRecordedFile.................30
Filedivisionandfilenamingafter
division..............................................................31
Menu....................................................32
Methodofoperation
(exampleofsoundqualitysetting).......32
Listofmenus...................................................33
Mainmenu...........................................................33
Submenu.............................................................34
Otherfunctions..............................................35
Beepsound..........................................................35
LightingofrecordingLEDindicatorlight
....35
Automaticallydividingafileatasilent
pause(lineinputonly)....................................36
Settingtheequalizer.......................................37
Checkingthefileinformation.....................37
ConnectingtoaPC
(ICR-FP700Donly)..........................38
WhatyoucandobyusingaPC...............38
Computersystemrequirements............39
Notes......................................................................40
Howtoconnectto/disconnectfrom
yourPC...............................................................41
Notesonconnection.......................................41
ConnectingthisunittoyourPC.................42
Displayingfoldersinthisunit......................43
DisconnectingthisunitfromyourPC.....45
Copyingafilefromthisunittoyour PC... 46
CopyingfilestoCD-R/RW..........................47
TroubleshootingGuide................49
IfthisunitisnotrecognizedbyaPC:
(ICR-FP700Donly).........................................49
Troubleshooting............................................49
Frequentlyaskedquestions(Q&A)......51
Cleaningthecabinet...................................52
Data......................................................53
Specifications..................................................53
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Introduction
Accessories
USBconnectioncable 1 AAA/LR03/HP16
alkalinebattery  1
InstructionManual
(Thisbook)  1
[ICR-FP700D]
[ICR-FP600D]
InstructionManual
(Thisbook)  1
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Controls
Mainunit
[Front]
[Back]
Battery
compartmentlid
USBterminal(ICR-FP700Donly)
USBterminalcover
(ICR-FP700Donly)
Microphone/Line
inputswitch
Stopbutton
Folder/ 
(repeat)button
Speaker
LCDdisplay
Built-inmicrophones
(ICR-FP700D:stereo)
Externalinput(microphone/
line)socket
Stereoheadphonessocket
RecordingLED
(SeePage35)
SDcardslot
Power/Holdswitch
Sceneselect(microphone
sensitivity)switch
Menubutton
Erasebutton
Playbackspeed(-/+)buttons
Recordbutton
Volumebutton( )
(fast-reverse)
button
(play)button
Volumebutton( ) (fast-forward)
button
Built-inmicrophones
(ICR-FP700Donly) Built-inmicrophone
(ICR-FP600D:mono)
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LCDdisplay
2)
1)
6)
1)Foldername(storagelocationof
recordedvoice)(SeePage8)
 : Storagelocationof
microphonerecorded
voicefiles
 : Storagelocationofvoice
filesrecordedusing
otherequipment
 : Storagelocationoffiles
transferredfromPC
2)Batteryindicator
:
Batterylow
:
:
:
Batteryfullycharged
3)Informationdisplay
Displaysthefilenumberofthe
recordedvoicefile,etc.
4)Recordingqualitydisplay
(SeePage32)
:
Highqualitymode
  (192kbps,stereo)
:Standardqualitymode
  (64kbps,stereo)
:
Long-playmode
  (32kbps,mono)
5)Playbackdisplay( )
(SeePage22)
6)Repeatplaybackdisplay
(SeePage24)
Lit : Repeatsthesong
currentlyplaying
Blink: Repeatsplaybackofall
filesinafolder
 : Repeatsplayback
betweentwopreset
pointsinafile
7)Recordingdisplay( )
(SeePage18)
8)Levelmeter
Displaysrecordingstate
remainingcapacityofSDcard,
currentplaybackposition,volume
setting,etc.
9)Informationdisplay
Displaystime,etc.
10)Mainmenusettingitems
(SeePage33)
7)
8)
9)
3)
4)
10)
5)
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Fileandfolder
A"File"isanindividualvoicerecordinganda"Folder"isalocationtoclassifyand
storemultiplefiles.
- Thisunitincludesthreefolders:MIC,LINE,andMUSIC.Filescanbestoredin
eachfolder.
Note  A"DATA"folderforstoringPCdataisincluded,thoughitisnotshownon
thisunit.(SeePage38)
Foldersforrecording
Thesefoldersareusedforrecordingonthisunit.The"MIC"folderstoresvoice
filesrecordedwithamicrophoneandthe"LINE"folderstoresvoicefilesrecorded
throughaline-infromexternalsource.
