Sony ICD-CX50 - Manual (Page 2)

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B Using the Software
Starting the “Visual
and Voice Editor”
1 Turn on your PC and start Windows.
2 Connect the IC recorder to your PC.
3 Click [Start], and select [Programs], [Sony
Visual and Voice Editor] and then [Visual
and Voice Editor].
The “Visual and Voice Editor” Software starts up
and the main window appears.
The data in the IC recorder or the PC driver is
loaded and the message folders and message files
are displayed in the IC Recorder message pane.
Note
If you start the “Visual and Voice Editor” for the first
time, the IC recorder selection dialog box in the step 4 is
displayed.
4 When the IC recorder is disconnected or no
folders or messages are displayed in the IC
Recorder message pane, select the IC
recorder or the drive with either of the
following:
• Click the down arrow in the IC recorder
combo box.
• Select [Select IC Recorder] from the [IC
Recorder] menu.
The [Select IC Recorder] dialog box is displayed.
Select the desired IC recorder or the drive from
the drop-down list and click [Connect].
The message folders of the selected IC recorder or
drive are displayed in the folder list box.
Notes
• The drive letters and IC recorder identifications on the IC
Recorder combo box differ depending on the PC's
configurations and settings, and how the removable disk as
“Memory Stick” is connected.
• When you specify a drive such as “Memory Stick” drive that
has no message folders, the dialog box to ask you to create
new message folder is displayed. Click [Yes] to make the
initial setting of the memory and display the Visual and
Voice Editor main window.
• If the IC recorder connected to your PC does not appear on
the IC Recorder combo box, check the connection.
To quit the Software
Click the [X] button on the upper right side of the
window or select [Exit] from the [File] menu.
Using help files of the software
For details on how to use the “Visual and Voice
Editor” software, refer to the help files.
1 Tip
For the latest information, refer to the “readme.txt”
file. To open the file, click [Start], [Programs], [Sony
Visual and Voice Editor], and then [ReadMe].
There are three ways to open help file:
• Click [Start], [Programs], [Sony Visual and Voice
Editor], and then [Help (###)] (###: language
name).
Click the desired language version of the help.
• After starting up the software, select [Help
Topics] in the [Help] menu.
You can select the desired help language from the
pop-up list of available languages for the Visual
and Voice Editor help.
• After starting up the software, click (Help
topics) in the toolbar.
Saving Messages to
the PC
You can save the messages as sound files on your PC
hard disk.
Notes
• The following characters cannot be used in a file name.
(Period (.) cannot be used for VOISCAPE files .) :
\ / : . * ? ” < > |
• When a message with the same file name exists, the dialog
box appears to ask you if you wish to replace the existing
file. If you wish to replace the file, click [Yes]. If you wish to
change the file name, click [No].
Saving messages by a drag-and-
drop operation
1 Click to select the message you wish to save
from the IC Recorder message pane (1).
To select multiple messages, press and hold down
the Shift key as you click the first and last
messages in a consecutive group or the Ctrl key as
you click each message separately.
2 Drag the message (2) and drop it (3) in
the PC message pane.
The message is saved in the PC message list. The
messages are automatically named according to
the naming rule for saving files settings in the
[Options] window.
Tip
You can also save the selected messages by clicking
or by
selecting [Save on PC] from the [IC Recorder] menu. Fro the
details, see the help files.
Notes
• You cannot drop the message in the PC folder list.
• The message is saved as the original file format. If you select
[Save as wav file], the messages are saved as wav files.
Saving the entire messages in a
folder at one time
Click the folder that you wish to save from the
IC Recorder folder list, drag and then drop it in
the PC message list.
You can save the entire messages in a message folder
at one time as one folder. The messages are
automatically named according to the naming rule for
saving files settings in the [Options] window. For the
details, see the help.
Saving all message folders at one
time
Select [Whole]–[Save] from the [IC Recorder]
menu.
The dialog box used to save all the IC Recorder
messages are displayed. Specify the destination folder
and file type to save the messages. The folder
automatically named as “IC recorder model name_IC
recorder User Name_current year_month_day”, e.g.
