Sony ICD-R100PC - Manual (Page 27)

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Basic Operation
On file types
All the saved sound files can be played back on the ICD-PCLINK Software
in the same way, but the differences are the following:
• ICS file (SONY IC RECORDER (
*
. ics))
The ICS file is Sony’s original format. You can play back ICS files using the
supplied “ICS-Player” Software. (Page 48)
When messages are saved as ICS files, the sound data is compressed so
that the size of the data is relatively small.
You can convert the ICS files into WAV files. (Page 50).
• 8-bit WAV file (WAV FILE [8 bit] (
*
. wav))
The 8-bit WAV files can be played back using software such as Microsoft
Sound Recorder supplied with Windows 98 or Windows 95.
• 16-bit WAV file (WAV FILE [16 bit] (
*
. wav))
The 16-bit WAV files can be played back using software such as Microsoft
Sound Recorder supplied with Windows 98 or Windows 95. Save in 16-bit
when the software to be used requires 16-bit WAV files.
Approximate file size of a one-minute message recorded in SP mode
ICS file : approx. 248 KB
8 bit WAV file: approx. 660 KB
16 bit WAV file: approx. 1,320 KB
(KB:kilobytes)
Approximate file size of a 64-minute message recorded in SP mode
ICS file : approx. 15.6 MB
8 bit WAV file: approx. 43 MB
16 bit WAV file: approx. 86 MB
(MB:megabytes)
Approximate file size of a 150-minute message recorded in LP mode
ICS file : approx. 15.6 MB
8 bit WAV file: approx. 72 MB
16 bit WAV file: approx. 144 MB
(MB:megabytes)
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