Olympus VN 8100PC, VN-8000PC User Manual

DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER

VN-8100PC VN-8000PC

INSTRUCTIONS

Thank you f or purchasing a n Olympus Digital Voice R ecorder.

Please read these inst ructions for i nformation

about using the product correctl y and safely.

Keep the i nstruction s handy for future reference.

To ensure successfu l recordings, we recom mend that

you test the record func tion and volume be fore use.

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Model Number: VN-8100PC/VN-8000PC Trade Name: DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER Responsible Party: OLYMPUS IMAGING AMERICA INC. Address: 3500 Corporate Parkway, P.O. Box 610, Center Valley, PA 18034-0610,U. S. A. Telephone Number: 1-888-553-4448

This device Complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Tested To Comply With FCC Standards

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

Canadian RFI:

This digital a pparatus does not exceed th e Class B limits for radio noise e missions from digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Cet appareil n umérique ne dépasse pa s les limites de la Catégorie B p our les émissions de brui t radio émanant d ’appareils numériques, tel que prévu dans les Règlements sur l’Inter férence Radio du Département Canadien des Communications.

Introduction

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• MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

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h Safety precautions

Before using your new recorder, read this manual carefully to ensure that you know how to operate it safely and cor rectly. Keep this manua l in an easily accessible location for future refere nce.

• Th e warning symb ols indicate imp ortant saf ety related inf ormation. To protec t yourself and o thers from

pe rs on al i nj ur y or da mag e t o pr op er ty , it is e ss ent ia l th at you al way s r ead th e wa rn ing s a nd i nf or mat io n provided.

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Getting started

h Identification of parts

1 2

7 8 9

1 2

$ # @

EAR MIC

(Microphone)

(Earphone) jack

jack

3 Built-in microphone 4 Recording indicator

light

5 Built-in speaker 6

button

8 9button 9

0 ! @

REC

(s ) (Record)

button

FOLDER/INDEX /SCENE

button

–

button

ERASE

button

OK/MENU

button

(

# 0 button $

STOP

(4) button

% Display (LCD panel) ^

POWER/HOLD

& USB connector * Battery cover ( Strap hole

switch

Display (LCD panel):

The displayed charac ter size on the screen can be changed. (please see “Font Size” ☞ P. 13)

When the [Font Size] is set to [Large]. When the [Font Size] is set to [Small].

2 8

6 1

1 Current file

[0] Low Cut Filter

number/ Total number of recorded

[$] Voice Filter

files in the folder

2 Folder indicator 3 Recorder status

indicator

6 File lock indicator 7 Battery indicator 8 Recording mode

4 During recording

mode:

Elapsed recording time

9 During recording

During playback

mode:

Elapsed playback time

During playback or

5 [?] Microphone

Sensitivity indicator

[!] VCVA

indicator

h Inserting batteries

indicator

0 Playback mode

indicator

! File name

@ During recording

mode:

Remaining memory bar

indicator

mode:

Remaining recording time

During playback or

stop mode:

Playback position bar

indicator

# Recording date and

time

stop mode:

File length

*1 For VN-8100PC only. *2 This item will be displayed

when the [Font Size] is set to [Small] only.

1 Lightly press down on the arrow and

slide the battery cover open.

• Manganese batteries may not be used in this recorder.

• Be sure to stop the recorder before replacing the batteries. Unloading the batteries while the recorder is in use may cause a malfunction such as corrupting the file, etc.

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2 Insert size-AAA alkaline battery,

observing the correct = and polarities.

3 Close the battery cover completely

by pressing to the direction A, then sliding to the direction B

Battery indicator:

When [ ] appear s on the display, repla ce the batterie s as soon as possib le. When the bat teries are too weak, [s] and [Batter y Low] appears on the display and the recorder shuts down.

• Remove the batteries if you are not going to use the recorder for an extended period of time.

• When changing batteries, AAA alkaline batteries or Olympus Ni-MH rechargeable batteries are recommended.

h Turning on/off the power

Turning on the power:

While the recorder is turned off, slide the

POWER/HOLD

by the arrow.

