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And that's with the unit on "Hold" the entire time. Transferring sound to my Mac couldn't possibly be easier. But in reality it just frustrates me that nearly every time I reach to use it, the battery has been completely drained. This makes it completely useless as a "there when you need it" recorder, and I think it's going to make me get rid of it.
I'm using high-capacity (2500 mAh) rechargeable AAAs, and these things can't even last *two weeks*. I don't use it for much else, but when I do use it, I tend to use it a lot.I started out with Sony, then went to Olympus, and now I'm back to Sony again.This little unit is my favorite so far. And this when it was supposedly "off" too. Based on everything I've used so far, this is the "right" design; why Sony used all tiny round buttons for the UX70 I'll never know, but it forces me to check and recheck myself to see which buttons I'm really pushing.Battery life is absolutely terrible. My only option right now is to carry about the battery separately, but since the startup time for this unit is so long, it means I'm almost sure to forget the idea that I wanted to jot down in the first place.The Olympus DS-2 shares this "passive life sucking" trait, whereas my first Sony did not.
The worst I've ever used. I mean the situation where you leave a fresh battery in the unit for a month, and then pick it up hoping to quickly jot down a voice note.
I bought this Sony thinking that I could count on them, but I guess my usage pattern is not very common.The last negative is the internal speaker. Basically you should plan on never using it, or using it merely to confirm the fact that you did actually record something.
However, the poor sound quality is unrelated to the quality of the recording itself, as playback on a computer will show.If I could have long battery life (my first Sony would go 6 months without having to change two AAAs), then I would love this little guy. I've been a heavy user of digital voice recorders in the past for noting down ideas when I'm in bed (and the lights are out -- no paper), and for when I'm driving.
And I don't mean continuous recording length (which is probably what the unit is designed to excel at). The size and weight are the best yet, as is the recording length.Where I ding this little marvel is in a few areas: The buttons are too tiny, and too similar.
The first Sony I use had a large and square record button, compared to small round buttons for everything else. Leaving the display on, it doesn't even make it much longer than a week.
Thank you so much for making this product available on Amazon. It does everything I expected and more.And the voice recordings are so clear that no one has any problem understanding my voice because I am teaching English and Chinese both. Nancy Aki
As stated in other reviews, the internal speaker is TOTALLY USLESS. I'm returning the recorder.
Amazingly you don't hear the vibrations from the piano. It's a little sensitive so I lay it on the piano. I love that you can just plug this to your computer via USB and drag and drop the files from the recorder to my PC. This recorder is great. Mic is sensitive enough to pick up the piano and my voice. This product works well for me. I use it during my music class so I can record our session. I love it.
Sorry to say, but because of this issue, I am afraid this item will be junked soon. Now I am finding the instruction manual just does not correlate with how this works, and I am at a loss currently as to how to set the mic sensitivity, how to adjust the volume. Too bad.
I have owned many electronic products, but this is the first time I am up against either/or the manual or tech support being of no help in guiding me how to use this product. It has so much potential. I was so thrilled with the idea of being able to record MP3 style.
Writing tech support was of no help. And, to a limited extent, I have been able to do this. But, I was up against my first problem when I went to instruction #1 and could not set the clock properly.
What a waste.
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