ICD-B10, ICD-B15 - Sony Audio Service Manual (repair manual). Page 6

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Start playback.

After playing back one message, the unit stops at the beginning of the next
message.
When the last message on a folder has been played back, the unit stops at
the beginning of the last message.

For private listening

Connect an earphone or headphones (not supplied) to the EAR jack. The built-
in speaker will be automatically disconnected. If you plug in headphones, you
will get monaural output from both left and right channels.

To stop playback

To

Do this

stop at the beginning of

Press xSTOP.

the current message
stop at the current position

Press NxPLAY/STOP.

(Playback Pause function)*
To resume playback from that point,
press NxPLAY/STOP again.

* You  can also pause playback by pressing XPAUSE instead of NxPLAY/

STOP. The OPR indicator will flash in green.  After an hour, the unit goes
into the stop mode at the current position.

Playing back all messages in a folder continuously
— Continuous Play

See page 36.

3

OPR indicator
(lights in green
during playback.)

EAR jack

Counter
display (or
the selected
display
mode)

2

Turn VOL to adjust

the volume.

1

Press NxPLAY/STOP.

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Playing Back Messages (continued)

Other operations

To

Do this

go back to the beginning

Press . once.***

of the current message**
skip to the next  message**

Press 

> once.***

go back to previous

Press . or > repeatedly.***

messages/skip to

(During stop mode, keep the button

succeeding messages

pressed to skip the messages

continuously.)

play back rapidly or

Set PLAY  SPEED to FAST or SLOW.

slowly

The messages will be played back

about 30% faster or 15% slower than
normal.

play messages with

Set PLAY SPEED to NORMAL.

normal speed

** If you have set a bookmark on the message, the unit stops at the bookmark.
*** These operations are for when EASY-S  is set to OFF.  For operations when

EASY-S  is set to ON, see page 17.

Various Ways of Playback

Playing back a message repeatedly — Repeat Play

During playback, press  NxPLAY/STOP for more than one second.
“

“ will be displayed and the selected message will be played back

repeatedly.
To resume normal playback, press NxPLAY/STOP again. To stop
playback, press xSTOP.

Playing the beginning of each message — Scanning Play

During stop mode, press NxPLAY/STOP  for more than one second.
“SCAN” will be displayed in the display window and the first 5 seconds of
each message in the selected folder will be played back.
When you find the desired message, press NxPLAY/STOP. The message
will be played back until the end.

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Searching forward/backward during playback (Cue/Review)

To search forward, keep > pressed during playback and release the
button at the point you wish to resume playback.
To search backward, keep . pressed during playback and release the
button at the point you wish to resume playback.

The unit searches at slow speed (unit of 4 seconds) with playback sound. It
is useful when checking one word forward or behind.
If you keep > or .pressed, the unit starts searching at higher speed.
Between messages the unit pauses for 2 seconds.

During cue/review,  the counter will be displayed, regardless of the
display mode setting (page 34).

You  can cue or review during playback pause. The unit goes back into
playback pause at the point you release > or ..

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When fast playback is done to the end of the last message,  

“ END ”  flashes

for 5 seconds and the OPR indicator lights up in green. (You  cannot hear
the playback sound.) If you keep  . pressed while “ END ”  is flashing,
the messages are played back rapidly,   and normal playback will start at
the point you release the button.
When “ END ”  stops flashing and the OPR indicator goes off, the unit will
stop at the beginning of the last message.

If the last message is long and  you wish to start playback at a later part of
the message, keep > pressed to play back the message to the end and
then press . while  “ END ”  is flashing to go back to the desired point .
(For messages other than the last one,  go to the beginning of the next
message and play backward to the desired point.)

Locating quickly the point you wish to start playback (Easy
Search)

When EASY-S  is set to ON (page 36), you can quickly locate the point you
wish to start playback by pressing  > or . repeatedly during playback
or playback pause.
You  can go back approx. 3 seconds by pressing 

. once, or advance

approx 10 seconds by pressing > once.  This function is useful when

locating a desired point in a long recording.

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Playing Back the Specified Section
Repeatedly  — A-B Repeat

While playing back a message, you can set the start (A) and end (B) points
for a section you wish to play repeatedly.

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During playback, press A-B REPEAT  briefly.

The starting point (A) of the section you wish to play
repeatedly is set.  “ A-B B”  flashes.

2

During playback, press A-B REPEAT  briefly.

The finishing point (B) of the section is set.
“ A-B”  is displayed and the specified section is played
back repeatedly.

To resume normal playback

Press NxPLAY/STOP.

To stop A-B Repeat playback

Press xSTOP.

• You  cannot set A-B Repeat for a section that overlaps two or more messages.
• If you do not set the finishing point (B), the finishing point is automatically set

at the end (or the beginning) of the message.

A-B REPEAT