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To record just put your standard size blank(or reuseable) cassette(the side you are using or listening to always faces out)and then press play to listen -with or without headphones- or press the red record button(there is no mistaking this button for another and start talking or recording someone else.It has your basic stuff - play, fast forward, reverse, stop - all buttons, and a little slide bar for pause.Volume control(excellent) and headphone plug in on side. On my own recorded tapes I am getting a bit of a humming or static kind of noise in the background on playback. Of course I didn't speak as loud as a lecturer in a hall would probably speak(and with possibly a microphone of their own), and turning up the volume did help some, but I wouldn't recommend it for recording speakers too far away.Carry It Around-It doesn't come with a belt clip, so for walking around it fits in my back jeans pocket(snug but fits), or if I'm wearing a jacket with pockets that works great as I can easily get to the buttons if I need to pause for any reason. This review refers to the "Sony TCM-150 Cassette RecorderI use this little recorder for a couple of different reasons. I also like to listen to cassettes on the treadmill and in that case I just put the players on the little shelf.I'm really getting my money's worth, other then that little hum on playback of what I recorded it works great. I can tell you that my personel playing and recording time has lasted many hours, but that may also depend on the type or brand of batteries used.PLAYBACK-When attaching standard headphones(NOT INCLUDED) I am getting sound coming from both the left and right sides on both my own recordings and pre-recorded music or books.The audio books sound great - readings are clear and distinct. For very basic features I would recommend it.For more serious needs, I would recommend, something a little higher up on the scale.Thanks and enjoy.Laurie
The front "grill" is silvertone and the rest is grey.Also another nice feature on the player is the window where in most cases you can see which side of the cassette you are listening to or recording on(providing the cassette itself shows side 1 or 2 - or a or b). I made several tests for distance and I had good playback up to about15- 20 feet(after that I faded), speaking a little louder then I usually would. This does not happen on the books and studio recorded music. The only other feature I wish it had was a counter. It just sounds like a radio station that is not quite on the mark.
I listen to audio books, old music cassettes, and record thoughts and notes to myself for various projects or interviews.FEATURES-First the recorder itself is very easy to use. It's not enough to bother me personally, and I can still hear my voice clearly, but enough for me to take off just one star as this may be an annoyance to some who are using this for study notes. It uses two AA batteries. The microphone is on the end (easy to point towards your victim) and is part of the player, no need to attach or worry about it getting lost. It does not, and may take a little longer to find the part you are looking for.
Remember that this is a portable tape player. I was especially pleased with the built-in speaker.
Consequently, I can easily listen to audio without having to use earphones. It's larger than I expected for a player of this size.
I primarily bought the TCM-150 to play back audio tapes. For my part, I was personally happy with the rock tape I played.
Finally, I didn't see any problems with the player's quality. Some of the earlier comments mentioned its frequency range.
Besides, if you're interested in fidelity, you should look at something else.
Definitely a great buy for a great price. I only needed this for a school project but it is easy to use, records voices clearly and its light/small enough to tote around with you.
When sound garbles, it's time to replace batteries. Takes a full size headphones and the sound is superb for voice while not bothering your mate two feet away. Two A batteries last for dozens of cassettes. Is this a stereo for music. Elegantly simple and well engineered. Is it perfect for listening to Flashman books on tape. No. YES.
So, you can't listen to pre-recorded tapes in stereo, only monaural. I expected that it would only record in monaural (after all, there's only one microphone and speaker), but I didn't expect that the headphone outlet would be monaural only.
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