Olympus WS-500M User Manual

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WS-500M/WS-400S

INSTRUCTIONS

MODE D’EMPLOI

INSTRUCCIONES

INSTRUÇÕES

DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER

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Thank you for purchasing an Olympus Digital Voice Recorder. Please read these instructions for information about using the product correctly and safely. Keep the instructions handy for future reference. To ensure successful recordings, we recommend that you test the record function and volume before use.

Gracias por haber comprado la grabadora digital de voz Olympus Digital Voice Recorder. Lea estas instrucciones para obtener información sobre el uso correcto de este producto y para su seguridad. Guarde estas instrucciones en un lugar a mano para su referencia en el futuro. Para tener éxito en las grabaciones se recomienda hacer un ensayo previo de la función de grabación y su volumen.

Merci d’avoir porté votre choix sur cet enregistreur vocal numérique. Lisez ce mode d’emploi pour une utilisation correcte et sûre de l’appareil. Conservez-le à portée de la main pour toute consultation ultérieure. Nous vous recommandons de tester la fonction d’enregistrement et le volume avant l’utilisation pour obtenir de bons enregistrements.

Obrigado por ter adquirido um Gravador de Voz Digital da OLYMPUS. Leia por favor estas instruções para obter informação sobre como utilizar correctamente e em segurança este produto. Mantenha as instruções em local acessível para futuras consultas.

Declaration of Conformity

Model N umber : WS- 500M/WS- 400S Trade Name : DIG ITAL VOICE RECOR DER Respon sible Party : OLYMPUS IMAG ING AMERICA IN C. Address : 3500 C orporate Park way, P.O. Bo x 610, Ce nter Valley, PA 18034-0610,

Telephone Number :1-888-553-4448 This dev ice Complies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Op eration is subj ect to the follow ing two conditi ons: (1) This device may no t cause harmful i nterference , and (2) this device mus t accept any interf erence receive d, including in terference th at may cause undesi red operatio n.

U.S. A.

Tes ted To Com ply With FCC Standards

FOR HOME OR OFFIC E USE

Canadian RFI

This digi tal apparatus d oes not exceed th e Class B limits for r adio noise emiss ions from digit al apparatus as s et out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Cet appar eil numérique n e dépasse pas les l imites de la Catégo rie B pour les émi ssions de bruit r adio émanant d’appare ils numérique s, tel que prévu dan s les Règlement s sur l’Inter férence Radio d u Départemen t Canadien des

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Introduction

• This manu al is a basic versio n. Please re fer to the complet e advanced manual either from the stored data in the [OL_MANUAL] folder o f the recorder or d ownload the data f rom the OLYMPUS website.

• The conte nts of this docume nt may be chan ged in the future withou t advanced notic e. Contact our Custo mer Support Ce nter for the latest information relating to produ ct names and mod el numbers.

• The utmo st care has been t aken to ensure th e integrity of t he contents o f this document . In the unlikel y event that a questi onable item, er ror, or omission is fo und, please co ntact our Custo mer Support Center.

• Any liabil ity for passiv e damages or damage of a ny kind occurre d due to data los s incurred by a def ect of the prod uct, repair p erformed by the third party other than Olympus or an Oly mpus authorize d service statio n, or any other reas on is excluded.

Trademarks and registered trademarks:

• IBM and PC /AT are the trade marks or regis tered tradema rks of International Business Machines Corporation.

• Microso ft, Windows a nd Windows Media are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

• Macintos h and iTunes are the tradem arks of Apple In c.

• MPEG Layer-3 a udio coding techno logy licensed f rom Fraunhof er IIS and Thomso n.

• WOW XT, SRS and } sy mbol are tradem arks of SRS Labs , Inc.

• WOW XT technology is incorp orated under li cense from SRS Labs , Inc

• The pro duct was develo ped based on noise-canceling technology under li cense from NEC Corporation.