ICD-CX50_User_2005_07_04. or the details, see the
help.
The messages in folders are automatically named
according to the naming rule for saving files settings
in the [Options] window. For the details, see the help.
Adding Messages to
the IC Recorder
You can add the selected message(s) in your PC hard
disk to the IC recorder. You can add the message(s)
one by one or all messages in a folder at one time.
The added messages can be played back on the IC
recorder.
Note
When the memory of the IC recorder is full or the total number
of messages in a folder exceeds 99, you cannot add a message.
Delete unnecessary messages, and then add a message.
Adding messages one by one
1 Click to select the message you wish to add
in the PC message list (1).
To select multiple messages, press and hold down
the Shift key as you click the first and last
messages in a consecutive group or the Ctrl key as
you click each message separately. You can select
files of different file type together.
2 Drag the message (2) and drop it (3) at
the desired position in the IC Recorder
message list.
When you are about to drop the message, the
insertion line is displayed. The message is added
to the line.
Tips
• If you drop the message on the IC Recorder folder list, the
messages will be added to the end of the selected folder.
• You can also add the selected messages by clicking or
by selecting [Add to IC Recorder] from the [PC] menu. Fro
the details, see the help files.
Adding all messages in a folder at
one time
Click the folder that you wish to add in the PC
message list, drag and then drop it at the
desired position in the IC Recorder message list.
When you are about to drop the folder, the insertion
line is displayed. The messages in the folder are
added to the line.
Troubleshooting
“Visual and Voice Editor” software cannot
be installed.
• The free disk or memory space on the PC is too
small. Check the hard disk and memory space.
• You are trying to install the software into the
operating system that the “Visual and Voice Editor”
does not support.
(You cannot use this software
with Windows ® 98, Windows ® 95 or Windows ®
NT.)
• In Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005/
Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2004/
Windows ® XP Professional/Windows ® XP Home
Edition, you log on as a user name belonging to a
user account with limitations. Make sure to log on
as a user name with the “Computer administrator”
user account.
• In Windows ® 2000 Professional, make sure to log
on Windows as a user name belonging to the
“Administrator ” user account.
The IC recorder cannot be properly
connected.
• Check that the installation of the software has been
successful. Also check the connection as follows:
– Install the driver for the IC recorder.
– When using an external USB hub, connect the IC
recorder directly to the PC.
– Disconnect and then connect the cable with the
IC recorder.
– Connect the IC recorder to another USB
connector.
• Your PC may be in the system standby/hibernate
mode. Do not let your PC enter into the system
standby/hibernate mode while being connected to
the IC recorder.
The IC recorder does not operate.
• You may format the memory of the IC recorder.
Use the IC recorder formatting function to format
the memory.
Messages cannot be played back./Playback
sound volume is too low.
• No sound board is installed.
• No speaker is built-in or connected to the PC.
• The volume of the sound is turned down.
• Turn up the volume on the PC. (Refer to the
instruction manual of the PC.)
• The volume of WAV files can be changed and
saved using the “Increase Volume” feature of the
Microsoft Sound Recorder.
Main window
Player pane
DPC (Digital Pitch Control)
button and slider A-B Repeat play
buttons
Volume adjustment
buttons/V-Up button Divide/combine
buttons
Edit Bookmark button
Message information/
recording time indication Playback operation buttons (Cue/
Review/Skip Backward/Skip Forward/
Stop/Play/Easy Search (Backward)/
Easy Search (Forward)/Bookmark
(Backward)/Bookmark (Forward)) Playback slider
Slider moves as the
playback progresses. At the
point where a bookmark is
added, a bookmark icon is
displayed. Picture window
The bookmark picture
currently selected is
displayed.
Simple player mode DPC (Digital Pitch Control)
button and slider
Volume adjustment
buttons/V-Up button
A-B Repeat play buttons
Display buttons (Always Shows
Front/Picture window display ON/
OFF/Show Main Window/Close)
Playback slider
Slider moves as the playback
progresses. At the point where a
bookmark is added, a bookmark icon
is displayed.
