Olympus VN-8000PC manual

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    1 -- DIGIT AL VOICE REC ORDER VN-8100PC VN-8000PC EN INST RUC T IONS Tha nk you f or pur cha sing a n Oly mpu s Digi tal Voi ce Rec ord er. Ple ase re ad th ese i nstr uct ion s for in for mati on ab out us ing t he pro duc t cor rec tly a nd saf ely. Kee p the i nst ruct ion s hand y for f utur e ref ere nce. T o e nsur e succ ess ful re cor ding [...]

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    2 - - Getting star ted 1 Lightl y press d own on the a rrow and sli de the b atte ry cover o pen. • Man ganes e bat terie s may not b e used in t his 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 atte ries . Unloa ding t he bat terie s whil e the reco rder i s in use may c ause a ma lfun ctio n s[...]

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    3 - - 2 Inser t size-AAA alkaline batter y , obs erv ing the c orrec t = and - polarities. 3 Close t he bat ter y cover comp letel y by pre ssing t o the di rec tion A , the n sliding to the direction B . Battery indicator: When [ ] app ears o n the dis play, repl ace the b atte ries as s oon as p ossib le. Whe n the ba tter ies are too we ak, [ s [...]

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    4 -- 1 Pres s t he 9 or 0 button to select the item to set. • Se lec t the ite m from th e “ hour ”, “ minute ”, “ year ”, “ month ” and “ da y ” with a f las hing po int. 2 Pres s the + or – button to set. 3 Pres s t he ` OK /MENU button to complete the setting. • T he clo ck will s tar t from t he set d ate and tim e. Pr[...]

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    5 - - h Pause While the recor der is during recording mode, press the REC ( s ) button. • Th e record er will t ime out af ter 6 0 minutes w hen lef t in “ Rec Pause ” . Resume Recording: Press the REC ( s ) button again. • Re cordin g will res ume at the p oint of i nterru ption . h T o quick ly check on the recorded cont ents While the re[...]

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    6 - - 1 Pres s the FOLDE R/ INDE X / SCENE b u t t o n t o s e l e c t t h e desired folder . a Folder indicat or h Playb ack 2 Pres s t he 9 or 0 button to select the file to playback. 3 Pres s t he ` OK /MENU but ton to s tart p laybac k. b Elap sed pl aybac k time/ c File lengt h a About playback b c 4 Pres s t he + or − but ton to a djust to [...]

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    7 -- h Pla yback t hrough earphone An earphone can be connected to the EAR jack of the recorder f or listening. • W hen th e earph one is us ed, the r ecord er spe aker wil l be switch ed -off. Notes: • T o avo id irri tatio n to the ear, inse rt th e earph one af ter tu rning down the volume level. • When you list en with the earphone during[...]

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    8 - - 2 Pres s t he 9 or 0 but- ton to s elec t the i ndex o r temp mark to erase. 3 Wh ile the i ndex or t emp number appears for app roxim ately 2 s econd s on t he disp lay , pr ess the ERA SE button. • The i ndex o r temp mar k is erased. Notes: • Up to 16 inde x and temp m ark s can be s et in a  le. I f you tr y to place m ore tha n 1 [...]

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    9 - - 2 While t he reco rder i s dur- ing s top mode , pres s the ERA SE button. 3 Pres s the + or − button to select [ Era se in Fol der ] or [ Fil e Er as e ]. 4 Pres s t he ` OK /MENU button. 5 Pres s t he + but ton to select [ Star t ]. 6 Pres s t he ` OK /MENU button. • Th e display c hange s to [ Erase! ] and era sing wi ll sta rt . • [[...]

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    10 -- 7 Pres s t he ` OK /MENU but ton to co mple te the setting. • Y o u will b e infor med th at the set tin gs have bee n est ablish ed via t he scre en. • Press ing the 0 but ton wit hout p ressin g the ` OK/MENU button wil l cancel the s ett ings and r etur n you to the previous scree n. 8 Pres s t he STOP ( 4 ) but ton to c lose t he menu[...]

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    11 - - VC V A W h e n t h e m i c r o p h o n e s e n s e s t ha 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 hr e s h o l d volu me level , the buil t-in Varia ble Cont rol Voice Ac tuator ( VCVA) sta rts reco rdin g automat icall y , an d stops w hen th e volume d rops b elow th e thre shol d level. T he VCVA feat ure ex tends r ecord ing [...]

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    12 -- 2 Pres s the 9 or 0 button adjust the start/ stop actuation level. • Th e VCVA level c an be se t to any of 1 5 di ff erent v alues . • Th e highe r the val ue, the m ore sen sitive t he reco rder to so unds . At the h ighes t value , even the f aintes t soun d will ac tiva te recording. Notes: • Th e star t/st op ac tuatio n level a ls[...]

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    13 -- h LCD/S ou nd M enu Font Siz e Chan ging th e displ ayed char acte r size on t he disp lay . 1 Select [ Fon t Siz e ] fro m the me nu on the [ LCD /Sound Menu ]. In Menu mode selection: [ Large ]: T ex t is disp layed la rge char acte rs. [ Small ]: Tex t is display ed smal l charac ters . Note: • When the [ Font Si ze ] is set to [ Small ][...]

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    14 - - h Device Menu Time & Date If th e curre nt time a nd date is no t corre ct, s et it. 1 Select [ Tim e & Date ] fro m the me nu on the [ Device Menu ]. (pl ease s ee “ S ett ing t ime an d date [ Tim e & Date] ” ☞ P. 3 ) 3 Press t he + but ton ag ain to select [ Star t ], an d then pre ss the ` OK /MENU but- ton. • Form at[...]

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    15 - - Sys te m in fo. Y o u can che ck the re cord er’s inf ormati on on th e menu screen. 1 Select [ Sys tem inf o. ] fro m the men u on the [ Device Menu ]. [ Model ] (Mo del Na me), [ Ver si on ] (System ver- sio n ) a nd [ Serial No . ] (Ser ial Num ber) ap pear s on th e displ ay . Using the r ecorder on y our PC h Operating en vironment Wi[...]

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    16 - - Macintosh : 1 Move t he drive ico n for th is recorder that is appear on the d esk top to t he garba ge bin by D rag & Dro p it. 2 Disconnec t the recorder from the P C. Note: • NE VER di sconne ct th e USB whil e the reco rdin g indic ator lig ht is  ashi ng. If yo u do, the d ata wil l be de stroyed. Safe and proper usage General [...]

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    17 -- Q1 : Not hing h appe ns whe n a but ton is p ress ed. A 1: The POWER/HOLD swi tch may b e set to [ HOLD ] pos iti on. The ba tte ries m ay be dep lete d. The ba tte ries m ay be inse rte d inco rre ctl y . Q2: No so und or q uiet s ound i s hear d from t he spe aker w hile p laying b ack . A2 : The e arph one pl ug may be p lugge d into t he [...]

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    18 - - About musi c file In ca ses whe re the re corde r is unab le to playb ack mus ic fi les that have b een t ransf erre d to it, che ck to make su re that th e samp ling rate a nd bit r ate are in th e range w here p layba ck is poss ible. Co mbina tions of sa mplin g rates an d bit rate s for musi c fil es whic h the reco rder c an play back a[...]