I am very pleased with this little recorder. Before buying this recorder I purchased the Olympus DS2. It worked quite well but then I found the fatal flaw at least for me you can't use it for dictation because there is no easy way to search back and forth through something you've recorded to insert overwrite or add on to a previous recording. So I sold that puppy and then really wrestled with purchasing this recorder or the Olympus DS2300 which costs twice as much.
Good recorder if you get it to work with your PC. This recorder is a sleek little device and has good features that I won't bother repeating here.What is *very annoying* is the Digital Voice Editor software and the USB connectivity. I've reinstalled the software numerous times without getting it to work. The recorder shows PC Link the DVE software shows my recordings but as 0.00.00 length! Clicking on a recording just gives an error.Sony has a Windows Media Player plugin but WMP fails to recognize the recorder.Dragon Naturally Pro 9 fails to recognize the recorder too. This same model is sold with this software as ICDSX46VTPUSB connections under Device Manager shows the recorder but it doesn't show up anywhere else??Sony support for this model is nonexistent. Not even drivers in its support section.After my frustrations with this recorder and googling for answers I've read that pretty much all the Sony Digital Recorders use the crappy DVE software. I would recommend that everyone stay away from Sony recorders just because of this DVE software.
Sony ICDSX46 digital recorder Recording sounded like the people were in a tunnel. Not easy to use. Needs better documentation on how to use.
Love the recorder hate the software I love this recorder and never leave home without it use it for interviews excellent sound quality and to listen to podcasts and so far it's been very reliable. The only big problem is the software Digital Voice Editor 2. It's crappy buggy crashes all the time. It refuses to import certain types of podcasts MP3 of 44 Mhz or more if I remember well. The fact that Sony doesn't provide patches and updates for this awful software is pretty infuriating.
Still No Vista Drivers It works but just no excuse for not having Vista drivers out. It's 8 months since Vista came out and the only drivers out there are in Japanese. For the last 7 months I called their tech support and got nowhere then finally found info on their web site.
Useless with Win 7 According to Sony support this device is not compatible with Win 7. Instead of using it as a digital voice recorder you have to download the data via the ANALOG headset jack into your computer MIC in. None of the digital functionality can be accessed via software from Win 7. There are NO drivers to support this device on Win 7.The Sony support response Please note that the USB connectivity of the IC recorder is not compatible with the Windows 7 Operating System.
Decent devise terrible software. I have had this for a year now. The unit itself is pretty high quality. Many options. The problem is the software. The digital voice editor software that comes with it is very limited and never was great. But what's worst of all is you need to keep the disk with you and not lose it because if the software has a glitch like mine just did and you are on the road and you don't have the disk you cannot hope to find the software to redownload to reinstall. Sony only posts updates to it as if the software itself here was some valuable product to protect. It's a little proprietary player that also happens to be the ONLY way you can transfer the files to your computer. So if it stops working and you don't have disk you are screwed. This is unacceptable in this day and age. It's not like ANYONE in the world would want to download and use this software for anything other than if you were using one of these units. It's essentially barely more than the driver you need to transfer and you need it to convert the files. Typical proprietary Sony overprotecting things to the hurt of the customers who want just to use their product. This is how Beta lost to VHS in so many ways.I would NOT buy this unit again for this reason.
Sony ICDSX46 128MB Digital Voice Recorder So far so good. I haven't used to the maximum extent. I still have to explore all the features and the audio capabilities in a large crowd.
The SX46 is an excellent recorder I've owned this recorder for over a year. I find it an excellent product. The software is not difficult to figure out. It automatically files the subject under time and date. You convert it to a sterio or mono MP3 file by choosing the correct save as category to a file on your hard drive. I am currently buying a second one for other family members.
A little & nicelooking device This digital recorder is very convenient for me to bring it all day and with easy operation. I really like this a lot and now I suggest you to buy onethen you'll find out that the recorder is very useful.
Read more...
ไม่มีความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น