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 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: $249.00
New (1) Refurbished (1) from $68.00
Rating:  25 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5 x 1 x 1
MPN: ICDSX46
Model: ICDSX46
UPC: 027242684201
EAN: 0027242684201
ASIN: B000EALPSM
Release Date: February 24, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good recorder... if you get it to work with your PC. June 28, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This recorder is a sleek little device and has good features that I won't bother repeating here.
What is *very annoying* is the Digital Voice Editor software and the USB connectivity. I've re-installed the software numerous times without getting it to work. The recorder shows PC Link, the DVE software shows my recordings, but as 0.00.00 length! Clicking on a recording just gives an error.
Sony has a Windows Media Player plug-in, but WMP fails to recognize the recorder.
Dragon Naturally Pro 9 fails to recognize the recorder too. (This same model is sold with this software as ICD-SX46VTP)
USB connections (under Device Manager) shows the recorder but it doesn't show up anywhere else??
Sony support for this model is non-existent. Not even drivers in its support section.
After my frustrations with this recorder (and googling for answers), I've read that pretty much all the Sony Digital Recorders use the crappy DVE software. I would recommend that everyone stay away from Sony recorders just because of this DVE software.
Imagine the silliness of spending a big chunk of money on "digital" recorder, that will not even connect successfully to your PC?! I'd
 Love the recorder, hate the software June 2, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I love this recorder and never leave home without it: use it for interviews (excellent sound quality) and to listen to podcasts and so far, it's been very reliable. The only big problem is the software Digital Voice Editor 2. It's crappy, buggy, crashes all the time. It refuses to import certain types of podcasts (MP3 of 44 Mhz or more if I remember well.) The fact that Sony doesn't provide patches and updates for this awful software is pretty infuriating. I don't even know if it's Vista-compatible!
 Great hardware, terrible software. May 31, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I look at this scenario and think about Sega in the video game console market. Sega had great hardware (SMS, Genesis, CD, 32x, Saturn, Dreamcast etc) but poor or not enough software support. Sega bottomed up and had to leave the game console market to its rivals, Nintendo and Sony. Sony, if you don't wise up, you will face a similar demise, in the digital voice recorder market.
I am in business school and experience difficulties simultaneously taking notes for two hours straight and absorbing all of the professors' dictated material. I originally bought the Sony ICD-SX46 and was sorry I did. It's dependent on the Digital Voice Software and is egregiously slow transferring files. If you lose the software, Sony expects you to pay for new media. That is outrageous.
I went to B & H Photo and a salesman recommended the Olympus DS40. Although the Sony ICD-SX46 is sleeker and cooler looking, the Olympus DS40 is a little uglier, but simply more reliable. I had to return the Sony ICD-SX46.
I strongly suggest avoiding this recorder, unless you are willing to put up with the problems forementioned.
Decent devise, terrible software. May 2, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have had this for a year now. The unit itself is pretty high quality. Many options. The problem is the software. The digital voice editor software that comes with it is very limited and never was great. But, what's worst of all is you need to keep the disk with you and not lose it, because if the software has a glitch (like mine just did) and you are on the road, and you don't have the disk, you cannot hope to find the software to re-download to reinstall. Sony only posts updates to it, as if the software itself here was some valuable product to protect. It's a little proprietary player that also happens to be the ONLY way you can transfer the files to your computer. So, if it stops working, and you don't have disk, you are screwed. This is unacceptable in this day and age. It's not like ANYONE in the world would want to download and use this software for anything other than if you were using one of these units. It's essentially barely more than the driver you need to transfer (and you need it to convert) the files. Typical proprietary Sony, overprotecting things to the hurt of the customers who want just to use their product. (This is how Beta lost to VHS, in so many ways).
I would NOT buy this unit again for this reason.
No way to download Digital Voice Editor Software April 8, 2007
I bought the ICD-MX20 a week ago. I was surprised that Sony does not provide downloads of the associated software named "Digital Voice Editor". Sony Customer Service staff told me that if you lost the CD that came with the box, you had to buy a new one. Only patches of the software are available to download.
This immoral policy violating the norm of digital appliance industries and should not be encouraged. Sony is demoting its brand name by offering poor post-sales services. Think twice before making your buying decision.
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