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Sony Digital Dictation Long Rec Silver | 
| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: £32.05
New (7) from £26.99
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 2447
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5.3 x 1.7
MPN: ICDB500.CE7
Model: ICDB500.CE7
EAN: 4905524399059
ASIN: B000OQ1WW0
Release Date: March 3, 2008
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Product Description
Record whatever you like wherever you go with the ICD-B500 digital Dictaphone from Sony. Compact and lightweight, the ICD-B500 comes with an internal memory of 256 MB and has many exciting features so that you can record your vocal reminders in an original way.With up to 150 hours and 15 minutes in recording mode and a large LCD screen, the ICD-B500 certainly is very easy to use.Works on 2 AAA batteries (not provided).
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent product, good quality recording November 18, 2008
Ms. A. Hasan
I am a singer/songwriter and when I record tunes on the piano, it helps me memorise some melodies I created and I can always erase something if I don't like it. Worth the buy. Sony is a good brand!
Indespensable - A practical, well valued product November 4, 2008
T. Clarke (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
They're a creative person's dream... Either that or you may need to take recordings for Media. Any Dictaphone for which matter is indispensable; being able to record ideas, thoughts, music notes at the touch of the button is vital when our brain's short term memory can lose a thought approximately 50 seconds later (am I the only one who lays awake at night with idea's flooding around?) br / br /So you want a Dictaphone - How much do you pay? My argument is fairly straightforward; the necessity of a "2GB Recorder" with all the functions expect coffee making is very nice, but the underlying principle of a hundred pound recorder remains the same as a Dictaphone for fifteen quid. And let be known, many of us like a student myself do not have the money to buy fancy gadgets. Enter Sony's ICD-B510F. br / br /The whole reason I wanted a Dictaphone in the first place is because as a music producer and DJ, I have a nasty habit of gaining great idea's and piano rhyths whilst in a lecture or in bed. Yes I know... How sad! It must be a Gemini thing. So with a budget I set to twenty five pounds, my first stop was this little beauty. br / br /What can I say? It's value at it's most plainly obvious. In High Quality recording mode, you get a whopping 30 hours + of recording time (Which, unless you are not human, is more than enough) or over triple in Low Quality. Recording is done at the touch of the button, and they are saved as "files", which are then grouped into a folder. 4 Folders are automatically set into the player. Simple! br / br /Recording quality is also adequate for the price. Again, this is a Dictaphone; a means of getting ideas down, and I therfore have no desire of having WAV quality playback or any other fancy kudo's to impress myself (more than anyone, put it that way...). The sensitivity of the Mic varies alot; you do have the option of changing it, which helps. However, unlike older recorders, holding it at a distant produces clearer recordings. br / br /Theirs also a built in FM radio. Hardly exciting any more these days, but always handy for football games or the news. This can be heard on loudspeaker of the provided headphone, as is your recordings too. br / br /The player is ergonomic and alot smaller than I expected, which is great. My only gripe design wise is that the Recording LED is tiny, and can't be seen very well. br / br /I've noticed a few previous reviewers suggesting this type of player to be "out of date" or inferior, or even "not" adequate enough. I would argue all these; You get what you pay for! In fact, I believe my dad's old Olympus Dictaphone which uses a tiny cassette to have a much warmer, quality tone that these digital models. br / br /If you're looking for an adequate means of recording idea's, notes, no matter what aspect of work/leisure you do, then this is what you need! br / br /
 Adequate, if a little dated October 20, 2008
B. Bracken
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been using one of these (and similar) for legal dictation for a number of years, and they're pretty much indispensable. So, all in all I would agree with both reviews here. br / br /However, the market has shifted up a gear in recent times with mobile dictation software from the likes of nflow etc. Digital dictation via a Blackberry (or other Windows Mobile device) means one less thing to carry in your pocket, but the benefits don't end there when you can also send messages from anywhere to anywhere in the world. br / br /If you've only got a small budget you can't go far wrong with one of these old style dictaphones. But if you want to take dictation to the next level you should certainly consider the new offerings in the marketplace.
Excellent June 28, 2008
The Lizard King
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I'm presently conducting interviews as part of post graduate research and needed a dictaphone, so I got this. I must say that I'm very impressed. Unlike the previous reviewer, I can rewind. The track must be playing though - eg you can't stop playback, then rewind. br / br /The sound quality is excellent through headphones, pretty good through the internal speaker. Batteries (which ARE included, unlike the Amazon description) last for ages, and the unit can record 30 hours of high quality audio. Recordings are also time stamped which is handy. br / br /There is no USB connection for transporting files to mp3 on computer. However, I use Audacity (a free audio editor - google it) and plug the headphone socket into the mic socket on the front of my PC using a male to male 3.5mm jack lead to record. Works great, but might take a while depending on the length of the recording which can then be exported as wave, mp3, or Ogg Vorbis. br / br /Overall, an excellent device which surpassed my expectations at least. br / br /
Does the job, but not the best November 27, 2007
A. F. Richards (Bristol, UK)
38 out of 39 found this review helpful
I'm a journalist and I use this dictaphone for interviews. The benefits of this one if that it's very small and light, very portable. The batteries last for ages and it can carry loads of different tracks. br /However - One really annoying feature is that when re-playing a recording, you can't rewind. This seems very strange and is VERY frustrating. You have to start the track all over again if you want to listen to a previous bit. Also, it's difficult to move the tracks onto a computer, you listen to them on the dictaphone. br /The mic is fine for quiet places where you are quite close to the other person. However, in noiser places (I carried out interviews backstage, with several people and in bars) it becomes very difficult to hear what's going on. I'd reccomend buying an extra mic to plug into this. br /All in all ., this is cute and it works and it's probably appropriate for some, but for the work I'm doing I'm upgrading to something a bit more powerful.
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