-
7
- -
9
- -
10
- -
1 1
- -
12
- -
8
-
Loc kin g a f il e ke eps im por t ant dat a f rom b ein g ac cide ntal ly er ased . L ocke d f il es are n ot e ras ed
whe n you ch oos e to era se all f il es fr om a fo lde r .
In M enu m ode s ele ct ion :
Loc k: O f f Loc k: O n
Whe n the microp hon e sen ses tha t s oun d h as rea ched a p rese t v olum e, the built- in Varia ble Contro l
Voice Ac tua tor ( VCVA) st ar ts re cor ding a utom atic ally, and s tops i t whe n the vo lum e drop s.
In M enu m ode s ele ct ion :
VCVA: Of f VC V A: O n
h Viewing S ystem Informa tion
[
System
]
Y ou c an che ck th e reco rde r's in form atio n on th e menu s cre en.
Other Functions
h I ndex Marks
If i nde x ma rk s are pla ced, you c an qu ick ly f in d a l ocat ion you w ant to list en to in fa st f or war d and
fas t rew ind an d whe n cuin g a fi le.
Clearing an Index Mark:
1 W h i l e t h e r e c o r d e r i s
during recor ding (pau se
r e c o r d i n g ) o r p l a y -
b a c k m o d e , p r e s s t h e
FOL DER /INDE X
button
to se t an ind ex mark .
• Use yo ur ear pho nes o nly a fte r suf f ic ientl y red ucin g the vo lum e of the e arp hon es, ot her wis e hea ring
imp airm ent a nd/or he arin g diso rde rs may o ccur.
• Do n ot use you r ear pho ne at a h igh vo lum e for an e xte nde d pe rio d of t ime as hea ring imp air ment
and /or hear ing di sor der s may occ ur.
• Be sure to stop th e r eco rder bef ore repla cing the bat te ries . Unl oad ing the bat te ries while the re cord er
is in us e may cor rup t the f ile .
• Do not l eave t he r eco rder in h ot, hum id l oc atio ns su ch a s in side a cl ose d au tomo bil e un der di rec t
sun light o r on th e bea ch in th e summ er.
F or safe and c orrect Usage
No te:
• Th e r ecor der w ill sto p if you le ave it idl e f or 3 minu tes dur ing a me nu set up op erat ion , w hen a
se lec ted i tem is n ot app lie d.
5 Pr ess the
PLA Y
/
OK
(` ) butto n to confi rm the
set ting .
VC VA indic ato r
h Re cordin g Modes [
Rec Mode
]
Curr ent r eco rdin g mo de
Mi crop hon e
se nsit ivi ty i ndi cato r
h M icrophone Sensitivity [
Mic Sense
]
h Using the V ariable C ontrol V oice Actuator [
V CV A
]
h
Set the Display
Language [
Langu age
]
h Formatting the Recorder [
F or mat
]
No tes :
• An er ase d le c anno t be res tor ed.
• Th e le se t to er ase lo ck wil l not b e era sed .
• If o per atio n is not e xec uted f or 8 se cond s duri ng the s et tin g, it wi ll ret urn to t he sto p st atus .
• Com ple tio n of eras ing may ta ke se ver al s eco nds . Do not a tte mpt to re move, repl ace b at ter y
or at temp t any o the r fu nc tion s on the voi ce re cord er d uri ng th is p eri od b ec ause dat a may be
cor rupte d.
h The lev els of the menu screen and the operation
buttons [
Main Me nu
/
Sub Me nu
]
Th e set tin g can b e swi tche d by put tin g the r ecor der i n menu m ode .
Menu mode
3 Pres s the 9 b utt on to se lec t [
Sta r t
].
4 Pres s the
PLA Y
/
OK
(` ) bu tt on.