Other p roduct and bra nd names mentio ned herein may be th e trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Safe and Proper Usage

Before using your new recorder, read this manu al carefully to e nsure that you know h ow to operate it saf ely and corre ctly. Keep this ma nual in an easily ac cessible locat ion for future reference.

• The warn ing symbols in dicate important safety related information. To protect yourself and others from personal injury or damage to p roperty, it is e ssential that you al ways read the warni ngs and info rmation provid ed.

General precautions

• Do not leave t he recorder in hot , humid lo cations such as ins ide a closed a utomobile und er direct sunligh t or on the beach in th e summer.

• Do not sto re the recorder in p laces expos ed to excessive mois ture or dust.

• Do not use o rganic solvent s such as alcoho l and lacquer thin ner to clean the u nit.

• Do not pla ce the recorder on t op of or near el ectric appl iances such as TVs or refrigerators.

• Avoid reco rding or playing b ack near cellular phones or other wireless equipment, as they may cause int erference a nd noise. If you experience noise, move to another place, or m ove the recorder f urther away from s uch equipment .

• Avoid sand o r dirt. These c an cause irrepa rable damage.

• Avoid stro ng vibrations o r shocks.

• Do not dis assemble, rep air or modify the unit yourself.

• Do not ope rate the unit whil e operat ing a vehicle (such a s a bicycl e, motorcycle , or go-car t).

• Keep the un it out of the reach o f children.

Warnin g regardi ng data loss:

Record ed content in memo ry may be destr oyed or erased by o perating mistakes, unit malfunction, or during repair work. It is recom mended to back up a nd save impo rtant content to o ther media su ch as a computer hard d isk. Any liabil ity for passiv e damages or damage of a ny kind occurre d due to data loss i ncurred by a defe ct of the produc t, repair per formed by the third par ty other than O lympus or an Olymp us authorized s ervice stati on, or any othe r reasons is exclud ed from the Olympus’s liability.

Batteries

f Danger:

• Batter ies should neve r be exposed to  ame, heated, short-circuited or disassembled.

• Never sto re batteries w here they will be ex posed to direc t sunlight, or subjected to high temper atures in a hot vehi cle, near a heat sou rce, etc.

f Warning :

• Do not sol der lead wires or termina ls directly on to a battery or modify it.

• Do not conn ect the = and termina ls together. This ma y cause  re, over heating or elec tric shock.

• When car rying or stor ing the batter ies, be sure to put i t in the provi ded case to prote ct its termina ls. Do not carr y or store the batter ies with any meta l objects (such as key ri ngs).

If this war ning is not follo wed,  re,

overheat ing or electr ic shock may occur.

• Do not conn ect the batte ries direc tly to a power outle t or a cigaret te lighter of an au tomobile.

• Do not inse rt the batter ies with their = and - termin als reversed.

• If any liqu id from a batter y gets into your eyes, promptly wash it o with clea n water and consult y our doctor at once.

• Do not at tempt to recharge alkaline, lithium or any other non rechargeable batteries.

• Never use a ny batteries wi th a torn or cracke d outer cover.

• Keep bat teries out of the r each of children.

• If you noti ce anything unu sual when usin g this product s uch as abnorm al noise, heat, sm oke, or a burning odor:

1 remove th e batteries

immedi ately while bei ng careful not to burn y ourself, and;

2 call you r dealer or loca l Olympus

repres entative for ser vice.

• Do not exp ose the batter ies to water. Do not a llow water to contac t the terminals.

• Do not rem ove or damage the batteries insulating sheet.

• Do not use th e batteries if y ou  nd something wrong with them such as lea kage, color chan ge or deformity.

• Unplug th e charger if the cha rging is still in complete aft er the speci ed tim e it should take.

• Should a ny batteries liq uid get on skin or clothing, promptly wash it o with clea n water.

• Keep bat teries away from  re.

f Caution:

• Do not subj ect batteri es to strong shocks.

