Olympus Zoom 90 - Newpic Zoom 90 APS Camera User manual

DIGITALVOICERECORDERV-90
Alwaysdoatestrecordingtoavoidrecordingproblems
Instructions

CONTENTS
BEFOREYOURFIRSTRECORDING
PartsIdentification3
LiquidCrystalDisplay(LCD)4
InstallingtheBattery5
ChangingtheBattery5
ClockAdjustment6
BASICOPERATIONS
Recording(REC)7
Recording-Pause(RECPAUSE)8
Playback(PLAY)9
Playback-Pause(PAUSE)10
FastPlayback10
FastForward/FastReverse11
ForwardSkip(F-SKIP)/ReverseSkip(R-SKIP)12
Erasing(ERASE)13
MESSAGEFOLDERMANAGEMENT
TypesofFolders15
Selectinga Folder15
Movinga MessageBetweenFolders[A]and[B]
(MOVE)15
ADDITIONALFEATURES
ScheduleRecording16
SchedulePlayback16
CustomizedAlarmPlayback17
ScheduleNotification18
RecordingwithVCVA(VCVAREC)
(VariableControlVoiceActuator)19
Hold(HOLD)20
RemainingMemoryDisplay20
CheckingAvailableRecordingTime21
ENTERINGOPTIONS
RecordingMode(MODE)Setting22
MicrophoneSensitivity(MIC)Setting22
VCVARecording(VCVAREC)Setting23
Alarm(ALARM)Setting/Cancellation23
BeepTone(BEEP)Setting24
CurrentTimeSetting24
CAREINHANDLING25
BATTERYPRECAUTIONS26
TROUBLESHOOTING27
SPECIFICATIONS28
ACCESSORIES(OPTIONAL)28
2

Built-inmicrophone
Speaker
REC/PLAYindicator(LED)
HOLDswitch
Liquidcrystaldisplaypanel(LCD)
FOLDER/MENUbutton
Fastforward
Fastreverse
button
button
ERASEbutton
Strapholes
Earphonejack(EAR)
Volumecontrolknob
(VOLUME)
Batterycover
STOPbutton
PLAYbutton
RECbutton
PartsIdentification
BEFOREYOURFIRSTRECORDING

Currentfolder(A,B orS)
Currentmessagenumber
Totalnumberofmessagesinthefolder
Remainingbatterypower
Voice-activatedrecording
•Currenttime
•Recordingtimeremaining(REMAIN)
•Remainingmessagetime
•Recordingdate(RECDATE)
•Menuandnotice
Alarm
A.M./P.M.time(P)
Recordingmode
LiquidCrystalDisplay(LCD)

InstallingtheBattery
Slidethebatterycoverinthedirectionofarrow.
InsertanAAA(LR03orR03)batteryaccordingtothe
polarity(+,-)indicationsandclosethebatterycover.
[CLOCK]isdisplayedontheLCDandthevoice
recorderenterstheclockadjustmentmode(see
onpage6).
Ifthebatterycoverisnotclosedtightly,[OPEN]is
shownontheLCDandtherecorderwillnotfunction.
Makesurethecoverisclosedcorrectly.
Whenthe
thebatterywitha newAAA(LR03orR03)battery.
Afterthebatteryhasbeen
replaced,[CLOCK]is
displayedontheLCD,
indicatingthattherecorder
isintheclockadjustment
mode.Adjusttheclockto
thecurrenttime(see
onpage6).
Thebatterycanbe
removedeasilybygently
pushingthe[-]end.
5
ChangingtheBattery
markisshownontheLCD,replace
The
and
markindicatesthatthebatteryisdepleted
thevoicerecordercannotbeoperated.

ClockAdjustment
EachtimeyoupresstheFOLDER/MENUbutton,the
blinkingfigureschange:"year","month"and"day".Adjust
eachiteminthesamewayas"hour"and"minute".
Aftersettingthe"day",presstheFOLDER/MENUbutton
againtocompletetheclockadjustment.
theclockadjustmentmodewillbecanceled.
Ifnobuttonsarepressedforthreeminutesduringclock
adjustment,theclockadjustmentmodewillbecanceled.
Anyadjustmentsthathavebeenmadewillnottake
6effect.
IfyoupressanybuttonotherthantheFOLDER/MENU,
and
buttonsduringclockadjustment,
MakesurethattheHOLD
switch
isreleased.
Pressandholdthe
FOLDER/MENUbutton
foratleastonesecond.
TheLCD
willdisplaythe
[MODE].
Eachtimeyoupressthe
FOLDER/MENUbutton,
thedisplayedmode
changes:
When[CLOCK]is
displayed,the"hour"figure
willblink.Setthe"hour"by
pressingthe
P.M.isindicatedbya [P]
totheleftofthe"hour".
Aftersettingthe"hour",
presstheFOLDER/MENU
button.Whenthe"minute"
figuresstarttoblink,set
the"minute"bypressing
the
button.
buttonbutton

