Sony PCM-D50 User Manual

Table of Contents

• Overview
  • What you can do with the PCM-D50
  • Identifying parts and controls

• Getting Started
  • Checking the supplied accessories
  • Step 1: Preparing a power source
  • Step 2: Setting the clock

• Recording
  • Preparation before recording
  • Recording analog sound
  • Monitoring the recording
  • Recording a few seconds in advance, before starting to record (Pre-recording)
  • Recording with an external microphone
  • Recording from external equipment (Line Input)
  • Digital recording
  • Recording digital signals from external equipment (Optical Input)
  • Synchronizing recording with playback (Digital Synchronized Recording)
  • Using the remote commander for recording

• Operations after Recording
  • Playing back recorded audio data (tracks)
  • Quickly locating the point you wish to start playback (Easy Search)
  • Adjusting the playback speed (DPC (the Digital Pitch Control function))
  • Connecting external equipment for playback
  • Playing back repeatedly
  • Dividing a track
  • Deleting tracks
  • Storing tracks on a computer
  • On folder and track file structure
  • Playing back MP3 files copied from a computer

• Menu Operations
  • Using the menu display
  • Menu items
    • LED
    • (Indicator lighting)
    • CLOCK
    • (Date/time settings)
    • MEMORY 1)(Recording/playback memory)
    • FORMAT 2)5)(Initializing memory)
    • DELETE ALL 2)4)5)(Deleting all tracks in a folder)
    • DELETE TRK 3)4)5)(Deleting a track)
    • DPC(Digital Pitch Control function)
    • EASY SEARCH
    • (Easy search function)
    • REC MODE 6)7)
    • (Sampling frequency/quantifying bit number)
    • LIMITER 7) (Preventing distortion)
    • LCF 7) (Low Cut Filter function)
    • SBM 7)8)(Super Bit Mapping function)
    • PRE REC7)
    • (Pre-recording function)
    • SYNC REC9)
    • (Synchronized recording function)
    • PLUG IN PWR(Plug in power function)

• Additional Information
  • Using a “Memory Stick” (not supplied)
  • Inserting a “Memory Stick”
  • Using the “Memory Stick” for recording/playback
  • Maintenance
  • Troubleshooting
  • Error messages
  • Specifications
  • File Specifications
  • Index