• When usi ng rechargeabl e batteries that have not b een used for a while, b e sure to recharge th em before use.

• Rechar geable batter ies have limited l ifetime. When t he operat ing time become s shorter even if the r echargeable b attery is fully ch arged under the s peci ed conditi on, replace it wi th a new one.

Getting started

Identification of parts

1 EAR (Earphone) jac k 2 MIC (Micro phone) jac k 3 Built-in stereo microphone (L) 4 Built-in stereo microphone (R) 5 Record ing indica tor light 6 LIST button 7 Strap hole 8 Display (LC D panel) 9 Built-in speaker

button

0 ! REC s (Record) button @ 0 button # MENU button

$ – button % INDEX/ERASE button

` button

^ OK & 9 button * STOP 4 button ( Battery cover ) HOLD switch

- Mode (VOIC E/MUSIC) switch*

MIC SENSECONF/DICT

switch**

= USB connec tor slide le ver q USB connector

* For W S-500M only. ** F or WS-400S o nly.

Displ ay (LCD panel):

Folder list display:

" For WS-500M: A

When [VOICE] m ode is selec ted:

" For WS-400S: A

1 [VOI CE] mode indicator Record / Playback st atus indic ator Battery indicator 2 Folder name

" For WS-500M: B

When [MUSIC] mode is sel ected:

3 [MUSIC] mode i ndicator Record / Playback st atus indic ator Battery indicator 4 Folder name

File list display:

" For WS-500M: C

When [VOICE] m ode is selecte d:

" For WS-400S: C

1 Folder name Record / Playback st atus indic ator Battery indicator 2 File name

" For WS-500M: D

When [

MUSIC

] mode is se lected:

3 Folder name Record / Playback st atus indic ator Battery indicator 4 File name

File disp lay:

" For WS-500M: E

When [VOICE] m ode is selecte d:

" For WS-400S: E

1 File name Record / Playback st atus indic ator Battery indicator 2 Folder indicator Recording mode indicator 3 During recording mode:

Remaining memory bar indicator

During playback mode:

Playback position bar indicator

4 Record ing date and tim e 5 [?] Microphone Sensitivity

indicator

[!] VC VA indicator [%] N oise Cancel i ndicator [$] Vo ice Filter ind icator [0] L ow Cut Filter ind icator 6 Current file number/ Total number

of recor ded files i n the folder

7 During recording mode:

Elapsed r ecording time

During playback mode:

Elapsed playback time

8 During recording mode:

Remaining recording time

Durin g playback or s top mode:

File length

9 Playback mode indicator

" For WS-500M: F

When [

MUSIC

] mode is se lected:

0 Title name ! Artist name @ Album name # Elapsed playback time $ [#] WOW X T indicator

["] E qualizer ind icator % Current file number/ Total number

of recor ded files i n the folder

^ File length & Playback mode indicator

Inser ting batte ries (Fig. 1)

" For WS-500M:

• When cha rging with the record er, be sure to use the suppli ed specifie d Ni-MH recharg eable (BR401) batte ries.

" For WS-400S:

• This reco rder cannot cha rge rechargeable batteries.

1 Lig htly press d own on the arr ow

and sli de the batte ry cover ope n.

2 Insert size-AAA alkaline battery,

obser ving the co rrect = and

- polarities.

3 Clo se the batte ry cover com pletely

by press ing to the dir ection A, then sl iding to the d irectio n B.

• If the “hour” i ndicator  ashes in the displ ay, see “Settin g Time and Date [T ime & Date]”.

Charg ing by conn ecting t o a computer via USB (Fig. 2)

" For WS-500M:

1 Boo t the PC. 2 Sli de the USB conne ctor slid e lever

in the di rection i ndicated by t he arrow to e ject the USB co nnector out of th e recorder.

3 Whi le pressin g the

connec t to the PC’s USB por t.