BASICOPERATIONS
TheV-90hasthreefolders:[A],[B]and[S].
Folders[A]and[B]aredesignedforuseinnormal
recordingoralarmplayback.
Messagescanbearrangedineachfolder
Folder[S]isdesignedforuseinschedule
management(seepage16).
Messagescanbesortedbydate
Recording(REC)
Normalrecording
Pressandreleasethe
FOLDER/MENUbutton,
thenselectfolder[A]or[B]
Eachtimeyoupressthe
FOLDER/MENUbutton,
theselectedfolder
changes
Selecttherecordingmode
Therecorder'sdefault
settingistheSPmode
(about33minutesof
recording)Tochangethe
recordingmode,referto
page22
PresstheRECbuttonTheLEDindicatorlights
redandrecordingstarts
TheLCDshowsthecurrentfoldername,current
messageNo, totalnumberofmessagesinthecurrent
folder,recordingmodeandrecordingtimeremaining.
7

PresstheSTOPbutton
tostoprecording.
Whenavailablerecording
timefallsbelow1 minute,
theredLEDindicator
startsblinking.
Additionalrecordingisnotpossiblewhen[FULL]is
shownontheLCD.Tocontinuerecording,firsterase
unnecessarymessages(seepage13)
Recording-Pause(RECPAUSE)
PresstheRECbutton
onceduringrecordingto
enterrecording-pause
mode.
Duringrecording-pause,
isshownon
theLCDandtheredLED
indicatorgoesout.
TheStopmodeisautomaticallyengagediftherecorder
isleftintherecording-pausemodefor30minutesorthe
STOPbuttonispressedduringrecording-pausemode.
PresstheRECbuttonagaintoresumerecording.
Usingtherecording-pausemodeallowsyoutocontinue
recordinginthesamemessage.
8

Playback(PLAY)
PresstheFOLDER/MENU
buttontoselecta folder
(seepage15).
Pressthe
buttonsothatthe
LCDshowsthemessage
No.tobeplayed.
PressthePLAYbutton
TheLEDindicatorlights
greenandplaybackstarts.
LCDdisplay
Forthefirst4 seconds
playback:
[RECDATE],thedate
(year,month,day)andthe
time(hour:minute)ofthe
recordingaredisplayedin
sequence.
Morethan4 secondsafter
thestartofplayback:
Theremainingtimeofthe
messagebeingplayedis
displayed.
Adjustthevolumetoa suitablelevel.
PresstheSTOPbuttontostopplaybackandenterthe
Stopmode.
TheStopmodeisautomaticallyengagedattheendof
eachmessage.
9

Playback-Pause(PAUSE)
PressthePLAYbutton
onceduringplaybackto
enterthePlayback-Pause
mode.InthePlayback-
Pausemode,[PAUSE]
alternateswiththecurrent
messageremaining
playbacktimeontheLCD
andthegreenLED
indicatorgoesout.
TheStopmodeisautomaticallyengagediftherecorder
isleftinthePlayback-Pausemodefor30minutesorthe
STOPbuttonispressedduringPlayback-Pausemode.
PressthePLAYbuttonagaintoresumeplayback.
FastPlayback
PressandholdthePLAY
buttonformorethan1
secondintheStop,
PlaybackorPlayback-
Pausemodetostartfast
playbackat30%faster
thannormalplayback
speed.
PressthePLAYbuttonagaintostartplaybackatthe
normalspeed.
PressingtheSTOPbuttonduringfastplaybackstops
playbackandengagestheStopmode.
10

FastForward/FastReverse
PressandholdtheFastForward
Reverse
orFast
buttonformore
than1 secondinPlayback,FastPlaybackorPlayback-
Pausemode.Themessagewillbefastforwardedorfast
reversedforaslongasthebuttonpressed.
Whentheendofmessage(withfastforward)or
beginningofmessage(withfastreverse)isreached,the
recorderpauses(forabout1/2second),thenstartsfast
forwardorfastreverseofthenextorpreviousmessage
(aslongasthebuttonispressedthroughout).
WhentheFastForwardorFastReverse
buttonisreleased,normalplaybackorfastplayback
resumesatthatpoint.
Whenthisisdoneduringplaybackpause,playbackwill
startafterFastForward/FastReverse.
Indicatesplaybackorfastplaybackoperation.
Indicatesfastforwardorfastreverseoperation.
Indicatesbuttonoperation.11

