Olympus VN-801PC manual

1 -- Re gis ter yo ur p rod uc t on w ww.olympus-consumer.com /register and get additional benefits from Olympus! DIGIT AL VOICE REC ORDER VN-801PC EN INST RUCTIONS Tha nk yo u fo r pu rc ha sin g an O ly mp us D ig it al Voi ce R ec or de r. Ple as e re ad t he se in st ru c ti on s for i nf or mat io n ab out u si ng t he p ro du ct c or re c tl [...]

2 - - Getting star ted 1 Lightl y pre ss dow n on th e arr ow and sli de t he bat te r y cover op en . • Man gan es e bat te rie s may no t be us ed i n thi s recorder. • B e s u r e t o s t o p t h e r e c o r d e r b e f o r e r e p l a c i n g the b at ter ies . Un loa di ng th e bat te rie s whi le th e reco rde r is in u se may c aus e a m[...]

3 - - 2 Insert size -AA A alkaline battery, obse r vi ng th e corr ec t = and - polarities. 3 Close t he b att er y cover co mpl ete ly by pre ssi ng to t he d ire c tio n A , then sli din g to th e dir ec t ion B . Battery indicator: When [ ] app ea rs o n the d isp lay, repl ace t he ba tt eri es as s oo n as po ssi ble . Wh en th e bat te rie s [...]

4 - - 1 Pres s the 9 or 0 button to select the item to set. • Se lec t t he ite m fr om th e “ hour ”, “ minute ”, “ yea r ”, “ mont h ” and “ da y ” w ith a f l ashi ng p oi nt. 2 Pres s t he + or – button to set. 3 Pres s t he ` OK /MENU button to complete the setting. • Th e clo ck wi ll st ar t f rom th e se t date a n[...]

5 - - h Paus e While the recor der is during recording mode , press the REC ( s ) button. • Th e reco rde r wil l time o ut af te r 60 mi nutes w hen l ef t i n “Re c Pause” . Resume Recording: Press the REC ( s ) button again. • Re cord ing w ill re sum e at the p oi nt of inte rr upti on . h T o quick ly check on the recorded contents Whi[...]

6 - - 1 Pres s the FOLDE R /I NDE X / SCENE b u t t o n t o s e l e c t t h e desired folder . a Fold er in dic ator h Playb ac k 2 Pres s the 9 or 0 b u t t o n t o s e l e c t t h e f i l e to playback. 3 Pres s th e ` OK /MENU but to n to st ar t pl aybac k. b Elap se d pl ayba ck ti me / c File lengt h a About pla yback b c 4 Pres s th e + or ?[...]

7 -- h Pla yback through earphone An earphone can be connected to the EAR jack of the recorder f or listening. • Wh en th e ear pho ne is u sed , the r eco rde r spe aker w ill b e switch ed-of f. Notes: • T o avoid i rri tat ion to t he ear, ins er t th e ear pho ne af te r tur nin g down t he vol ume l evel . • When you listen with the earp[...]

8 - - 2 Pres s the 9 or 0 but- ton to s el ec t th e ind ex or temp mark to erase. 3 W hile t he i nde x or te mp number appears for app roxi mate ly 2 se co nds on t he dis pl ay , p res s th e ERA SE button. • The i nd ex o r temp ma rk is erased. Notes: • Up to 16 inde x and te mp ma rk s ca n be s et in a fi l e. I f you tr y to pla ce mo [...]

9 - - 2 While the recorder is dur- ing s top mo de, p re ss th e ERA SE button. 3 Pres s the + or − button to select [ Era se i n Fol der ] or [ Fil e E ra s e ]. 4 Pres s th e ` OK /MENU button. 5 Pres s th e + but to n to select [ Star t ]. 6 Pres s th e ` OK /MENU button. • Th e disp lay ch ang es to [ Erase! ] and era sin g wil l st ar t. ?[...]

