My Sony's like yours. I accidentally turned it off once and I won't tell you where I put it that caused the problem. I now used the HOLD button and it's great. It charges from my computer and I can get it to play on my computer as well. Sometimes, I use my earphones depending on how I'm feeling.
walesmaven Wrote:
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> Although my smartphone will record, it is much too
> easy to accidentally hit the "pause" icon and lose
> much of the interaction. Besides, holding the
> phone through a complex interaction, where I might
> need to use my hands, for instance, is a total
> non-starter.
>
> The Panasonic digital voice recorder that I use
> has a "lock" feature which make such errors really
> very hard to do. So, it's the dvr for me!. I
> love that I can plug it into the computer's usb
> port and get exact timings for all events right
> off the timer on the recording.