Sony M-560V Microcassette Voice Recorder

by Sony

Product Details

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• Item Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00006592V
• Item model number: M-560V
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,737 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #82 in Electronics > Portable Audio & Video > Microcassette Recorders
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 25, 2002

Product Description

SonyM-^Rs Pressman« recorder is just what you need when youM-^Rre on the go. It has features ranging from Voice Operated Recording and Sony-matic« Automatic Recording Level Control to 24-hour battery life--all in a compact package. The Clear Voice PlusM-^Y system improves recording quality and the Voice Mirror confirms the recording by mirroring voice with LED illumination.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good for the money, April 2, 2003

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Michael J Edelman (Huntington Woods, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony M-560V Microcassette Voice Recorder (Office Product)

I've had mine for three or four years now. I've used it for taking notes as well as recording meetings, and it's good at both. It's small enough that it doesn't draw attention to itself.

Now, it's not a supersensitive spy recorder; you're not going to record a quiet coversation across the room. But that's not what it was meant for. It's best for recoding voices within 6-10 feet, although in a pinch it will record (somewhat noisily) from twice that distance. Add an external microphone and you can increase that range. Add an inexpensive telephone pickup and you can record your incoming phone calls, too. Use the VOR function and you can record them automatically.

Microcassette recorders are somewhat a dying breed, as digital recorders and flash memory cards plummet in price. But it'll still be a while before you can get a digital voice recorder that can record 90 minutes as cheaply as you can with a microcassette recorder.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for a small recorder, August 31, 2002

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"minuet1965" (Kailua, HI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony M-560V Microcassette Voice Recorder (Office Product)

I bought this recorder to record a class I was taking. Lukily for me, my instructor had a loud voice so it recorded well. It has two speed selections. If you use the slower speed to get more tape time,it will get worse. It also has the V O R "high" "Low" selection and that's only to ensure continuous tape play when the voice gets soft. If your instructors voice is soft it may not work to well.

I've seen other Sony models that are better and they take a regular cassette tape not these microcassette tapes.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Noise recorder, December 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sony M-560V Microcassette Voice Recorder (Office Product)

This model records noise instead of voice. I just returned it to Circuit City.