1 While the recorder is dur -
ing stop mode, press and
h o l d t h e
D I S P
/
M E N U
bu t t on f or 1 se co n d or
lon ger.
h Basic Op eration of the Menu Mode
a [
]:
P ress t he PLA Y/OK (` ) bu tton (G oes to the n ext sc reen ).
b [
] or [
]: Press the 9 o r 0 button (Change s th e
ite m) .
3 Pres s the
PLA Y
/
OK (
`
)
but ton .
Adju st th e Sta rt /Sto p Act uat ion L evel:
If yo u fo rmat t he re cord er, all f il es wi ll be rem oved a nd all fun cti on s et ting s wil l retu rn to def ault s
exce pt da te and tim e set ti ngs . T ran sfe r any i mpo rt ant f il es to a comp ute r bef ore for mat tin g the
rec orde r.
1 L o c a t e t h e i n d e x y o u
want to c lea r .
2 Pr e s s t he 9 o r 0
b u t t o n t o s e l e c t t h e
ind ex mar k to del ete.
3 P re ss th e
ERA SE
(s) but-
ton .
No tes :
• Ind ex mark s cannot be place d on les creat ed on mac hine s oth er th an O lymp us IC re corde rs , bu t
temp m ark s ca n be pl aced i nste ad to tem por ari ly re memb er de sire d lo cati ons .
• T em p mark s are tem por ar y mark ing s, so if you move to an othe r le, or con nec t the re cord er to a
comp uter, the y will b e auto mati call y era sed .
• Up to 16 inde x and te mp mar k s can b e set in a le.
• Ind ex or t emp ma rk s can not be s et or e ras ed in a l ocke d le .
Th e reco rd in g m od e can be cho se n f ro m [HQ ] (hi gh qua li t y s ou nd rec or din g), [SP ] (st an da rd
rec ordi ng), and [LP ] (l ong -ter m re cordi ng).
In M enu m ode s ele ct ion :
Mo de : HQ Mod e: S P Mo de : LP
VN - 6200 PC Ap pro x.
70 h. 55mi n.
App rox .
1 39 h. 35 m in.
Approx.
444 h.
VN -5200 PC Ap pro x.
35 h. 20 mi n.
App rox .
69 h. 35 mi n.
App rox .
221 h. 30 mi n.
VN -3200 PC Ap prox .
8 h. 4 0 min .
App rox .
1 7 h. 10 min
App rox .
54 h . 40 mi n.
No tes :
• Th e re cord ing time show n ab ove is fo r on e con tinu ous le. The avai labl e re cor ding time may be
sho r ter than sp eci ed if seve ral l es a re reco rde d. (Use the re main ing time an d r ecor ded ti me
onl y as re fere nces .)
• Th e above - note d reco rdi ng tim es in dica te time s af ter d ele tion o f the ma nual d ata s tore d in th e reco rde r .
Mic rop hon e sens itiv it y is adj ust abl e to me et you r reco rdin g nee ds .
In M enu m ode s ele ct ion :
Se nse: Co nf. (g ) Se nse: D ic t. (i)
No te:
• To e ns ur e suc ces s fu l re cor d in g, m ak e a t es t re cor d in g to s e le c t
app rop riate m icro ph one se nsit ivi ty b efo re re cord ing .
1 Wh il e t he re co rd er is d ur in g re co r di ng mod e ,
press the 9 or 0 but tons to adjust t he pause
sou nd level .
• Th e VCVA leve l can b e set to a ny of 1 5 di ff ere nt val ues .
a VCVA Leve l
b Star t l evel (move s to the r ight /l ef t acco rdin g to the s et lev el)
h Lock ing F iles [
Lock
]
Era se lo ck in dic ator
h Syst em Sounds [
Beep
]
Inf orms a b ut ton op era tion o r a wron g ope rati on of th e reco rde r by
sou nd. Sys tem s oun ds may be t urn ed of f.
