SONY MZR37SP
Owner's Manual

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Slide SYNCHRO REC to ON. �SYNC� appears in the display.

Recording from a microphone
Connect a stereo microphone (ECM-717, ECM-MS907, ECM-MS957, etc.; not supplied) to the MIC (PLUG IN POWER) jack.

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Press and slide REC upward. The recorder stands by for recording. Play the source sound. The recorder starts recording when it receives the playing sound.

Stereo microphone

To stop recording, press p. Notes
�You cannot pause manually during synchro-recording. �When there is no sound from the player for more than 3 seconds during synchrorecording, the recorder goes into the standby mode automatically. When the sound comes from the player again, the recorder resumes synchro-recording. If the recorder is kept in the standby mode for 5 minutes or longer, the recorder stops automatically. �Do not switch SYNCHRO REC after step 2. Recording may not be done properly. �Even when there is no recorded sound on the sound source, there may be cases when recording does not pause automatically during synchro-recording due to the noise level emitted from the sound source.

to MIC (PLUG IN POWER)

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Insert a recordable MD and start recording. Press and slide REC upward. �REC� lights up and recording starts. For other operations, see �Recording an MD right away! � (page 6).

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When recording in monaural, follow steps 1 and 2 of �Recording in monaural for double the normal recording time� (page 13) before synchro-recording.

To stop recording, press p. Notes
�When recording sources with large sound, adjust recording manually to prevent distortion (see �Adjusting the recording level manually�, page 13). �You cannot record through the microphone while an optical cable is connected to the (OPTICAL) LINE IN jack. The recorder automatically switches input in the following order; optical input, microphone input, and analog input. �The microphone may pick up the operating sound of the recorder itself. Use the microphone away from the recorder in such cases.

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