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Olympus DM-420 manual

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 1 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 Olympus DM-420 Digital Voice Recorder Olympus DM-420 Digital Recorder Product number 140146 Shipping Date: September 2009 B o x C o n t e n t s • DM-420 Digita[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 2 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 LCD 28 mm x 28 mm LED 2 colors (orange = record/transfer/charging; green = playback) Folder Messages Voice: 5 folders / Up to 999 files per folder Music: 1 folde[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 3 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 Power Supply 2 AAA Alkaline or 2 AAA NiMH batteries (BR-401) External Power Supply AC Adapter (A-514), sold separately Battery Life Alkaline Recording: MP3 128 k[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 4 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 Size 4.33” x 1.53” x .63” (110 x 38.9 x 16 mm), excluding protrusions Weight 2.96 oz (84 grams), incl uding alkaline batteries OS Supported Windows ® XP/V[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 5 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 What are Recording Scenes? Recording scenes are essentially sets of record er settings that can be enabled all at once by making a single menu selection. This fu[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 6 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 What is EUPHONY? The DM-420 features EUPHONY MOBILE – a ps ychoacousti c surround sound system that combines bandwidth correcti on, expansion te chnology and v[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 7 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 What are Index Marks and Temp Marks? Index Marks are digital tags th at can be inserted while re cording or during playback. They are used to skip forward or bac[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 8 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 Specifications What music file formats does the DM-420 support? The DM-420 can store and play WMA (Windows Media Audio) files with bi t rates of between 5 and 32[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 9 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2 009 Using removable memory media can expand th e recording capacity of the DM-420. The table below shows the pot ential recording capa city of the recorder with diff[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 10 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2009 Usage How is the recorder turned off? The recorder is turned off by sliding the [ POW ER/HOLD ] control on the right underside of the recorder downward and th en[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 11 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2009 Can I rename my files when they are displayed on my Computer? Files in the DM- 420 should not be renamed w hen displayed in a computer’s file-browsing software[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 12 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2009 How should the recorder be disco nnected from a Windows computer? Any USB device should be disconnected from a Windows ® computer using the [ Safely Remove Hard[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 13 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2009 Accessories Will using an accessory microphone with an extend ed frequency range improve the quality of my recordings? Using an accessory microphone with an exte[...]

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    DIGITAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT OLYMPUS IMAGIN G AMERICA INC. (888) 553-4448 http://www.oly mpusamerica.com /support Olympus Imaging America Inc. Page 14 of 14 Last updated on September 24, 2009 With the built-in Voice Guidan ce of the recorder turned on in the menu, Olympu s Sonority will aut omatically check the stat e of the Voice Guidance files in th[...]