In M enu m ode s ele ct ion :
Be ep: O ff B ee p: On
No te:
• Th e r ecor d/pl ay i ndi cator light is l it dur ing recor ding . W hen the re cord er is in Stand by mod e, the
Re cord /Play i ndic ator l ight ashe s and [VCVA ] ash es on t he disp lay.
h LED [
LED
]
Y ou c an se t it so th e Rec ord/ Play in dic ator l ight d oes n ot tur n on.
In M enu m ode s ele ct ion :
LED : Of f LE D: O n
h LCD Co ntrast Ad justment [
Contrast
]
Dis play co ntras t can b e adj uste d in 1 2 le vels .
In M enu m ode s ele ct ion :
Yo u c a n a d j u s t t h e L C D d i s p l a y
con tra st leve l fro m [0 1 ] to [1 2].
Re cord er ’s Versi on
Setting an Index Mark:
Y ou c an se lec t th e disp lay lan gua ge for t his re cord er.
In M enu m ode s ele ct ion :
La ng. : Eng lis h La ng. : Franç ais
Id iom a: esp año l
• Do no t sto re the r ecor der i n place s ex pose d to ex cessi ve mois tur e or dus t.
• Do no t use o rgan ic so lvent s suc h as alco hol a nd lac quer t hinn er to cl ean th e unit .
• Do no t pla ce the re cord er on t op of o r near e lec tr ic ap plia nces su ch as T Vs or r efr ige rator s.
• Avoid re cord ing or pla ying ba ck near ce llul ar phon es or othe r wire less e quip ment , as they may caus e
inte rf ere nce an d nois e. I f you e xpe rie nce no ise, m ove to an othe r pla ce, or m ove the reco rde r fur th er
away f rom su ch eq uipm ent .
• Avoid s and o r dir t. T hes e can c ause i rrep ara ble d amag e.
• Avoid s tro ng vib rati ons o r sho ck s.
• Do no t dis asse mble , rep air or m odi f y the un it you rse lf.
• Do no t ope rate t he uni t whil e op erat ing a ve hicl e (such as a b ic ycle , motor cy cle, o r goc ar t).
• Kee p the un it ou t of the r each o f chil dren .
Battery
V Warni ng
• Und er no circum sta nces ins er t any oth er par ts tha n the main unit into the bat ter y com par tme nt. Th is
may re sult i n bat ter y le aka ge, ove rhea ting , fi re or e xpl osio n.
• Bat ter y s houl d neve r be e xpo sed to f la me, he ated , sho rt- cir cuite d or di sass emb led .
• Do no t at tempt t o rech arge a lka line , lith ium or a ny othe r non -r echa rge abl e bat ter y.
• Neve r use a ny bat ter y wi th a tor n or cra cked o uter co ver.
• Kee p bat ter y ou t of th e reach o f chil dre n.
•
If you no tic e a nythi ng unus ual whe n u sing t his pro duct such a s abnorm al noise , heat , smoke , or a burni ng odor:
1 rem ove the b att er y imm edia tely w hile b ei ng car efu l not to b urn yo urs elf, a nd;
2 call y our d eale r or lo cal O ly mpus r epre sent ati ve for s er vic ing.
Main menu screen Sub menu screen
Rec Mode
VCV A
Mic Sense
Lock Language
LED
Contrast
Beep
Format
Main Menu
System
Time & Date
Sub Menu
The menu item with mark can be
set even during rec ording.
REC
REC
REC
Step 1
Put the recorder in menu mode .
Step 2
Select the menu item in the main menu or sub menu screen.
Step 4
Complete the menu mode setting .
Step 3
Cancel the setting .
Select the setting item
in the setting screen.
DISP
/
MENU
Pres s a nd ho ld the but ton for 1 sec ond
or l ong er to put t he re cor der i n me nu
mo de.
PLA Y
/
OK
(` )
Go t o the s et tin g scr een fr om th e mai n
me nu or sub m enu sc ree n. Con fi rm th e
i t e m se l e c t e d in th e se t t i n g sc r e e n ,
an d go b ac k to the m ai n me nu or su b
me nu scr een .
