Olympus WS-331M User manual

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document.

the unlikely event that aquestionable item, error, or omission is

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•Any liability for passive damages or damage of any kind occurred due to data

loss incurred by adefect of the product, repair performed by the third party

other than Olympus or an Olympus authorized service station, or any other

reasons is excluded from the Olympus's liability.

Trademarks

IBM and PC/AT are the trademarks or registered trademarks of International

Business Machines Corporation.

Microsoft, Windows and Windows Media are registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation.

WOW

XT,

SRS and

Ce)

symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs, Inc.

WOW XT technology is incorporated under license from SRS Labs, Inc.

MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer

liS

and

Thomson.

The product was developed based

noise-canceling technology under license

from NEC Corporation.

Other product and brand names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or

registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Safe and Proper Usage

Before using

your

new recorder, read

this

manual carefully

ensure that

you know how

operate

safely and correctly. Keep

this

manual in an

easily accessible location

for

future reference.

•The warning symbols indicate important safety related information.

protect yourself and

others from personal injury or damage to property, it is essential that you always read the

warnings and information provided.

General

Precautions

•Do

not

leave

the

recorder

hot,

humid

locations

such

inside

closed

automobile

under

direct

sunlight

the

beach

the

summer.

•Do

not

store

the

recorder

places

exposed

excessive

moisture

dust.

•Do

not

use

organic

solvents

such

alcohol

and

lacquer

thinner

clean

the

unit.

•Do

not

place

the

recorder

top

near

electric

appliances

such

TVs

refrigerators.

•

Avoid

recording

playing

back

near

cellular

phones

other

wireless

equipment,

they

may

cause interferenceand noise.

you experience

noise,

move

another

place,

move

the

recorder

further

away

from

such

equipment.

•

Avoid

sand

dirt.

These

can

cause

irreparable

damage.

•

Avoid

strong

vibrations

shocks.

•Do

not

disassemble,

repair

modify

the

unit

yourself.

•Do

not

operate

the

unit

while

operating

vehicle

(such

bicycle,

motorcycle,

go-cart).

•Keep

the

unit

out

the

reach

children.

Recorded

content

memory

may be destroyed

erased by

operating

mistakes,

unit

malfunction,

during

repair work.

recommended

back

and save

important

content

other

media

such

as a

computer

hard disk.

Any

liability

for

passive damages

damage

any

kind

occurred

due

data

loss

incurred

adefect

the product, repair performed by the

third

party

other

than Olympus

an Olympus authorized service station,

any

other

reasons

excluded from

the

Olympus's liability.

Batteries

~Warning

•

Batteries

should

never

exposed

flame,

heated,

short-circuited

disassembled.

•

not

attempt

recharge

alkaline,

lithium

any

other

non-

rechargeable

batteries.

•

Never

use

any

battery

with

torn

cracked

outer

cover.

•

Keep

batteries

out

the

reach

children.

•

you

notice

anything

unusual

when

using

this

product

such

abnormal

noise,

heat,

smoke,

burning

odor:

remove the batteries immediately while being careful notto burn yourself,

and;

®call your dealer or local Olympus representative for service.

Identification of Parts

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3Main unit

Battery

compartment

EAR

(Earphone)

jack

®MIC

(Microphone)

jack

®Built-in stereo microphone (R)

@REC

(Record)

button

®STOP

button

®PLAY

button

(j)

Built-in

speaker

®USB

terminal

®VOL (+)

button

@VOL

(-)

button

@FOLDER/INDEX

button

@ERASE

button

@OK/MENU

button

Display

(LCD

panel)

Record/Play

indicator

light

@Built-in stereo microphone (L)

USB

access

indicxator

light

Strap

hole

®HOLD

switch

Mode

(VOICE/MUSIC)

switch

@RELEASE (Release)

button

Battery

cover

Display (LCD Panel)

VOICE

mode

display

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Folder

indicator

eVCVA (Variable

Control

Voice

Actuator)

indicator

oRecord

mode

indicator

oCharacter

information

display

Microphone

sensitivity

indicator

oErase

lock

indicator

Low

Cut

Filter

indicator

MUSIC

mode

display

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oPlayback

effect

indicator

Battery

indicator

CD)

Current

file

number

Total

number

recorded

files

the

folder

Memory

remaining

indicator

(ElF bar)

Title and

artist

name

indicator

Play

position

bar

indicator

Inserting Battery

Lightly press down on the arrow and

slide the battery cover open.