199
001
001
DATA
002
002
199
( indicatesafolder,and indicatesafile.)
SDcard (MIC)
(LINE)
(MUSIC)
Inthe"LINE"folder,voicefiles
recordedthroughaline-infroman
externalsourcearestored.Upto
199filescanbestored.
Inthe"MIC"folder,voicefiles
recordedonthisunitwitha
microphonearestored.Upto199
filescanbestored.
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Recordingfilenames
Filesrecordedwiththisunit,areautomaticallygivenanamewiththefollowing
configuration.
- Onthisunit,onlythefilenumberinthefilenameaboveisdisplayed.Thefile
namecanbeseenwhenthisunitisconnectedtoaPC.
- IfthenameofafilerecordedwiththisunitischangedonaPC,thefilecannot
beplayedinthe"MIC"folderorthe"LINE"folder.Giveanameaccordingtothe
filenamerulesaboveormovethefiletothe"MUSIC"folderandplayitfrom
there.
Fileformat
Recordingtime(hour,minute)
Recordingdate(year,month,day)
Foldertype(M:MIC,L:LINE)
Filenumber(001-199)
Folderformusic
The"MUSIC"folderisafolderusedfortransferringMP3filesfromaPCand
playingthem.BytransferringyourmusictoyourPC,suchassongsimported
fromCDʼsandtransferringthesefilestothe"MUSIC"folder,youcanusethisunit
asamusicplayer.
001
002
003
004
199
DATA
Artist01
Artist02
Artist03
Album01
Album02
Album03
( indicatesafolder,and indicatesafile.)
* Foldersinwhichnofileisstoreddirectlyunderthefolder,aswellasfoldersin
whichnoplayablefileisstoredarenotcounted.
Firstlevel Secondlevel
SDcard Upto500*storage
folderscanbe
recognized.
Ineachfolder,upto
199files(orfolders)
canbestored.
Uptotwolevelsoffolderscan
berecognizedinthe"MUSIC"
folder.
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Sortfunctioninthe"MUSIC"folder
Inthe"MUSIC"folder,filesineachfolderareautomaticallysortedinascending
orderofthefirstnumberofthefilenameandthenplayed.Inthecaseofnumbers
startingin"001...","01...",and"1...","001..."takesprecedenceand"01..."and"1..."
followafter.
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Preparation
Insertingabattery
1Whilegentlypressingtheportionofthebatterycompartmentlid
showninthefigure,slidethelidinthedirectionindicatedbythe
arrow.
Alwaysmakesurethebattery
isinsertedinconformitywith
the+/-polaritymarkings.
Note
2InsertanAAA/LR03/HP16battery.
Firstinserttheminus side
andtheninserttheplus side.
3Closethebatterycompartmentlid.
Presshereandslide
thelid.
Besuretoturnthepoweroffwhenyoureplacethebattery.
Insertingorremovingthebatterywiththepoweronmaycausea
failureordamagetodata.
Note
Back
IllustrationsofICR-FP700Dareusedbelowforexplanation.
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Turningthepoweronandoff
Turningthepoweron
SetthePower/Holdswitchonthesideofthe
unittothe"ON"position.
Whenthepoweristurnedon,thescreeninitializesinthefollowingorder.
Versiondisplay Starting Operationscreen
* Thescreensaboveareexamples.
Theoperationscreenthatwaslastdisplayedwhenthepowerwasturnedoff,will
bedisplayed.(Resumefunction)
Note  - Ifyouturnthepoweronwiththe" "folderselected,"CREATE"maybe
displayedonstart-updependingonthenumberoffiles.
 - IfnoSDcardisinsertedinthisunit," "isdisplayedwhenthepoweristurned
onandthisunitcannotbeoperated.BesuretoinsertanSDcard.
Turningthepoweroff
SetthePower/Holdswitchonthesideofthis
unittothe"OFF"position.
Thefollowingscreenisdisplayedandthepowerturns
off.
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Batteryindicator
Remainingbatterypowerisdisplayed.
> > >
Batteryfullycharged Lowbattery
Ifthebatteryisexhausted," "isdisplayedandthenthepowerturnsoff
automatically.
Note  Thebatteryindicatordisplayvariesaccordingtosurroundingtemperature
andstatusofuse.