0 or 9
Switch the items of the setti ng screen in
the m ain m enu o r sub m enu sc ree n.
ST OP
(4 ) or
RE C
(s )
C o m p l e t e t h e m e n u m o d e s e t t i n g .
(I f p r es se d whi l e t he se t ti ng sc re en is
dis play ed, t he it em b ein g s ele c ted w ill
not b e se t.)
Gu ide ic on : T ell s you the nex t
but to n to use b y fl ashi ng.
1 The Su b Men u open s.
2 Pres s t he 9 or 0 to
sel ec t [
For mat
].
3 Pre ss th e
PLA Y
/
OK
(` )
but ton .
• [
] an d [Ca n ce l ] fl a sh es
alte rnat ely.
4 Pres s the 9 b ut ton to
sel ec t [
Sta r t
].
5 Pre ss th e
PLA Y
/
OK
(` )
but ton .
• Af te r t he [Da ta Al l C le ar ed ]
mes sag e is o n fo r 2 s eco nds,
[Sur e? C anc el] will t urn o n.
6 Pr ess the
STO P (
4
)
b utt on to clo se t he m enu .
h Connecting to Y our PC
Apa rt fr om u sing thi s un it a s a reco rder, y ou c an use it a s an ex ter nal mem or y f or your comp uter,
as a st orag e dev ice.
• Th e audi o fi les re cord ed by th is reco rde r can b e playe d back o n your co mpu ter usi ng Wi ndow s
Me dia Playe r. You can al so tr ansf er the WM A f iles d ownl oad ed wi th Win dows M edi a Player to
you r reco rder a nd enj oy the m (exclu din g fi les wi th copy rig ht pro tec tio n).
1 C o n n e c t t h e r e c o r d e r ’s
USB termin al t o a P C USB
por t or US B hub.
• On ce [Re mot e ] is disp laye d, you
can s ave or re ad th e data .
2 T r ansfe r th e audi o fil es to you r compu ter.
• Conn ec t the r ecor der to y our co mpute r and l aunc h Ex plo rer.
• Th e reco rde r will b e reco gni zed a s a remo vabl e disk .
• Eac h o f th e f ive folde rs is na med as DSS_ FLDA, B, C , D and E . The
aud io f ile s are save d in th ese f old ers .
• All th e a udi o f i les re co rde d b y th is reco rd er will be in WM A
for mat .
i.e .: VN- 620 0PC : VN 6200 01 .WM A
V N- 5200P C: VN520 001. WM A
V N-320 0PC : VN320 001 .WMA
• If you are usi ng Wind ows 2000 , Wi ndow s Me dia Player must be
ins tall ed o n the PC .
3 Click the [ ] on the task bar locate d at t he lower -
right corne r of t he sc reen . Clic k [
Saf ely Remove
Ha rdwa re
].
h Using the recorder on your PC
Win dows Op erat in g System :
Mic roso f t Win dows 20 00/ XP/V is ta (Stan dard I nst alla tion)
Comp ati ble P C’s:
Win dows P C’s equip pe d with m ore t han on e fre e USB po rt
Mac intos h Op erat in g System :
Mac OS X 10. 2. 8 ~ 1 0. 5 (Stan dard I nst alla tion)
Comp ati ble P C’s:
App le Ma cintos h ser ies e quip pe d with m ore t han on e fre e USB po rt
The suppor t ser vic e will not co ver if your PC has been updated from Windo ws 95 or 98 to Window s
2000/XP / Vista. Any failur e on a self-modified PC will not be c over ed unde r th e opera tional warran ty.
No tes :
• NE VER disco nne ct the USB while the reco rd/pl ay in dic ator light is ashi ng in re d. If you do so, the
dat a may be d est royed .
• Ref er to th e use r's man ual fo r you r PC reg ard ing th e USB po rt o r USB hub o n your P C.
