Olympus VN-180 User Manual 2
DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER VN-180
VN-90
Instruction
Always do a test recording to avoid recording problems.
CONTENTS
BEFORE YOUR FIRST RECORDING ............................................ 3
Parts Identification ......................................................................... 3
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) ......................................................... 4
Installing the Batteries ................................................................... 5
Clock Adjustment ........................................................................... 5
Changing the Batteries .................................................................. 6
BASIC OPERATIONS .............................................................. 7
Recording (REC) ............................................................................ 7
Recording-Pause (REC PAUSE) .................................................... 8
Playback (PLAY) ............................................................................ 8
Playback-Pause (PAUSE) .............................................................. 9
Fast Playback ................................................................................ 9
Fast Forward/Fast Reverse .......................................................... 10
Forward Skip (F-SKIP)/Reverse Skip (R-SKIP) ............................ 10
Erasing (ERASE) .......................................................................... 11
MESSAGE FOLDER MANAGEMENT ........................................... 13
Types of Folders .......................................................................... 13
Selecting a Folder ........................................................................ 13
Moving a Message Between Folders [A] and [B] (MOVE) .......... 13
ADDITIONAL FEATURES ........................................................ 14
Schedule Recording .................................................................... 14
Schedule Playback ...................................................................... 14
Message Alarm Playback ............................................................ 15
Schedule Alarm Playback ............................................................ 16
Recording with VCVA (Variable Control Voice Actuator) (VCVA REC) ....
Hold (HOLD) ............................................................................................
Checking Remaining Recording Time
(Remaining Memory Capacity) .................................................... 18
Power Save .................................................................................. 18
ENTERING OPTIONS MODE .................................................... 19
Recording Mode (MODE) Setting ................................................ 19
Microphone Sensitivity (MIC) Setting ........................................... 19
VCVA Recording (VCVA REC) Setting ......................................... 20
Alarm (ALARM) Setting/Cancellation ........................................... 20
Schedule Alarm (S ALARM) Setting/Cancellation ....................... 20
Beep Tone (BEEP) Setting ........................................................... 21
Current Time (TIME) Setting ........................................................ 21
CARE IN HANDLING ............................................................. 22
BATTERY PRECAUTIONS ....................................................... 23
TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................ 24
SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................ 25
ACCESSORIES (OPTIONAL) .................................................... 25
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BEFORE YOUR FIRST RECORDING
Parts Identification
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CD E FGH
1 Liquid crystal display panel
(LCD)
2 REC button
3 ERASE button
4 Fast Reverse (
5 MENU/FOLDER button
6 Speaker
7 Strap holes
8 Fast Forward (
9 VOLUME control
0 STOP button
A PLAY button
B Recording indicator (LED)
C Battery cover
D HOLD switch
) button
) button
E Pocket Clip
F Earphone jack (EAR)
G Microphone jack (MIC)
H Built-in microphone
B
A
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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
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1 Current folder (A, B or S)
2 Voice-actuated recording indicator
3 Remaining battery power
4 Current message number, recording/playback/fast forward/fast
reverse indicators
5 · Current date/time
· Remaining memory (REMAIN)
· Recording date/time (REC DATE)
· Menu mode indicator
· Remaining message time
6 Recording mode (SP: Standard Playback/LP: Long Playback)
7 Alarm
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Installing the Batteries
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1 Slide open the battery cover in the direction of arrow.
2 Insert two AAA (LR03 or R03) batteries according to the polarity
(
, ) indications and close the battery cover.
3 Time is displayed on the LCD and the voice recorder enters the
clock adjustment mode.
Clock Adjustment
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1 Each time you press the MENU/
FOLDER button, the blinking
figures change: “hour”, “minute”,
“year” , “month” and “ date”.
Adjust each item by pressing the
) or ( ) button.
(
2 After setting the date, press the
STOP button to complete the
clock adjustment.
If you press the STOP button
during clock adjustment, the
clock adjustment mode will be
canceled.
If no buttons are pressed for
three minutes during clock
adjustment, the clock adjustment
mode will be canceled and any
adjustments that have been
made will not take effect.
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Changing the Batteries
Be sure to stop all operations before changing the batteries, and
set the HOLD switch to ON, turning the recorder power off.
1 When the [
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When in the Stop mode, you can check the battery indicator by
holding down the STOP button.
on the LCD, you should replace
the batteries with new AAA (LR03
or R03) batteries.
The [ ] mark in the LCD
indicates that the batteries are
depleted and the voice recorder
cannot be operated.
2 After the batteries have been
replaced, time is displayed on
the LCD, indicating that the voice
recorder is in the clock
adjustment mode. Adjust the
clock to the current time (see
page 5).
] mark is shown
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BASIC OPERATIONS
This voice recorder has three folders: [A], [B] and [S].
Messages can be arranged independently in each folder.
For example, you can use folder [A] for work use, and folder [B]
for personal use.
Folder [S] is designed for use in the schedule management (see
page 14 for details).
In folder [S] messages can be sorted by date.
Recording (REC)
✰ Normal recording
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3 Press the REC button. The red LED indicator lights and recording
starts.
The LCD shows the current folder name, current message No.,
recording mode and elapsed recording time.
4 Press the STOP button to stop recording.
When the remaining recording time falls below 5
minutes, the elapsed recording time display
switches to show the remaining recording time.
When the remaining recording time falls below 1 minute, the red
LED indicator will blink.
Additional recording is not possible when [FULL]
is shown on the LCD. To continue recording, you
must erase unneeded messages (see page 11).
1 Press and release the MENU/
FOLDER button, then select
folder [A] or [B]. Each time you
press the MENU/FOLDER
button, the selected folder
changes: [A] ➝ [B] ➝ [S] ➝ [A].
2 Select the recording mode. To
change the recording mode, see
page 19.
The recorder’s default setting is
the SP mode (about 67 minutes
of recording with the VN-180 or
33 minutes of recording with the
VN-90).
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Recording-Pause (REC PAUSE)
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All recording will stop if the recorder is left in the Recording-Pause
mode for 10 minutes or if the STOP button is pressed during the
Recording-Pause mode.
2 Press the REC button again to resume recording.
Using the Recording-Pause mode allows you to continue recording
in the same message.
1 Press the REC button once
during recording to enter the
Recording-Pause mode.
During recording-pause,
[PAUSE] is shown on the LCD
and the red LED indicator blinks.
Playback (PLAY)
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MAX
MIN
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1 Press the MENU/FOLDER button
to select a folder (see page 13).
2 Press the (
so that the LCD shows the
correct message number to be
played and its recording date/
time.
3 Press the PLAY button to start
Playback.
LCD display
For the first 2 seconds of
playback:
The length of the message is
displayed.
More than 2 seconds after the
start of playback:
The elapsed playback time of the
message being played is
displayed.
4 Adjust the volume to a suitable
level.
5 Press the STOP button to stop
playback and enter the Stop
mode. The recorder
automatically stops at the end of
each message.
) or ( ) button
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