Olympus DM-450 User manual

Olympus DM450
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A Dictaphone is a small, portable device
capable of high quality audio recording. You
can think of these devices as an MP3 player in
reverse and there is a number of different
strategies for their use.
How to…
Turn on, off and lock the keys
•To turn on, slide the switch down and
hold until the screen comes on.
•To turn off,do the same until it goes
off.
•To lock the keys (handy for those
long, important lectures. Text
missing?
Find your way around
•Navigate the menus using the left
(forward), right (back), up (+) and
down (-)buttons, with the central ‘ok’
button to confirm a selection.
•The the Dictaphone’s storage is
divided into 5 folders (A, B, C, D and
E) into which, you can record your
audio files. Choose ‘Recorder’ and
then navigate to the desired folder.
Record
•Select the folder you wish to record
into.
•Press REC to start recording.
•To finish recording, press STOP.
•To pause a recording without closing
the file, press the REC button (once to
pause and again to restart).
Add Index marks (bookmarks)
•Pressing the SCENE button during a
recording adds an ‘index’ mark.
•This allows you to easily find that
position later.
Listen to your recordings
•To play a recording back, select the
file and use PLAY and STOP.
•Press the forward and back buttons to
skip between files or index marks (see
above)
•To fast forward and rewind during
playback, press and hold the left or
right buttons. (note that by default
this will skip the audio in 10 second
blocks by default)
•Fast forward and rewinding a file
(press and hold) while the playback is
stopped will move faster through the
file.
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Delete a file
•Navigate to the file and press ERASE;
confirm the deletion and hope you
didn’t need it any more.
Connect to a computer
•Connect the Dictaphone to a free USB
socket on the computer and it will
appear as an external drive, just like a
USB memory pen.
•You can browse your folders and files
as usual; renaming, moving, and
playing back as with any other audio
file.
Other Info
•Uses 2 X AAA batteries
•For best recording results in a lecture
environment, use an appropriate
external Microphone
•Using rechargeable batteries allows
the device to be charged while
plugged into USB (be warned: this
method is slow)
•Usually supplied with batteries,
charger, external mic, case, USB cable
and software.
•The software supplied with these
devices (Sonority) has many tools for
playing with your audio but for basic
backup and playback on your
computer you can do without it.
Further Information
The manual for the DM450 is available for
download from the following location:
Olympus website
Assistive Technology Team
IT Services, Room G86b , Edward Wright
Building,
University of Aberdeen
AB24 3QY
Tel: [phone]
Email: [email protected]c.uk
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