 Usethisindicatorasreference.
Autopowerofffunction
Iftheunitisleftonfor30minutesinthe“stop”state,thepowerturnsoff
automatically.
Toturnthepoweronagain,setthePower/Holdswitchto”OFF”andthento“ON”.
- If isindicated,replacethebatterypromptly.
- Eveniftheremainingquantityofbatterypowerisverylow,
turningthepoweroffandonmaycausealargerquantityto
beindicatedthanisactuallyavailable.Notethatifyourecord
orusetimerrecordinginthisstate,recordingmaystopinthe
middleduetolackofbatterypower.
Note
Resumefunction
Thisfunctionremembersthestateoffolder,file,andplaybackpositionselected
beforethepowerturnsoffandthenstartstheunitinthesamestatewhenthe
poweristurnedonagain.
Inthefollowingcases,however,theresumefunctiondoesnotoperate.
-ThisunitisconnectedtoaPC.
-ThebatteryortheSDcardisremovedwithoutturningoffthepower.
-TheSDcardisinsertedafterthepoweristurnedon.
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Preventingmishandling(Holdfunction)
Whenthisunitisplacedinapocketandused,thisfunctioncanprevent
unintentionalbatteryconsumptionandoperationofthedevicedueto
inadvertentpushingofbuttons.
SetthePower/Holdswitchto (OFF)inthefigurebelowduringplaybackor
recording.Thefollowingscreenisdisplayedandbuttonoperationisdisabled.
IfthePower/Holdswitchissetto (ON)inthefigurebelow,thefollowing
screenisdisplayedandbuttonoperationisenabled.
Note  - FortheSceneselect(microphonesensitivity)switchandtheMicrophone/Lineinput
switch,theholdfunctiondoesnotoperateevenifitisset.
 - Whenrecordingorplaybackiscompleteandtheholdfunctionison,thepower
turnsoffautomatically.
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Cover
InsertingandremovingtheSDcard
AllrecordedfilesarestoredontheSDcard.Beforeusingthisunit,ensurethatthe
SDcardiscorrectlyinserted.
1CheckthatthePower/Holdswitchissetto"OFF."(SeePage12)
2OpentheSDcardslotcover.
Openthecoverfully.
<WhenremovingtheSDcard>
PushtheSDcardinthedirectionindicatedby
thearrow.
WhentheSDcardcomesout,pullitgentlyto
remove. SDcard
3<WheninsertinganSDcard>
InserttheSDcardstraightinthedirectionshowninthe
illustrationuntilitclicks.
Payattentionto
orientation.
IftheSDcardisincorrectlyoriented
uponinsertion,thisunitandthe
SDcardmaybedamaged.
Note
Donotpullthecovertoohard.Thecovermaybedamaged.
Note
4Closethecover.
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NotesonhandlingtheSDcard
- Donotdirectlytouchtheterminals,allowthemtomakecontactwithmetal
orhardobjects,orshort-circuitthem.Datamaybedamagedorlostbystatic
electricityorthelike.
- InserttheSDcardwiththecorrectorientationallthewayintotheunit.Ifitis
insertedwithanincorrectorientationorisinsufficientlyinserted,theunitwill
notoperateproperly.
- Donotreleaseyourfingersfromthecardbeforethecardiscompletely
insertedorremoved.
- Keepoutofthereachofchildren.Youngchildrenmayputthecardintheir
mouthandchokeorcausesomeotherunexpectedinjuryoraccident.
- Thecardsareprecisiondevices.Donotbend,drop,orsubjectthemtostrong
forcesorshocks.
- Avoidusingorstoringthecardsinplaceswithextremelyhighorlow
temperatures,subjecttodirectsunlight,inacompletelyclosedvehicle,near
airconditionersorheaters,orinhumidordustylocations.
- Avoidusingorstoringthecardsinlocationswherestrongstaticelectrical
chargesorelectricalnoisecanbeeasilygenerated.
- WhenusinganSDcardinthisunit,besuretoformatitinthisunit(initialization).
(SeeALLERASEin"Erasing"onpage27.)
 AnSDcardthatwasformattedinanotherICrecorderoraPCmaynotbeused
withthisunit.