ForwardSkip(F-SKIP)/ReverseSkip(R-SKIP)
Pressandrelease(forlessthana second)theForward
Skip
orReverseSkipbuttonintheStop,
Playback,FastPlaybackorPlayback-Pausemode.
Eachtimeyoupressthebutton,therecorderskipsto
thebeginningofthenextmessageorthebeginningof
themessageinthecorrespondingdirection.
WhenthebuttonispressedinthePlayback,Playback-
PauseorFastPlaybackmode,playbackorfast
playbackautomaticallystartsatthebeginningoftheskip
destinationmessage.
Whenthisisdoneduringplaybackpause,playbackwill
startfromthebeginningofthemessage.
morethan1 secondintheStopmodeenablesyouto
forwardskiporreverseskipmessagessuccessively.
Releasethebuttontostopskipping.
Pressingandholdingthebuttonfor
Indicatesplaybackorfastplaybackoperation
Indicatesforwardskiporreverseskipoperation
Indicatesbuttonoperation.
Displays[END]ontheLCD.
returnstothebeginningof
message3 andentersstop
mode.
Skipstothebeginningof
message1 andentersPlayback
orFastPlaybackmode.

Erasing(ERASE)
Erasinga singlemessage(ERASE)
buttonintheStopmodetoPressthe
selectthemessagenumbertobeerased.
PresstheERASEbutton
forlessthan2 seconds.
Thedisplayedmessage
No.blinksandtheLCD
alsoshows[ERASE]and
[YES?]alternately.
PresstheERASEbutton
againwithin4 seconds.
TheLCDshows[ERASE]
andtheselectedmessage
willbeerased.
Performingthisoperation
duringplayback,fast
playbackorplayback-
pausewillerasethe
messagebeingplayed.
Aftera messagehasbeenerased,themessagenumber
ofsubsequentmessageswillbedecreasedby1.
Erasingallmessagesina folder(ALLERASE)
PresstheFOLDER/MENU
buttontoselectthefolder
tobeerased(seepage
15).
IntheStopmode,press
andholdtheERASE
buttonformorethan2
seconds.Thefoldername
and[ALL]blink.TheLCD
alsoshows[ERASE]and
[YES?]alternately.
PresstheERASEbuttonagainwithin4 seconds.The
LCDshows[WAIT]andallofthemessagesinthe
selectedfolderwillbeerased.
13

Whenfolder[S]isselected,youcannoteraseallthe
messagesitcontains.Onlymessagesofa selecteddate
canbeerased.
Resettingtherecordertotheinitialstatus(RESET)
PressandholdtheSTOPandERASEbuttons
simultaneouslyformorethan2 seconds.TheLCD
shows[RESET]and[YES?]alternately.
PresstheERASEbuttonagainwithin4 seconds.The
LCDshows[WAIT].Allmessagesinallfoldersare
erasedandtherecorderisresettothedefaultsetting.
(Thistakesabout30seconds.)
Thisalsoresetsthecurrenttimeandothersettings
totheirinitialstatus,andtherecorderentersthe
clockadjustmentmode.
IfanybuttonotherthantheERASEbuttonispressed
whiletheLCDshows[ERASE],[ALLERASE]or
[RESET]and[YES?]alternatelyoriftheERASEbutton
isnotpressedagainwithinfoursecondsofthestartof
thealternatedisplay,themessageeraseorreset
operationwillbeabortedandtheLCDreturnstothe
previousdisplaycondition.
14

MESSAGEFOLDERMANAGEMENT
TypesofFolders
Thisrecorderusesthreefolders,[A],[B]and[S].
Folders[A],[B]
Thesefoldersareconvenientforrecordingordinary
messages.Eachfoldercanstoreupto99messages.
Folder[S]
Thisfolderisconvenientforschedulemanagement.The
foldercanstoreupto15messagesona givendateand99
messagesinthewholefolder.Youcancheckthestored
scheduleattheselectedtime.Byusingthealarmplayback
feature,thisfolderautomaticallyplaybacksmessages
(seepage18).
SelectingaFolder
Everytimethe
FOLDER/MENUbuttonis
pressedforlessthan1
secondintheStopmode,
thedisplayedfolderis
switched:
MovingaMessageBetweenFolders[A]
and[B](MOVE)
Whileplayingback(or
pausingplayback)a
messageinfolder[A]or
[B],pressandholdthe
FOLDER/MENUbuttonfor
morethan1 second.This
willmovethecurrent
messagetothelast
positionintheotherfolder
([A] to[B]or[B]to [A]).
Messagesinfolder[S]cannotbemovedtoanother
folder.
15

