Sony ICD-30 - Manual (Page 5)

Various ways of playing
Playing a note repeatedly (Repeat play)
Press ► for more than a second until" " appears while the unit
is playing the desired note. The unit will play the note over and
over again.
Playing a note using timer
You can set the unit to play a note automatically on a chosen day
and time with the alarm.
You cannot set the alarm if you have not set the clock on the unit.
Also, you cannot use the alarm if you have not recorded any note.
1 Select the file and the index number you want to play with an
alarm by pressing FILE and /►►!.
2 Press MENU/NEXT repeatedly until "AL" appears.
3 Press or to select "On".
4 Press MENU/NEXT.
The day flashes.
5 Press or to select a day you want.
If you select:
•"mon" to "Sun", the note is played back only on that day
within a week.
•"ALL", the note is played back every day.
6 Press MENU/NEXT.
The time flashes.
7 Press or to select the desired time.
8 Press BSTOP to return to the normal mode.
(>•>) appears and the alarm is set.
When the set day and time come, the alarm rings for 10 seconds
and then the note is played.
To stop the note from playing
Press BSTOP while the alarm sounds, otherwise the note starts
playback.
Even if the HOLD switch is on, you can stop the note.
To play the note before alarm sound finishes
Press BSTOP and ►.
To stop Repeat play
Press BSTOP.
To return to the normal play
Briefly press ►.
Playing all notes in a file continuously
You can play back all notes in a file continuously without pressing
► for each note.
1 Press MENU/NEXT repeatedly until "cont" appears.
2 Press or to select "On".
3 Press BSTOP.
The display returns to the normal mode.
4 Press
To. play back the notes one by one
Select "OFF” on step 2.
Playing the beginning of each note
(Scanning Play)
When you press for more than a second while the unit is in the
stop mode, the unit plays the first five seconds of all notes. This
makes it easy to find the desired note.
If you press ► when you find the desired note, you can listen to
the complete note.
After playing the last note, the unit returns to the first note and
stops.
To stop Scanning play
Press BSTOP.
To select an other index number
1 Press MENU/NEXT repeatedly until "AL" appears.
2 Press or to select "OFF".
3 Press BSTOP.
4 Repeat steps 1 to 8 of "Playing a note using the timer".
Notes
• The note plays back at the set volume, so make sure to set the volume at a
comfortable level.
• If the set alarm time comes during recording, the alarm sounds and the
note plays right after the recording finishes. W, however, flashes at the set
time.
• The alarm does not sound during menu mode. It will sound when you
return to the normal mode.
• If you erase the note to be played by timer, the alarm and timer play will be
cancelled.
Preventing accidental operation
Slide the HOLD switch in the direction of the arrow, "o-n" is
displayed, indicating that all the functions of the buttons are
locked, except B STOP to stop an alarm.
When the unit is in the MENU mode, the HOLD function is ignored
even if you have set the HOLD switch to work.
To release the key protection, slide the HOLD switch in the
opposite direction.