Note:

• If [Cannot charge] is displaye d, it means tha t a battery that c annot be charg ed is in the recorde r. Replace t he batteries w ith supplied ones at once.

STOP

4 button,

Turning o n/off the powe r (Fig. 3)

Turning o n the power:

Slide t he

HOLD

direction that indicated by the arrow.

Turning o ff the power :

While t he record er is duri ng stop mod e, slide t he indic ated by the a rrow.

switc h in the opp osite

HOLD

switch in the direction

Power save m ode:

If the rec order is stopp ed/not used for over 5 mi nutes after it is t urned on, it goe s into standby (pow er-save) mode, an d the display shut s off. To exit st andby mode and tu rn on the display, press any button.

Setti ng time and da te [

Time & Dat e

When you u se the recorder fo r the firs t time after pur chasing it, or whe n the batt eries have been in serted withou t the device having b een used in a lo ng time, the [Set Time & Date] will appe ar. When the “hour” is flash ing, conduct th e setup from Step 5.

1 Whi le the recor der is duri ng stop

mode, pr ess the

2 Pre ss the + or − but ton to selec t

Device Menu

[

• You can chang e the menu display by moving the set tings tab curs or.

3 Press the OK ` or 9 button to

move the c ursor to the i tem to set.

4 Press the

• The “hour” wi ll flash on the display, indicating the start of the Time and Date setup process.

5 Press the 9 or 0 button to

select the item to set.

6 Pre ss the + or − but ton to set.

• Follow th e same steps by pressin g the 9 or 0 button to selec t the next item , and press the + or − button to set.

• You can sele ct between 12 and 24 hour disp lay by pressing the LIST button w hile setting t he hour and m inute.

• You can sele ct the order of th e “month”, “day” a nd “year” by pressin g the LIST button while setti ng them.

7 Press the OK ` butto n to complet e

the setting.

• The clo ck will start f rom the set date and ti me. Press the OK ` butto n according to the ti me signal.

] (Fig. 4)

] tab.

` or 9 button.

button.

[

VOICE

(Fig. 5)

] mode an d [

MUSIC

] mode

" For WS-500M:

[

VOICE

] mode:

Slide t he mode swi tch to [ position.

[

MUSIC]

mode:

Slide t he mode swi tch to [ position.

VOICE

MUSIC

]

Recording (Fig. 6)

" For WS-500M:

• If the RECs button is pressed

while the m ode switch is set to [MUSIC], [Music Mode] will flash o n the display. Set the mode sw itch to [VOICE] b efore recording.

1 Sel ect the rec ording fo lder.

• Pressi ng the LIST button at the

file di splay while stop ped will return yo u to the next high er level. Pr essing the LIST button repeate dly will bring yo u to the folder list display.

• Pressing button + or − at the

folder l ist display will s elect the folder s for voice record ings.

2 Pre ss the RECs button to start

recording.

• The reco rding indicato r light

glows and [ 7] will appear on th e display.

a Recording mode b Remai ning memory b ar

indicator

c Remaining recording time d Elapse d recording tim e e Level me ter (change accord ing

to the reco rding level and recording function settings)

3 Pre ss the STOP4 but ton to stop

recording.

• [4] w ill appear on the di splay. f File length

Playback (Fig. 7)

" For WS-500M:

• When play ing back file s transf erred from a PC, s et the mode sw itch according to th e folder type.

• When p laying back fi les record ed on the recorde r, set the mode sw itch to [VOICE].

1 Sel ect the fol der which c ontains th e

file s to be played bac k.

• Pressing the LIST button at the file di splay during play back or while sto pped will retu rn you to the nex t higher level. Pr essing the LIST button repeatedly will bri ng you to the folder l ist display.

• Pressing button + or − a t the folder l ist display will s elect the folder s for voice record ings and press the OK ` or 9 button.

2 In th e File list dis play, press the + o r

− butto n to select t he file that y ou

want to pl ayback.