Insert

size-AAA

alkaline

battery,

observi

the correct polarity.

Close the battery cover completely

pressing to the direction @, then sliding

to the direction @.

If the "hour" indicator flashes

the display, see

"Setting Time/Date (Time &Date)"

(lIE

P.12).

Replacing the Battery

The battery indicator on the display changes as the

battery loses power.

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When aappears

the display, replace the battery

as soon

possible.

When the battery is too weak, 0"Battery Low"

appears

the display and the recorder shuts down.

When changing battery, AAA alkaline battery

Olympus Ni-MH battery

recommended.

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Ni-MH Rechargeable Battery

-------....

Optional Ni-MH rechargeable batteries from

Olympus can

used for the recorder. Use them

with the BU-400 Olympus Ni-MH Rechargeable

Battery Charger (Europe only).

•Manganese battery may not be used

this recorder.

•Be sure to stop the recorder before replacing the battery. Unloading the battery while the recorder is in

use may corrupt the file. If you are recording into afile and the battery runs out, you will lose your currently

recorded file because the file header will not be able to close. It

crucial to change the battery once you

see only one hash mark in the battery indicator.

•If it takes longerthan 15 minutes to replace the dead battery or if you take the battery

and out repeatedly

at short intervals, you may have to reset the time when you have loaded afresh battery.

•Remove the battery if you are not going to use the recorder for

extended period of time.

•When playing avoice/music file, the recorder may be reset due to the reduction of the voltage output of

the battery depending

the volume level even if

••

1is displayed

the battery indicator.

this case,

lower the volume of the recorder.

Power Supply

When

the

recorder

not

being

used, turn

the

power

off

reduce

battery

consumption to aminimum. Even if the power is turned off, existing data, mode

settings, and clock settings will be maintained.

Turning On the Power

Slide the

HOLD

switch

the direction opposite

that indicated by the arrow.

The

display will turn on and the

power

will be turned on.

The

resume function will bring the recorder back to the

stop position in memory before

power

was turned off.

Hold

Slide the

HOLD

switch

the direction indicated by

the arrow while the recorder

is not

operation.

The

display

shuts

off

and

the

power

will be turned off.

The resume function remembers the stop position before

the

power

is turned off.

Turning Off the Power

Standby Mode and Display Shut Off

-----....

If the recorder is stopped/not used for

over

5minutes

after it is turned on, it goes into standby (power-save)

mode, and the display shuts off.

exit standby mode

and turn on the display, press any button.

VOICE Mode

and

MUSIC Mode

This device can be used as avoice recorder or as amusic player. For recording

and playing back voice recordings, set the mode switch to VOICE. For listening

to music, set the mode switch to MUSIC.

VOICE Mode

Slide

the

mode

switch

the

VOICE

position.

The recorder provides five folders, named

through

(]J, for storing audio data. The files like recorded audio

or language files transferred from aPC, are stored in

these folders as individual files. Up to 200 files can be

saved

each folder.

File names will

automatically created for files recorded

by this recorder.

WS330001.WMA

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Extension

File

number:

Aserial number automatically

assigned by aDigital Voice Recorder.

User

10: The name that has been set

the Digital

Voice Recorder.

List

display

File

display

Current folder and files recorded

this folder are Information of the selected file is

displayed. displayed.

Current folder

Current

folder

rl'1l

...

Scroll bar (appears when 011120

CIDll

the whole contents cannot «•

WS330003.WMA

be displayed.) o

WS330004.WMA

18M05s

jFile length

File

being

selected

(The file

name

will be

highlighted, and the file name, and date and time

the file was recorded, will scroll across the

screen once.)

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