Olympus DM450
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nes.php
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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