I just found this at the Austrian sony site: It makes you believe the MZ-RH1 has a built-in microphone (which it hasn't?!) As it appears on the site: "Ein leistungsfähiges Mikrofon für stets hochwertige Aufzeichnungen" "An efficient microphone for always high-quality recordings" Then there's a picture which shows a MZ-RH1 supposedly used to record a meeting - without a microphone being attached to it: "Alle Einzelheiten einfangen" "Catch all details" The Austrian/German SONY site: here Have a look at the google translation of the page: here StRAnGe?! Regards, Erik