• As th e n ois e m ay c aus e a dver se e ec ts on e lec tro nic s devi ces nea rby the re cor der, unpl ug the
ear pho ne wh en you co nne ct t he re cord er to a PC .
• Do no t use USB co nne ct ing ca ble s othe r than t he sup pli ed ca ble .
Re ad t hi s m anua l c are fu lly to en sur e t hat you kn ow h ow to o pe rate it sa fe ly a nd cor rec t ly. Ke ep
th is ma nua l in an e asi ly ac ces sib le l oca tio n fo r fut ure r ef ere nce .
• Th e wa rni ng s ym bol s i ndic ate imp or tant s afet y rel ated inf orm a t ion . To pr otec t your sel f a nd othe rs
fro m pe rs onal injur y or damag e t o p rop er t y, it is e ssent ial t hat yo u a lways read th e war nin gs an d
inf orma tio n prov ide d.
W arning regarding data loss:
• Re cord ed conte nt in mem or y may be de str oyed or er ase d by ope rati ng mis takes , unit m alf unc tio n,
or du rin g repa ir wor k.
• For imp or ta nt reco rde d conten t, we reco mme nd you to wri te it down so mew here o r make a back- up
by dow nlo adin g to a PC .
• Any liabi lit y fo r pa ssive dama ges or da mage of any kin d occ urre d due to data loss incur red by a defe ct
of th e pro duc t, rep air p er fo rme d by th e thir d par t y ot her th an O lymp us o r an Ol ymp us au thor ize d
ser v ice st atio n, or a ny othe r reas ons is e xclu ded f rom O ly mpus ’s liabi lit y.
General Pr ecautions
USB te rmi nal
Se ndin g the d ate
Re ceiv ing t he dat a
Q1: Not hin g happ en s whe n a but ton i s pre sse d.
A 1 : The
HO LD
swi tch m ay be se t to [
HO LD
] pos it ion .
The ba tte rie s may be d epl ete d.
The ba tte rie s may be i nse rte d in corr ec tl y .
Q2 : No so und or q uie t sou nd is h ear d fro m the s pea ker wh ile p layi ng bac k .
A2 : Th e earp hon e plu g may be p lug ged i nto t he re cord er.
The vol ume m ay be set t o the m ini mum l evel.
Q3 : Re cor ding i s not p oss ibl e.
A3 : B y pr ess ing t he
ST OP
(4 ) b ut ton re pea ted ly w hil e t he r eco rde r s top s, che ck i f
th e dis play sh ows:
• The remaining recordi ng time in the selec ted folder may have reached [
00 :0 0
].
• T he nu mbe r of f ile s is 20 0.
Che ck i f the d isp lay sho ws [
Me mo r y Full
] by pre ssi ng t he
RE C
( s ) but ton .
Q4 : The p layb ack s pee d is to o fas t (slow).
A4 : The r eco rde r may be s et to f ast (sl ow) Playba ck .
T roubleshooting
Re cord ing m edi um :
Buil t-in f lash m emor y
Ove rall f req uen cy :
HQ mo de: 20 0 to 1 3,0 0 0 Hz
SP mod e: 200 to 7 , 00 0 Hz
LP mo de: 200 to 3, 00 0 Hz
Re cord ing t ime :
VN - 620 0P C : 1 GB
HQ mo de: App rox. 70 h. 55 min .
SP mod e: App rox. 1 39 h. 35 min.
LP mo de: App rox. 4 4 4 h.
VN -520 0P C : 5 1 2 M B
HQ mo de: App rox. 35 h. 20 mi n.
SP mod e: App rox. 69 h. 35 min .
LP mo de: App rox. 221 h. 30 min .
VN -3200 PC : 128 MB
HQ mo de: App rox. 8 h . 40 mi n.
SP mod e: App rox. 1 7 h. 10 min.
LP mo de: App rox. 5 4 h. 40 mi n.
