Sony ICD-BX700 Digital Voice Recorder with Stereo Microphone Jack

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.8 x 10.2 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001RB1XVG
• Item model number: ICD-BX700
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 28, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

Operating System Compatibility : Microsoft Windows, 2000 Professional, XP Home, XP Professional, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, Vista Business Ultimate

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Be careful!! Works Ok, May 25, 2009

By	Oscar Hernandez V (Heredia,Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

Lets see, the recorder works perfect! Good sound and quality... BUT has one mayor issue, you can't connect to the PC trough a USB port. The only way is with a Mini Stereo Jack, and here comes the problem, since the only way to passed your recording to the PC, are on real time, I mean, after you connect the recorder, you must press the "play button" and start to record all the files on to your computer, So if you record 50 hours, 50 hours will take you passed the file to your PC. Not such a good and fast way. Other than that, the voice recorder work perfect.

If you are plaining on buy it, please take this in consideration.!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reliable, small, easy to use, May 25, 2009

By	Music Man (Central NJ United States) - See all my reviews

Though I haven't used this as maybe it was intended as a voice recorder, this little guy has done me well since I bought it. For me, its best use i to practice brass instruments into it and get instant feedback. Granted, it's not the best sound I would come to expect, but I realize I'm not playing into a $1,000 mic either. With the mic sensitivity on low, I get excellent results playing directly at the unit - the levels work well considering.

The only thing I wish it could do was playback or USB transfer to a computer. The model above this wouldn't have helped me either as it appears to be PC only.

Overall, nice little piece of equipment. I take it with me in my horn case all the time!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big improvement over Previous Sony DVRs!, July 11, 2009

By	sonya - See all my reviews

I have owned many of these DVRs from Sony. I always got the one that could be used to download voice files to the PC via USB cable. However in the past 2 years I have fried 3 of them in connecting via USB. I've called Sony and complained etc. Always out of the warranty period - last time 20 days out of it! So this time i bought this one without the connection so i wouldn't pay the extra $20. (I use it for lectures, speech practising, and note taking so I don't need to save the recordings long term although i do miss the PC software - very nice.) So here are the improvements:
1) it has a very large capacity (double my previous one). it takes a long time to fill it up with recordings.
2) it saves the date when the battery dies! a constant annoyance before to enter the date and time.
3) the battery lasts a lot longer time!
4) it turns "off" automatically - perhaps why the battery last so much longer. Use the hold button too just in case in gets bumped.

So although it looks like previous generations - this is much better product. Pay the extra $20 for version with SW if you need to save the recordings - just make sure you don't have anything else on USB ports. That was the last piece of advice i got.