10 -- 7 Pres s th e ` OK /MENU but to n to com ple te t he setting. • Y ou wi ll b e inf orm ed t hat th e set t ings h ave be en e st abl ish ed via t he sc ree n. • Press ing the 0 button wit hou t pre ssi ng th e ` OK/MENU button wil l cancel the s et ti ngs an d ret ur n you to the previous screen. 8 Pres s th e STOP ( 4 ) b ut ton t o clo [...]

11 - - VC VA W h e n t h e m i c r o p h o n e s e n s e s t h a t s o u n d s h a v e r e a c h e d a p r e s e t t h r e s h o l d volu me leve l, th e bui lt-in Var iab le Co ntrol Voi ce Ac tuato r ( VCVA) sta r ts reco rdi ng au toma tic all y, and sto ps wh en th e volu me dr ops b el ow th e thre sho ld le vel . The VC VA featu re ex te nds [...]

12 - - h Play M e nu Rec Sc ene Th e reco rdi ng se t tin g can b e se le c ted f rom t he [ Memo ], [ Meeting ], [ Conferenc e ] templa tes to sui t the re cor din g scen e or si tuat ion . Y ou c an als o save a re cord ing s et ti ng of yo ur ch oice . 1 Select [ Rec Sc ene ] fro m the m enu o n th e [ Rec Men u ]. 2 Pres s the + or − b u t t [...]

13 -- h LCD/S o un d M e n u Font Si ze Chan gin g the d isp laye d char ac ter s ize o n the d isp lay. 1 Select [ Fon t Si z e ] fro m the m enu o n th e [ LCD /Sound Menu ]. In Menu mode selection: [ Large ]: Text is d isp laye d larg e cha rac te rs . [ Small ]: T ex t is d isp layed s mal l char ac ter s. Note: • Whe n the [ Font Siz e ] is [...]

14 - - h Device Menu Time & Date If th e cur ren t time a nd d ate is no t corr ec t, s et i t. 1 Select [ Tim e & Date ] fro m the m enu o n th e [ Device Menu ]. (pl eas e se e “ S et t in g ti me a nd da te [ Ti me & D ate] ” ☞ P. 3 ) 3 Press t he + b ut ton ag ain to select [ Star t ], a nd then pre ss t he ` OK /MENU but- ton[...]

15 - - Using the r ecorder on y our PC h Operatin g environ ment Windows: Operating Sy stem: Mic rosoft Windows XP / Vista /7 (S tandard Installation ) Comp ati bl e PC ’s: Wind ows PC’s eq uip pe d wi th mo re tha n on e fre e USB p or t Macintosh : Operating Sy stem: Mac OS X 10.4.1 1 - 10.6 (Stand ard I nst al lati on) Comp ati bl e PC ’s:[...]

16 -- Safe and proper usage General precautions • D o no t leave t h e rec or de r in ho t , hum id l oc ati on s suc h as i ns ide a c lo se d aut om obi le und er d ir ec t su nl igh t or on t he b ea ch i n th e sum me r . • D o no t sto re t he r eco rd er i n pl ace s ex po sed t o exc ess ive m ois tu re o r dus t. • D o no t use o rg a[...]

17 -- Q1 : No th ing h app e ns wh en a b ut to n is pr es se d. A 1: The POWER/HOLD swi tc h may be s et t o [ HOLD ] position. The ba tt er ies m ay be de pl et ed . The ba tt er ies m ay be in se r te d inc orr ec t ly. Q2: No so un d or qu ie t sou nd i s hea rd f rom t he s pe ake r whi le p layi ng ba ck . A2: The ea rph on e plu g may be p l[...]

18 - - About music f ile In ca ses w her e the re cor der i s una ble to p lay bac k musi c f ile s that h ave be en tr ans fe rre d to it , che ck to make su re tha t the s amp lin g rate a nd b it rate a re in t he ra nge w he re pl ayba ck is p oss ibl e. Com bin ati ons of sa mp lin g rates a nd bi t rate s for m usic f i les w hic h the re cor[...]