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Sony ICDUX70 Digital Voice Recorder MP3 Stereo Recording and Playback | 
| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $99.95
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Rating:  22 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.5 x 1.4 x 3.8
MPN: ICDUX70
Model: ICDUX70
UPC: 027242723870
EAN: 0027242723870
ASIN: B00142VMMS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: New Sony Warranty included! ----We cannot ship to APO/FPO/PO Boxes/HI/AK/PR---Refurbished by Sony. Shipped in Sony-sealed box with Owner's Manual, Sony accessories, and New Sony Warranty. Buy with confidence-Authorized Sony Dealer since 1990.
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| Features:
| | USB Direct Connection | | | 1GB Built-in Flash Memory | | | Up to 290 Hours3 of Recording Time in LP Mode | | | Drag & Drop File Transfer | | | Windows/MAC Compatible |
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Product Description
Plug the ICD-UX70 directly into your compatible PC and enjoy easy, drag and drop file transfers. Its built-in 1GB Flash memory lets you record up to 290 hours of lectures, personal notes and more. You can even play back your favorite MP3 audio files and listen on the included stereo headphones. This compact and attractive digital voice recorder features five recording modes, Windows and Macintosh compatibility and it's available in three fashionable colors.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Sony has listened - Great product April 4, 2008
R. Samsel (Beverly Farms, MA USA)
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
I have had been using the Sony MZM200 Professional Portable Hi MD Recorder for the past year for digital recording of meetings and lectures. I have had good luck with it but I could never just hand it off to someone else to use. So I began to look at flash based recorders. The model I kept coming back to was the ICD-U70 but I was concerned by the proprietary file format and the difficulty that I had heard about converting it to a more standard format.
Well, with the ICD-UX70 & UX80 this major concern was addressed as the file format used is MP3. Now I can just load it directly to my computer and then to the website for podcasting with no transfer or conversion. I usually do some cleaning or normalizing using Nero but - oh how easy this has become. With the ease of this unit, I can imagine that I might not be using my MD recorder nearly as much.
I have used the unit connected to a sound board, an external microphone (Sony ECM-CS10 Tie-Clip-Style and Sony ECMMS907 Digital Recording Microphone) and by itself, and I have been very impressed with the quality of the recording.
The only thing with which you need to check and be comfortable is the internal mic sensitivity. Do some tests to see how the recording level and background noise comes out. Once you become familiar with the abilities of this unit, I think you will be happy with the recordings.
I think the size is great; if it was any smaller (thumb-drive sized) the buttons would either be too small or too close together for my fingers to operate. Sometimes small is too small - this unit is not too small.
Be careful about your expectations of the internal speaker - you can only get so much sound out of a teeny speaker. It is good to check playback but I would use headphones or play through another powered device if you really need to hear the recording. You can get battery powered speakers for cheap if you really need it.
The only thing that could improve this device is removable memory but for the price, you can buy 2 or 3 UX80s (2gb) for the price of a recorder that uses removable memory. So, this is a minor issue.
Thank you to all of you who complained about the U70 and got Sony to wake-up. I appreciate it.
Works with Linux! July 17, 2008
Reuben J. Settergren (San Diego, CA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought the ICDUX70 to record debates, and it works great. The two features I was most interested, this one has: it records directly into .mp3 (not into some proprietary format like most Olympus' do), and data transfer works as a USB flash drive (not requiring some proprietary Windoze/Mac software). These two features mean that the ICDUX70 works like a champ with Linux (Ubuntu 7.10)!
I was also surprised how well this recorder works for podcasting (that is to say, listening to podcasts). The "easy-search" feature (10sec fwd or 3sec rev per button press) is more useful than a silent ffwd/rev, and (for catechism memorization), the A-B feature is super helpful. I haven't used for typing yet, but the DPC (digital pitch control -- slow down the speed without distorting the voice) works great.
The unit is smaller and lighter than I expected, but seems well made enough. The little endcap over the USB connector is pretty cool, but I bet I'll eventually lose it. Battery life is good -- I've had it for over a month now, recorded a debate, and listened to probably 20-30 hours of podcasts, and I'm still on the factory-supplied battery (a single AAA).
My one quibble (the only thing that my crappy old RCA Lyra did better) is folder/file management. When you create and nest folders to organize your .mp3 from the perspective of your computer, those hierarchies disappear from the perspective of the machine -- it's just a long list of all the folders that contain .mp3 (in creation order). And when you go into a folder, you cannot see the _names_ of the files, so if you have no id3/id4 tags, you can't tell what's what. Also, there's no shuffle mode for playback, and no concept of a 'playlist', so if you want a device for listening to music, this is probably not it.
But it's good at what it's made for, i.e. recording and playing back speech.
Very good product July 22, 2008
John Vere III (MD)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I lovethis product! The other reviews claimed the product could not turn off, but there is a power switch, the hold button makes it turn off so the battery does not wear out. Product was in excellent condition. I would buy more from this vendor.
Great music recorder May 19, 2008
Eric Ryan (Kansas City, Missouri United States)
I bought this digital recorder to record music lessons and Irish music sessions (with 6-14 instruments playing) to learn new tunes. The recordings are CD quality, and you can transfer files to your computer with the built in USB plug. If you spend a few bucks extra at radioshack, you can also record music cassettes or CDs directly from a cassette deck or portable CD player (you could also do this with a turntable if you still have them).
Battery life is low (it's only one AAA - so what else would you expect), so rechargable AAAs quickly pay for themselves.
Overall, I'm really pleased with this recorder.
Sony Digital Recorder September 15, 2008
Nancy A. Aki (Reno, NV)
It does everything I expected and more...And the voice recordings are so clear that no one has any problem understanding my voice because I am teaching English and Chinese both. Thank you so much for making this product available on Amazon. Nancy Aki
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