Phone cable wrecked my digital voice recorder?

[lbbss]

I have a Sony voice Digital recorder ICD-B25. I tried using a phone
recording cable on it, and after that, the record feature stopped
working. This cable has a phone jack on one end and a regular male
jack on the other end, to fit in the mic input. I bought the cable on
ebay and the ad mentioned you can use it with a micro cassette
recorder. I asked the seller if it can be used on a digital recorder,
he said he does not know. Is it possible that this cable wrecked my
ecorder? anything else I can try? thanks for your input.

btw: it has voice activation feature (only recodes when there is sound
coming in, other wise it pauses). So when I record it is always
pausing. If I turn off voice activation, it shows that it is
recording, but when I listen to the recording, it sound like quiet
white noise. So I deduct that since the voice activation does not ever
get engaged, it means the mic is not picking up any sound (that
applies to both external mic or built in mic). recorder is 1 year o


btw: it has voice activation feature (only recodes when there is sound
coming in, other wise it pauses). So when I record it is always
pausing. If I turn off voice activation, it shows that it is
recording, but when I listen to the recording, it sound like quiet
white noise. So I deduct that since the voice activation does not ever
get ingage, it means the mic is not picking up any sound (that applies
to both external mic or built in mic). recorder is 1 year old.

 

[Mike Berger]

If the cable caused your problems, it's most likely because the
connector was the wrong size and damaged the jack on your recorder.
The jack probably has a switch contact that cuts out the internal
microphone when an external one is plugged in.

 

[Mark]

does the internal mic still work?

the cable may have damaged the electronics in the recorder.

a telephone line can have high voltages especially when the phone
rings.

but even when the phone is just idle, there is a substantial DC voltage
on the phone line and if this is just a plain cable with no electroincs
to remove the DC voltage, then yes it may have damaged your recorder.

Mark

 

[lbbss]

the jack is the right size, but I am not sure if it is meant to be use
on a digital recorder. Instructions mention a microcassette player.
Is that different when it comes to the mic connection? You would think
since the cable works on microcassett why not work with digital
recorder?

 

[lbbss]

Is the voltage different in a mircrocasset player from digital
recorders?

 

[James Sweet]

Is the voltage different in a mircrocasset player from digital
recorders?

I wouldn't expect it to be, it's a mic input which is fairly standard.