• In the File di splay, press the 9 or 0 button to se lect a file.

3 Press the OK ` butto n to start

playback.

• [6] will a ppear on the disp lay.

a File name b Folder indicator c Playback position bar indicator d Elapse d playback time e File length

4 Pre ss the + or − button to adjust to

a comfo rtable li stening vo lume.

• The volu me can be adjuste d within a ra nge from [00] to [30].

5 Pre ss the

STOP

any poin t you want to sto p the playback.

• [4] w ill appear on the di splay.

4 butto n at

Setting an index mark or a temp mark (Fig. 8)

1 Whi le the recor der is duri ng

recor ding mode or p layback mo de, press the

INDEX/ERASE

• Even aft er an index or temp m ark is placed , recording or pl ayback will conti nue so you can plac e index or t emp marks in othe r locati ons in a similar mann er.

button.

Clear ing an Inde x Mark or a Temp Mark (Fig . 9): 1 Loc ate the inde x or temp mark

youwan t to clear.

2 Press the 9 or 0 button to

selec t the index o r temp mark to erase.

While the i ndex or temp nu mber

appea rs for appr oximately 2 secon ds on the disp lay, Press the

INDEX/ERASE

• The inde x or temp mark is erased.

Note:

• Up to 16 index an d temp marks can be set i n a  le. If you try t o place mor e than 16 index or temp marks, [Index Full] message will app ear for index mar ks, and [Tem p Ma rk Fu ll] for tem p marks.

butto n .

How to begin segment repeat playback (Fig. p)

1 Sel ect a file t hat has a segm ent you

would li ke to play back r epeatedl y.

2 In th e file list d isplay, pres s the + or

− butto n to select t he file you wa nt to clear.

3 Press the

playback.

4 Press the

you want t o start seg ment repea t playback.

• [w] w ill flash on the di splay.

Press the

the pos ition wher e you want to end segme nt repeat pl ayback.

• The reco rder repeated ly plays

` button to start

REC

s butto n at the point

REC

s button again at

back the s egment until the segmen t repeat playba ck is cancelled.

Note:

• As in regu lar play mode, pl ayback speed c an be changed dur ing segmen t repeat playba ck as well. If an inde x mark and temp mark are inserted or eliminated during segmen t repeat playba ck, segment repeat p layback will be c anceled and it will return to regular play mode.

Erasing (Fig. q)

1 Sel ect the fol der or file y ou want to

erase.

2 In th e file list d isplay, pres s the + or

− butto n to select t he file you wa nt to erase.

3. While the r ecorder i s during sto p mode, pr ess the button.

4 Pre ss the + butto n to select

[

Erase i n Folder

[

File Era se

5 Press the 6 Pre ss the + butto n to select

Start

[

7 Press the

• The disp lay changes to [Erase!]

and erasi ng will start .

• [Erase Done] is displayed w hen

the fil e is erased. File n umbers will be reassigned automatically.

Notes:

• The locked  les and  les set as read- only cannot be e rased.

• If an act ion is not selec ted within 8 seconds, the re corder will return to stop status.

• It may take ove r 10 seconds to complete processing. Never remove batteries during this time becaus e data may be corru pted. In additi on, replace the ba tteries with new ones i n order to ensure tha t the batt eries will not ru n out while processing.

• For WS-5 00M only:

You can dele te other than [Music]

folder s when the record er is set to [MUSIC] mode. Ho wever, you cannot d elete any folder s when the recor der is set to [VOI CE] mode.

• For WS- 400S only :

You cannot de lete folders th rough

therecorder.

INDEX/ERASE

] or

` button.

Using the recorder on your PC

Operating environment

Windows:

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista

(Standard Installation)

Compatible PC’s:

Windows PC’s equipped with more

than one f ree USB port

Macintosh:

Operating system:

Mac OS X 10.2. 8 -10.5 (Standa rd

Installation)

Compatible PC’s:

Apple Macintosh series equipped

with mor e than one free USB po rt

Notes:

• This is an op erational env ironment for savin g the  les recor ded by this reco rder to your PC with US B connection.

