Sony TCM50DV Portable Cassette Recorder

by Sony

Product Details

Product Manual [411kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 6 pounds
• 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: B0000206CY
• Item model number: TCM50DV
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,025 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This portable cassette recorder features auto reverse, double recording time, and voice-operated recording (VOR) with hi/lo microphone sensitivity. It also has a flat microphone, playback speed control, and clear voice system.

Product Description

Sony's TCM-50DV Pressman® Portable Cassette Recorder is perfect for quick memos. It features Auto Reverse, Double Recording Time and a Flat Microphone.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Available, March 14, 2000

By 

Michael Tupps "MichaelOK" (Tulsa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony TCM50DV Portable Cassette Recorder (Office Product)

Wow! I cannot say enough about the features that are on this recorder. Every thing that I can ask for in a hand held full size cassett recorder / player. The variable speed is excellent for long lectures or events. On a standard 90 minute tape you can set the recorder at half speed and get 3 hours on it! Good quality play back, voice activated, tape counter, mic / phone jacks, AC/DC, etc. My only concern is the long term quality - made in China verses Japan. For the money impossible to beat this deal. So good that my wife took it away and uses it!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacks one important connector: motor-control plug, February 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sony TCM50DV Portable Cassette Recorder (Office Product)

I've been pulling my hair trying to find a cassette recorder with two features:

-Auto-reverse
-Pause-control plug (for microphones with a record/pause switch).

So far, all auto-reverse models I found lack this plug.
The only currently produced tape recorder I was able to find with a "pause control" (aka Mic remote control) plug next to the mic-in is the Casio TP-7, but it lacks a motor/pause control plug.

This is a note to manufacturers, why remove a useful feature for those of us who like control the recording from the mic, or use it to record phone calls (with a third party automatic recording control that starts the recording when the phone is in use)?.