Not outstanding
Not compatible with Windows 7 This device is incompatible with Windows 7. Sony's lack of concern is disturbing.
Good little recorder over all Very easy to use and long battery life though the sound quality is pretty lame when recording in a teaching environment but gets the job done.
digital recorder LOVE it. Works and sounds great easy to use and to upload to my computer and holds hours of audio.
Not Compatible With 64bit WIN 7 I've been using my ICDP320 for over 6 years on Win XP & Vista 32bit computers with free Sony software. Great also for recording conference calls etc. with a 3rd party direct hookup to the phone. Great for recording meetings where you have to write minutes later on. I would download all the foregoing to my computer to burn CDs edit etc. Make sure you have fresh batteries in the recorder before starting a long recording session.But recently I had to replace one of my laptops and the new one has 64 bit Windows 7. When I loaded the Sony program for the ICDP320 it wouldn't recognize the recorder.
Excellent transaction Having owned this model previously I was looking for a replacemnt for my lost recorder. Within an hour of my purchase I found my first recorder. It is the easiest recorder I have ever used and the lock feature keeps me from accidentally recording over any previous work not to mention the method by which it files. I have confidence in Sony products and buying the same model keeps all my transcribing software and equipment operational. The digital sound quality is excellent. Once while conducting an interview with someone the distance between the recorder and the person speaking was substantial but you would not have known as the recording sounded as if the person was mikedup.The second recorder in case you're wondering is being used by my office staff.
Helped in my Divorce This is a totally different kind of review but I think it's necessary. I bought it to protect my conversation/me against BS accusations in a divorce.It was so SWEEEET to have myself vindicated each time I was accused of being ugly during a conversation on the phone or in person. I LOVED the fact that the internal Mic faces towards the top. I could wear it in a shirt pocket and it caught the conversation from across the table still.For this pure reason alone it was worth every cent I paid. It was nice to have technology on my side for something like this and to see the face of my ex when the recording was played.
Another Sony let down If you have windows vista don't bother with this device. It will not operate. Once again Sony has given me yet another reason to stop buying Sony.To get the information off the device you are required to have windows xp. They will not update a driver to accomodate a vista computer connection. All because they have their own format on this thing.
Vista Users! DO NOT BUY THIS MODEL This recorder is a neat little package and so much so that I purchased additional units in the event my original broke down I use it for work. I still think that for the money it is one of the better models that Sony made yes past tense. Unfortunately since they no longer make them neither do they provide very good support for this model which you can discover simply by doing a search using such text as my ICDP320 won't work with Windows Vista. Sony does provide a driver that is supposedly an update which serves to facilitate compatibility with Vista but you will find if you did that search that the driver doesn't work and provides no more than lip service which in this case could be an acronym for Sony tech support in regard to this product. Eventually working my way up to a senior tech within Sony's product support system he confided to me that until the creator's of Windows Vista yes them reach some sort of an agreement with Sony no working driver including the one that they say is a working driver to enable Vista users to continue to enjoy their ICDP320 will be forthcoming. So that leaves me with several wasted 82 MB redownloads on more than one occasion thinking I would soon have the magic driver but didn't get it tech conversation time wasted as well as occasional sparks of hope that maybe they had resolved the driver issue and had not and yet another attempt at downloading that magical driver that will work just as they say it will.You can buy an updated version of this sweet little recorder with odd looking little barrel microphones attached at the top for about three hundred bucks or buy the UX versions which have little if any actual volume advantage and in fact require a set of headphones if you want to play back whatever you record and actually be able to hear it but still as those of us who really like this recorder the ICDP320 and think that Sony should support their product but don't it's such a nice recorder that I still dream that someday they will come up with a working driver. Planned obsolescence? I'm not sure but I know that for those of us who have this useless recorder paired with Vista life doesn't get any better nor does it promise to anytime soon.
Let Down by this recorder I boought this recorder to record sermons for my church email outreach ministry. The first 7 times I used it the file transfer went smoothly the sound quality could use some work but I was still able to use it. As soon as I got comfortable enough to quit taking notes I had major trouble with the fle transfer not working. I tried all the help suggestions but it still does'nt communicate. I'll still trying to use it. But my advice is to keep taking notes just in case. I'm shopping for another recorder.
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