Sony CD-UX71 Operating Instructions Manual page 32

Press DIVIDE during recording.
"DIVIDING ..." appears on the display
and the new message number is
added at the point you pressed the
button. The message will be recorded
as two messages, however recording
continues without stopping.
Message 1
Tip
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You can divide the currently recorded message
during recording pause.

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Message 2 Message 3
Message is divided.
Message 2 and Message 3 are
recorded without stopping.
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Notes
You need a certain amount of free space in
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the memory to divide a message. For more
information, see "System Limitations" on
page 105.
If 99 messages have been recorded in a
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folder, you cannot divide a message in that
folder.
Once a message is divided, you cannot re-
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combine the divided messages.
You cannot divide a message at the very
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beginning (0.5 seconds from the beginning)
or at the very end (0.5 seconds prior to the
end) of the message.
When you divide a message into two, at the
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point of division, the end of the first message
and the beginning of the second message
may be interrupted.
During synchronized recording (page 35)
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and FM recording (page 89), you cannot
divide a message.
If you divide messages too frequently while
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the unit is recording them, the following
phenomenon may occur: The operation
indicator keeps flashing, and you cannot
operate the unit for a certain period. This is
not a malfunction. Wait until the operation
indicator goes off.