ADDITIONALFEATURES
ScheduleRecording
PresstheFOLDER/MENU
buttonforlessthan1
secondandselectfolder
[S].
Selectthedateforwhich
youwanttorecorda
schedulebypressingthe
button.
PresstheRECbutton.The
LEDindicatorlightsred
andrecordingstarts.
PresstheSTOPbuttonto
stoprecording.The
recorderenterstheStop
mode.
SchedulePlayback
IntheStopmode,press
the
buttonforlessthan1
secondtoselectthedate
forthescheduleyouwant
tocheck.
Whenthe
than1 secondintheStopmode,thedatewherethe
nextmessageisrecordedwillbeselectedandthe
recorderwillentertheStopmode.
PressthePLAYbutton.TheLEDindicatorlightsgreen
andallmessagesrecordedfortheselecteddatewillbe
playedinsuccession.
PresstheSTOPbuttontostopplayback.Therecorder
enterstheStopmode.
Messagesinfolder[S]cannotbeforwardskippedor
reverseskippedintheStopmode.Forwardskipand
reverseskipareavailableonlyduringplayback,fast
playbackorplayback-pauseoperation.
16
buttonispressedformore

CustomizedAlarmPlayback
SettingthealarmSelectthemessageyou
wanttouseasanalarm
playbackbypressingthe
buttonso
thatthemessageNo.is
displayedontheLCD(see
page12).
Pressandholdthe
FOLDER/MENUbuttonfor
morethan1 secondto
entertheOptionsmode
(see page22).
IntheOptionsmode,
selectthe[ALARM]setting
andpressthe
buttontoswitchthe
alarm[ON].(Pressthe
FOLDER/MENUbutton.)
TheLCDshows
The"hour"and"minute"
willstarttoblink.Setthe
desiredalarmtimeby
pressingthe /or
buttons
(seepage23).
PresstheFOLDER/MENUbuttontocontinuethrough
theotheroptions,orhittheSTOPbuttontoexitthe
Optionsmode.
Alarmplayback
Atthespecifiedalarmtime,therecorderemitsshort
electronicbeeptones.
Press anybuttonwhilethebeeptonesarebeingemitted
toplaybackthemessagesetforthattime.
PresstheSTOPbuttontostopalarmplayback.
Theelectronicbeeptonesstopautomaticallyifnobutton
ispressedfor5 minutesafterthebeepingstarts.The
messageisnotplayedbackinthiscase.

Tochangethemessageusedforalarmplayback,set
thealarmsettingonceto[OFF]andthenagainto[ON].
Ifnomessagehasbeenrecordedinthecurrentfolder,
thealarmiscomposedonlyofelectronicbeeptones.
Thealarmwillbeactivatedeverydayunlessitisturned
[OFF].
ScheduleNotification
Whena messageinfolder[S]isselectedforalarm
playback,theday'sschedulecanbelistenedtoatthe
selectedtime.PresstheFOLDER/MENU
buttonforlessthan1
secondandselectfolder
[S].
TheLCDshowsthe
current date.
Setthealarm(see
"Settingthealarm",on
page17).
Atthesetalarmtime,the
recorderbeeps.Pressany
buttontoplayallofthe
messagesrecordedforthe
current date.
PresstheSTOPbuttonto
stopplayback.
18

RecordingwiththeVCVA(VCVAREC)
(VariableControlVoiceActuator)
Pressandholdthe
FOLDER/MENUbuttonfor
morethan1 secondto
entertheOptionsmode.In
theOptionsmode,select
[VCVA]andsetitto[ON]
(seepage23).
TheVCVAactivationlevelvariesdependingonthe
microphonesensitivity.
IntheOptionsmode,selectthemicrophonesensitivityand
setitasfollows.(seepage22).
HI:Recordingwillbeactivatedatlowvolume.
LOW:Recordingwillbeactivatedathighvolume.
Todeterminetheappropriateactivationlevel,performa
testrecordingnow.PresstheRECbutton.
Whentherecorderdetects
avoiceinput,it
automaticallystarts
recordingandtheLED
indicatorlightsred.When
thevoiceinputstops,the
recorderautomatically
stopsrecordingwithin
about1 secondandenters
theStandbymode.
IntheStandbymode,the
LCDshows[STNBY]and
theredLEDindicator
blinks.
19

Hold(HOLD)
WhentheHOLDswitchis
setto[HOLD],thecurrent
modeislockedandall
buttonsaredisabled.This
helpstopreventaccidental
pressingofbuttonsthat
canactivateundesired
operationsandisconvenientwhencarryingtherecorder
ina bagorpocket.
Toconservebatterypower,theLCDdisplaydisappears
whenthevoicerecorderissettotheHoldstatusinthe
Stopmode.
RemainingMemoryDisplay
Duringrecording,theLCDshowstheremainingmemory
capacityintime.Whenmemorycapacity
hasrun out, theLCD
shows[00m00s]together
with[FULL].Recordingis
nolongerpossible.
Ifyouwanttorecorda
message,erase
unnecessarymessages
(seepage13).
When100messageshave
beenrecordedina folder,
theLCDshows[FULL]and
recordingisnolonger
possible.
Ifyouwanttorecorda
message,useanother
folderorerase
unnecessarymessages.
20