• The display will turn on, and the power will be turned on.

Turning off the power:

Slide the indicated by the arrow for 1 seconds or longer.

• The display shuts o , and the power will be turned o .

• The resume function remembers the stop position before the power is turned o .

switch in the direction indicated

POWER/HOLD

switch in the direction

Power save mode

If the recorder is stopped/not used for over 5 minutes after it is turned on, it goes into standby (power-save) mode, and the display shuts off.

• To exit standby mode and turn on the display, press any button.

h HOLD

Set the recorder to HOLD mode (A):

Slide the position.

• After [Hold] app ears on the display, the re corder is set

POWER/HOLD

to HOLD mode.

switch to the HOLD

Exit HOLD mode (B):

Slide the

POWER/HOLD

switch to the C posi-

tion.

Notes:

• If you press any button in HOLD mode, the clock display  ashes for 2 seconds, but it will not operate the recorder.

• If HOLD is applied during playb ack (recording), operati on is disabled with the playback (recording) state unchanged (When play back has ended and the recording has ended due to the remaining memory being used up, it will stop).

h Setting time and date [Time & Date]

If you set the time and date b eforehand, the inf ormation when the f ile is recorded is automaticall y stored for each file. Setting the time and date beforehand enables easier file management.

When you i nstall ba tteries fo r the firs t time or eac h time you rep lace the bat teries, th e “Hour” indication will flash.

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1 Press the 9 or 0

button to select the item to set.

• Selec t the item from the “hour”, “minute”, “ year”, “ month” and “day” with a flashing point.

2 Press the + or – button to

set.

• Follow the same s teps by pressing the 9 or 0 button to select the next item, and press the

• You can select b etween 12 and 24 hour display by p ressing the FOLDER/INDEX/SCENE but ton while setting the hour and minute.

• You can selec t the order of th e “month”, “day” and “ year” by pressing the FOLDER/INDEX/SCENE button while setting them.

3 Press the `

OK/MENU

button to complete the

setting.

• The clock will start from the set date and time. Press the ` OK/MENU button according to the time signal.

• While the recorder is during stop mode, press and hold the STOP (4) button to display the [Time & Date], and [Remain].

Changing the time and date

Select [

Time & Dat e

(please see “Menu setting” ☞ P.9, “Time & Date” ☞ P. 14)

] from th e menu on the [

h Notes on the Folders

The record er provides fi ve folders, [F], [G], [H], [I] and [ W]. To change the folde r selectio n, press the FOLDER/INDEX/SCENE button while the recorder is stopped.

a Folder indicator

or − button to set.

Device Menu

Note:

• Each folder can store up to 200  les.

About recording

h Recording

Before s tarting recording, select a folder between [&] to [*]. These five folders can be selectively used to distinguish the kind of recording; for example, Folder [&] might be used to store private information, while Folder ['] might be dedicated to holding business information.

1 Press the

SCENE

desired folder.

a Folder indicator

• Newly recorded audio will be saved as the last file in the selected folder.

2 Press the

to start recording.

• Turn the microphone in the direction of the source to be recorded.

b Recording mode/ c Elapsed recording time/ d Remaining recording time

• [Rec Mode] cannot be changed in the recording standby mode or while recording. Configure this while the recorder is stopped.

FOLDER/ INDEX/

bu tt on to s el ec t th e

REC

(s ) button

3 Press the

STOP

(4) button

to stop recording.

e File length

Note: For VN- 8100PC only

• If a recor ding is made in stere o modes ([192 kb ps] or [128 k bps ]), it will be a monaur al recording through th e built-in microp hone, and the sam e audio will be reco rded on both Lef t channel (Lch) and Right channel (Rch).

h Pause

While the recorder is during recording mode, press the

REC

(s) button.

• The record er will time out af ter 60 minutes when le ft in “Rec Pause”.

Resume Recording:

REC

Press the

• Recording will resume at the point of interruption.

(s) button again.

h To quickly check on the recorded contents

While the recorder is during recording mode, press the `

OK/MENU

• Stop recording and the file that was just recorded will be

button.

played back.

h Microphone sensitivity

Microphone sensitivity is adjustable to meet recording needs.