- SDcardsthatcanbeusedinthisunitareSDcardswithacapacityof512MB
to2GBandSDHCcardswithacapacityof4GBand8GB(asofDecember
2008).SomeSDcardsdonotfunctioncorrectlyinthisunitdependingon
themanufacturerandthetype.ForcardsforwhichSanyohasconfirmed
operation,seepage53.
- IftheSDcardislocked,recording
files,erasingfiles,ordivisionoffiles
cannotbecarriedout.
- NotethattheSDcardmaybe
lockedwhenitisinsertedintothis
unit.
UnlockedLocked
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Settingthedateandtime
Ifthedateandtimeareset,informationregarding"Recordingdateandtime"is
automaticallyloggedinthefilebeingrecorded(Timestampfunction).
Alsotherecordingdateandtimeinformationisincludedineachfilename
thereforeitisrecommendedtosetthedateandtimecorrectly.
1Turnthepoweronandpressthe[ ]button.
2Pressthe[ (fast-reverse)]or[ (fast-
forward)]buttontoselect" "and
pressthe[ (play)]button.
3Pressthe[ ]or[ ]buttontoset
theyear( )andpressthe[ (fast-
forward)]button.
Settingtimeanddateto5:03P.M.onFeburary
25,2009isshownhere.
4Setthemonth( )andtheday( )using
thesameoperationasstep3.
Note  Toreturntotheprevioussettingitem,press
[(fast-reverse)].
5Pressthe[ ]or[ ]buttontoselectthe
timedisplaymethodandpressthe[
(fast-forward)]button.
6Setthehour( )andtheminute
()usingthesameoperationasstep3
andpressthe[ (play)]button.
Dateandtimesettingisnowcomplete.
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Recording
Tworecordingmethodsareprovided:recordingwithamicrophoneand
recordingfromexternalsources.
Note Duringrecording,youcanmonitortherecordedvoicethrough
headphones.Pressthe[ ]or[ ]buttontoadjustthevolume.
Recordingwithmicrophone
1Turnthepoweron.(SeePage12)
2Setthemicrophonesensitivityaccordingtotherecording
conditions.
Setthe[ (microphonesensitivity)]switchlocatedontheside
ofthisunit.
L : Lowsensitivity.Usethissettingwhen
recordingbyplacingthisunitnearthe
soundsourcelikeamicrophone.
M: Intermediatesensitivity.Usethissettingwhenrecordingconversation
ofseveralpersonsaroundatable.
H: Highsensitivity.Usethissettingwhenrecordinginanopenlocation
suchasaconferenceroomoralecturehall.
3Pressthe[ ]buttontostartrecording.
a : Recordingfilenumber
b: Inputlevelmeter
c : Remainingrecordabletime
Note  - Ifthe[ ]buttonispressedagainduringrecording,the indicationblinks
andrecordingpauses.Ifthebuttonispressedagain,recordingresumes.Iftheunit
isleftforapproximately30minutesafterrecordingpauses,recordingstopsandthe
unitturnsoff.
 - Eachtime (fast-forward)ispressedduringrecording,theindicationofʻbʼtoggles
betweeninputlevelmeterandremainingrecordabletime.
 - Eachtime (fast-reverse)ispressedduringrecording,theindicationofʻcʼtoggles
betweenremainingrecordabletimeandelapsedrecordingtime.
4Tostoprecording,pressthe[ ]button.
Recordingisnowcomplete.
a
b
c
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Usinganexternalmicrophone
Touseanexternalmicrophoneforrecording,connectthemicrophoneto
theexternalinputsocketandsetthe[Microphone/Lineinput]switchtothe
[Microphone]positioninadvance.
External
microphone
VAS(Voiceactivatedsystem)
VASisafunctionthatautomaticallystartsrecordingwhentheunitsensesavoice,
andcausesrecordingtopauseautomaticallyputtingtheunitintherecording
standbystate,whenthevoicebecomeslowerthanacertainlevel.
1Turnthepoweronandpressandhold
downthe[ ]buttonfortwoseconds
ormoreinthestopstate.
2Pressthe[ (fast-reverse)]or[ (fast-
forward)]buttontoselect" ".
Pressthe[ ]or[ ]buttontoselect" "
andpressthe[ (play)]button.
Settingisnowcomplete.
3Recordingstarts.(SeePage18)
Whennovoiceissensed,recordingpauses.Whilerecording
pauses," "and" "blink.
Whenavoiceissensed,recordingstartsautomatically.
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