Mi cro pho ne :
El ec t re t Con d ens e r Mic ro p ho ne (mo n -
aura l)
Spe ake r :
Specifications
Bui lt -in ø 23 m m rou nd dynam ic sp eak er
Ma xim um pow er :
250 mW
Ear pho ne ja ck ( mon aura l) :
ø 3. 5 mm diam eter, impe dance 8 Ω
Mi cro pho ne jac k ( mona ural ) :
ø 3. 5 mm diam eter, impe dance 2 k Ω
Power s upp ly :
T w o A AA (LR 03 ) b at teries or T wo Ni -M H
rech argea ble b atte ries
Cont inu ous b att er y :
Alk aline b atte ries: A pprox . 37 h.
Ni - MH r e cha rg ea bl e bat te ri es : App rox .
25 h.
Di men sion s :
1 02 (L) mm x 37 (W ) mm x 1 8. 8 ( T ) mm
(witho ut prot rusio ns)
Weig ht :
64 .8 g (in cludi ng bat ter y)
• Th e a bove - note d r ecor din g t imes indic ate ti mes
af ter d ele tio n of the m anua l data s tore d in th e reco rde r .
• The manual data can be delete d by con necti ng to a compu ter and del eting o r by f ormatti ng the record er .
For d etai ls, p leas e se e “Fo rma tt ing t he Re co rde r [
For ma t
]” .
• Be fore d ele tin g the dat a, p leas e make a b acku p le of t he PDF d ata of t he man ual.
• Bat ter y li fe i s m easur ed by Oly mpus . It vari es great ly accor ding to the t yp e o f b att erie s u sed and th e
con diti ons of u se.
• Y ou r r ecord ed conte nts are f or your pers onal use or pl easur e o nly. I t i s p rohi bite d to recor d co pyri ghted
mate rial w itho ut pe rmi ssio n of the co pyr ight h old ers a ccord ing to co pyri ght la w.
• Spe ci cati ons an d des ign ar e subj ec t to chan ge wi thou t noti ce for i mpr oveme nt of p er for mance .
h Accessori es (Optional ):
Ni -M H Re char gea ble B at ter y Ch arge r :
BU - 40 0 (Europ e only)
Ni -M H Re char gea ble B at ter y : BR 401
Conn ec tin g cor d ( Ear pho ne jac k ↔
Mi cro pho ne jac k) : K A333
No ise - Ca nce llat ion m icr op hone :ME 52
El ec tre t con den ser m icr oph one : ME1 5
Du al mon aura l ear pho ne : E20
T el eph one p ick up : TP7
Ne ck St rap : S T26
2 Pres s t he 9 or 0 to
sel ec t the m enu it em.
• Go to th e s et ting scre en of the
se lec ted m enu i tem.
• To s e t th e su b me n u, s e le c t
the [Sub Me nu] fro m the main
men u sc ree n. An d se le ct and
se t th e me nu it em f r om t he
sub me nu scre en in the sa me
man ner.
4 Pr e s s t he 9 o r 0
but ton to se lec t th e set-
ti ng.
• T o go to t he main menu scree n
a f te r t h e su b m en u s et t i n g,
se lec t [M ain Me nu ] f rom the
sub m enu sc ree n.
6 Pres s the 9 b utt on aga in to se lec t [
Sta r t
].
7 Pres s the
PLA Y
/
OK
(` ) bu tt on.
• Fo r m a t t in g be g i ns an d [Fo r m a t Do n e ] di s p la y s wh e n
for mat tin g ends .
No tes :
• It may tak e up to a mi nure to ni sh the ini tiali zat ion . Do n ot rem ove the bat ter y o r det ach t he
bat ter y co mpa rt ment f rom t he re cord er dur ing th at tim e. Ot her wis e dat a may be d amag ed.
• Neve r for mat th e reco rde r fro m a PC.
• Whe n the r ecor der is f orm att ed, a ll the s tore d dat a, in clud ing lo cke d les , are e rase d.