Select [

Mic Sense

(please see“Menu setting” ☞ P. 9, “ Mic Sense” ☞ P.11)

] from th e menu on the [

Rec Menu

h Recording from external microphone or other devices

The external microphone and other devices can be connected and the sound can be recorded. Co nnect as follows by the device to be used.

• Do not plug and unplug devices into the re corder’s jack while it

is recording.

To MIC jack

Recording with external microphone:

Connect an external microphone to the

MIC

jack of

the recorder.

Notes:

• The built-in microphone will become inoperable when an external microphone is plugged into the recorder ’s MIC jack.

• Microphones supported by plug-in power can also be used.

• When t he external ste reo microphone i s used while [Rec Mode] is set to a monaural recording mode, audio will be recorded to the L channel only

• When an external monaural microphone is used while [Rec Mode] is set to a stereo re cording mode , it enables reco rding only with the L channel microphone

For VN-8100PC only.

Notes:

• To ensure re cording from th e beginning, s tart recor ding after you s ee the display and t he recording indicator lights on.

• When remaining recording time is less than 60 seconds, the recording indicator light start s  ashing. When the recording time is decreasing to 30 or 10 seconds, the light  ashes faster.

• [Folder Full] will appear whe n the recording cann ot be made any furthe r. Sel ect on other folde r or delete any unnecessary  les before recording.

• [Memory Full] will appear when the memory is full. Delete any unnecessary  les before recording any further.

• When ex ternal devices are conn ected, perfo rm a test recording and th en adjust the output leve l for the external devices.

• Whe n you adjust the var ious sound quali ty setting s related to playbac k on the recorder, the aud io output signal sent out from the EAR jack will change as well.

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About playback

h Playback

1 Press the

SCENE

FOLDER/ INDEX/

bu tt on to s el ec t th e

desired folder.

a Folder indicator

2 Press the 9 or 0

button to select the file to playback.

3 Press t he `

OK/MENU

button to start playback.

b Elapsed playback time/ c File length

4 Press t he + or − button to adjust to a

comfortable listening volume.

• The volume can be adjusted within a range from [00] to [30].

5 Press the

STOP

(4 ) button at any point you

want to stop the playback.

• This will stop the file being playe d back midway. When the resume function is activated the stopped location will be registered, even if the power is turned of f. The next time the power is t urned on, playb ack may be resumed fr om the registered stopped location.

h Forwarding and Rewinding

While the recorder is during stop mode, press and hold the 9 or 0 button.

• If you release th e button, it will sto p. Press the ` button to start playback from where it was stopped.

OK/MENU

While the recorder is during playback mode, press and hold the 9 or 0 button.

• When you release the button the recorder will resume normal playback.

• If there is an index mark or temp mark in the middle of the file, the recorder will stop at that location.

• 9: The recorder stops when it reaches the end of the

file. Continue pressing the 9 button to proceed with the cue from the beginning of the nex t file.

0 : The recorder stops when it reaches the beginning

of the file. Continue pressing the 0 button to proceed with the review from the end of the previous file.

h Locating the beginning of the file

While the recorder is during stop mode or playback mode, press the 9 button.

• The recorder skips to the beginning of the next file.

While the recorder is during playback mode, press the 0 button.

• The recorder skips to the beginning of the current file.

While the recorder is during stop mode, press the 0 button.

• The reco rder skips to the b eginning of the p revious fil e. If the recorder s top the midway of th e file, return to t he beginning of the file.

While the recorder is during playback mode, press the 0 button twice.

Notes:

• When y ou skip to the begin ning of the  le duri ng p lay bac k, t he r eco rde r wi ll st ar t pl ayb ack a t th e position of an index mark or temp mark. The index mark and temp mark will be skipped when you perform the operation in stop mode.

• When [Skip Space] set to othe r than [File Skip], the recorder will skip forward/reverse the speci ed time, then will star t playback.

• The recorder skips to the beginning of the previous file.

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