Picture window
The bookmark picture currently
selected is displayed.
VOISCAPE files are not displayed in the
message list
• Click
(view) in the PC message list and check
to see that “VOISCAPE” is checked in the pop-up
menu displayed.
• Check to see that the names of the VOISCAPE
folder, the message file (dvf), and picture index file
(pin), both contained in the folder, are identical. If
they are different, the folder cannot be identified as
a VOISCAPE file.
Saved message files cannot be played back
or edited.
• You cannot play back a message whose file format
the “Visual and Voice Editor” software does not
support. Depending on the file format, you cannot
use part of editorial features of the software.
Operations speed of the software becomes
slower as the number of messages
increases.
• Without regard to the recording time, it takes a
longer time to process operations when there are a
large number of messages.
Display does not work during saving,
adding, or deleting of messages.
• It takes a longer time to copy or delete long
messages. After completing operations, the display
works normally.
It takes too long to convert a file format.
• The time required for file conversion becomes
longer as the file size is bigger.
The software ‘hangs’ when “Visual and
Voice Editor” software starts up.
• Before you disconnect the Visual IC recorder, make
sure to exit the “Visual and Voice Editor” software.
Otherwise, the operations of the software may
become unstable. If this occurs, restart your
operating system.
• Do not disconnect the connector of the IC recorder
while the PC is communicating with the IC
recorder. Otherwise the PC operations become
unstable or the data inside the IC recorder may be
damaged.
• There may be conflict between the software and
other driver or application.
• Do not install the “Memory Stick Voice Editor”
software after you installed the “Visual and Voice
Editor” software. The “Visual and Voice Editor”
may not operate properly.
Names and Functions
of the Main Window
1 Menu bar/Toolbar
You can access and execute the menu commands
from the menu bar. The toolbar contains the
buttons for common menu command tasks,
providing quick way to do tasks. For the details,
see the help.
2 IC Recorder combo box
You can select the IC recorder connected to the
USB connector of your PC or the PC drive. In the
right of the combo box, the free memory space in
the selected IC recorder or the drive is displayed.
3 IC recorder message pane
In the folder list beneath the IC Recorder combo
box 2, the message folders in the selected IC
recorder or the drive are displayed. Click the
desired folder from the list, so that the messages
in the selected folder are displayed in the message
list beneath the folder list.
You can switch the view between title pictures
and details (detailed list of message number,
recording mode (ST, STLP, SP or LP), user name,
message name, recorded date, length, and file
name).
With the tool buttons beneath the message list,
you can sort messages, change a folder icon, or
create a new folder.
4 Picture bookmark pane
The bookmarks saved in the currently selected
message are displayed. Under each bookmark, the
bookmark location is displayed in time code
(hours:minutes:seconds).
5 Player pane
This pane controls playback operations. The
information of the message being played back is
displayed. You can also display the simple
player mode. For details, see the help.
6 PC message pane
In the upper folder tree pane, the drives and
folders are displayed in tree. Click the desired
drive and folder in the folder tree pane, so that the
messages in the selected folder are displayed in
the message list beneath the folder tree pane.
You can also use the folder browse buttons (
/
/ ) to switch back and forth among folders or
to display a folder in a higher-level directory. By
clicking
, you can select the file types to be
displayed in the list.
You can switch the view between title pictures
and details (detailed list of file name, recording
mode (ST, STLP, SP or LP), user name, message
name, recorded date, and length).
With the tool buttons beneath the message list,
you can copy, cut or paste a message, arrange
icons, or create a new folder.
7 Save/Add buttons
: Saves the messages selected in the IC
recorder message pane into the PC hard disk.
: Adds the messages selected in the PC
message pane onto the IC recorder.
Note
The remaining recording time displayed in the IC recorder
may differ from that displayed in the “Visual and Voice
Editor”, which is not malfunction. This is because the IC
recorder displays the remaining time after subtracting the
memory amount required for its system.
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