• Even if operational environment is satis ed, we do no t support su ch as upgra ded OS, the mult i-boot environment and self-modi ed PC’s.

Connecting to your PC

1 Boo t the PC. 2 Sli de the USB conne ctor slid e lever

in the di rection i ndicated by t he arrow to e ject the USB co nnector out of th e recorder.

3 Con nect to the PC 's USB port or to a

USB hub.

Windows:

When you o pen [My Computer],

it will be r ecognized by the d rive name of the p roduct name.

Macintosh:

When you co nnect the reco rder

to a Mac OS, it w ill be recogniz ed by the driv e name of the produ ct name on th e desktop.

• [Remote] is appeared on

record er if the USB cable is connected .

Notes:

• Ref er to the user’s man ual for your PC regard ing the USB por t on your PC.

• Be sure to pu sh the cable connec tor all the way in.

Other wise, the recor der may not operate properly.

• Use the sup plied USB exte nsion cable de pending on sit uations.

• Do not use US B extension ca bles other than the supplied cable.

Using cab les from other

manufacturers could result in damage to t he recorder. Do not use the sup plied USB exte nsion cable wi th devices from ot her manufacturers.

• If you are us ing Windows 200 0, Window s Media Player must b e instal led on the PC.

Disco nnectin g from your PC Windows: 1 Click [

] on the ta sk bar locat ed at the lowe r-right co rner of the scree n. Click [

USB Mass St orade Devic e

• The driv e letter will dif fer

2 Whe n the safe to re move hardwa re

window a ppears, c lick [

3 Dis connect t he recorde r from the

PC.

Safely remove

depen ding on the PC bein g used.

Macintosh: 1 Move the drive icon for this recorder

that is a ppear on the d esktop to th e garba ge bin by Drag & D rop it.

• When you co nnect the reco rder

to a Mac OS, it w ill be recogniz ed by the driv e name of the produ ct name on th e desktop.

2 Dis connect t he recorde r from the

PC.

Note:

• NEVER di sconnect the US B while the recording indicator light is  ashin g. If you do, the data w ill be destroyed.

Specifications

General points

Recording format:

WMA (Windows Media Audio)

Input level:

- 70 dBv

Sampling frequency:

[ST XQ] mode: 44.1 kH z [ST HQ] mode: 4 4.1 k Hz [ST SP] mode: 22 kHz [HQ] mode: 44.1 kHz [SP] mode: 22 kH z [LP] mode: 8 k Hz

Frequency response:

During recording mode

(Microp hone jack): [ST XQ] mode: 50 Hz to 19 kHz [ST HQ] mode: 50 Hz to 15 kH z [ST SP] mode: 50 Hz to 9 kH z [HQ] mode: 50 H z to 13 k Hz [SP] mode: 50 Hz to 7 k Hz [LP] mode: 50 H z to 3 kHz

During recording mode

(Built-in stereo microphone): 80 Hz to 20 kHz During playback mode: 20 Hz to 20 kHz

Maxim um working ou tput:

60 mW (8 Ω speak er)

Recording medium:

Built-i n NAND FLASH memor y

WS-500 M: 2 GB WS-400S: 1 GB

Speaker:

Built-i n ø 16 m m round dynamic

speaker

MIC jack:

ø 3.5 mm mini-jack, impedance

2 kΩ

EAR jac k:

ø 3.5 mm min i-jack, imp edance 8 Ω

or more

Input p ower requir ement:

Batter ies: AAA bat tery (LR03) or

Olymp us Ni-MH recha rgeable battery

External dimensions:

94.8 mm × 38 m m × 11 mm (without protrusions)

Weight :

46 g (including battery)

+ 22 hidden pages

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