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DIGITAL VOICE
RECORDER
DM-4
DM-2
DETAILED
INSTRUCTIONS
Thank you for purchasing an Olympus
Digital Voice Recorder.
Please read these instructions for information
about using the product correctly and safely.
Keep the instructions handy for future reference.
To ensure successful recordings, we recommend that
you test the record function and volume before use.
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Introduction • The contents of this document may be changed in the future without advanced notice. Contact our Customer Support Center for the latest information relating to product names and model numbers. • The screen and recorder illustrations shown in this manual were produced during the development stages and may differ from the actual product. The utmost care has been taken to ensure the integrity of the contents of this document. In the unlikely event that a questionable item, error,
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Introduction The software in this product includes third party software. Any third party software is subject to the terms and conditions, imposed by the owners or licensers of that software, under which such software is provided to you. Those terms and conditions are shown below. PCRE LICENCE: PCRE is a library of functions to support regular expressions whose syntax and semantics are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language. Release 5 of PCRE is distributed under the terms of
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Table of contents Inserting and ejecting a microSD card ..... 31 Introduction Inserting a microSD card ...............................31 Safety precautions ................................... 8 Ejecting a microSD card ................................ 32 Caution for usage environment ..................... 8 Notes on the folders ............................... 33 Handling the recorder .................................... 9 About the folders for voice recordings ......... 33 Battery handling precau
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Table of contents File search display operations of the Setting the playback scene [Play Scene] ...... 86 [Recorder] folder ..................................... 55 Guidance [Voice Guide] ................................ 87 Opening the file search display from the Alarm playback function [Alarm] ................. 89 [Music] folder .......................................... 57 Moving/Copying files [File Move/Copy] ....... 93 File search display operations of the Dividing files [File Divide] ...
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Table of contents Upgrade function ..................................146 4 Using the OlympusS onority Functions available in Saving files in your PC ............................119 the Olympus Sonority Plus ................147 Operating environment .........................120 Functions available with the Connecting to your PC ............................121 music editing plug-in ........................147 Connecting to your PC .................................121 Disconnecting from you
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Table of contents Loading Audible content .......................169 Installing AudibleManager .........................169 Adding device to AudibleManager ..............170 Purchasing Audible content ........................170 Transferring Audible content .................171 1 Enjoy Audible content with the recorder .....................................172 2 Audible mode ..............................................172 Playback position and section .....................173 3 Operating reco
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Safety precautions Before using your newr ecorder, read this Caution for usage environment manualc arefully to ensure thaty ouk now how to operatei ts afely and correctly. • To protect the high-precision Keept hism anual in ane asily accessible technology contained in this locationf orf uturer eference. product,n ever leave ther ecorder • The warning symbols indicate important in the placesl isted below, no safety related information. To protect matter i
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Safety precautions • Don otu seo rganics olventss uch • Use microSD/microSDHCm emory as alcohol andl acquert hinnert o cards only.N everu seo thert ypes cleant he unit. ofc ards. If you accidentally insert another type of card into the recorder, contact an Recorded content in memory may authorized distributor or service center. bed estroyed or erased byo perating Do not try to remove the card by force. mistakes,u nit ma
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Safety precautions • In places subject to extremely cold • Top revent causing batteryl eaks temperatures, the temperature of the or damaging theirt erminals, recorder’s body may be lower than carefullyf ollowa lli nstructions the environmental temperature. If regardingt he use of batteries. possible, wear gloves when handling Nevera ttemptt o disassemble a the recorder in cold temperatures. battery or modifyi t ina nyw ay, • Don ott ouch the metallicp a
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Safety precautions • If you notice anythingu nusual AC adapter when using this product such as abnormal noise,h eat,s moke, ora f Danger: burningo dor: • B e suret o use theA Ca dapter 1 remove the battery immediately while witht he properv oltage (AC 100 - being careful not to burn yourself, 240 V). Using it with other voltage and; levelsm ayc ause fire, explosion, 2 call your dealer or local Olympus overheating, electric shock or representative for s
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Safety precautions •. .. you noticea nythingu nusual • Don ot useo r keep the ACa dapter whenu sing the AC adapter such inv eryh ot places,s uch as in as abnormal noise, heat, smoke, directs unlight, in a closedc ar ora burningo dor: on a sunny day,n eara h eater, 1 do not touch any of the exposed parts; on an electric carpet, etc.D o not 2 immediately disconnect the power uset heA C adapter ifs omething supply plug from the power outlet, is
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Main features Getting started Main features s This recorder can tag recorded files This device can save files in a highly compressed manner, thereby allowing or files transferred from a personal for extended recording times. In c o m p u t e r w i t h key wo r d s t o addition, when connected to an external managea file database( ☞ P.76). device, the recorder can encode It is possible to search for files by file date 1 incoming analog audio signals without a or ke
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Main features Main features s Has built in recordings cene s Ad irectionalm icrophonef eature setting ( ☞ P.82)a ndp layback hasb een includedt hat allows scene setting ( ☞ P.86) functions switchingb etweenb roads tereo tor egistert he recordingo r recordinga ndr ecordingw ith playbacks ound quality orm ode ah ighly directionalq uality according tod ifferent usages. (☞ P.69). s You can move or copy files s EUPHONY MOBILEh as been 1
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Main features Main features s Iti sc ompatiblew ith DAISY (☞ P.142)( ForD M-4). DAISY files can be transferred from the “Olympus Sonority” software and played from this recorder. The recorder can be connected to another DAISY compatible device to directly import content (☞ P. 118). 1 s It isc ompatible with AudioB ook (☞ P.167). s Iti s compatiblew ithP odcasting (☞ P.137). If favorite Podcast URLs are registered in the “Olympus Sonority”, the latest broad
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I Id de en nt ti if fi ic ca at ti io on o n of p f pa ar rt ts s Identification of parts 2 1 ^ 2 3 & 4 1 * 7 5 ( - ) ! 6 @ 8 VOL STOP REC # 1 MIC( Microphone) jack 9 2 Built-ins tereom icrophone $ 0 3 LED indicatorl ight % 4 VOICE button( For DM-4) HOMEb utton( ForD M-2) 5 POWER/HOLD switch 6 Straph ole 7 Display(LCD Panel) 8 REC( Record)b utton 9 9 button 0 `OKb utton( Play/Set) ! Fn button( F1/F2/F3) @ STOPb utton # +b utton $ 0 button % –b ut
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Identification of parts Identification of parts [Home] menu display When the power is turned on, the [Home] menu is displayed. The [Home] menu provides links to various functions. For more details about these functions, refer to their respective page numbers below. To move to the [Home] menu from another screen, press and hold the STOP button for more than 2 seconds. 1 Menu Function Records files to one of five voice recording folders (Folder A through Recorder Folder E) (☞ P.40). Recor
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Identification of parts Identification of parts [Recorder] mode display Recording display Playback display 8 8 1 1 2 2 1 3 9 3 9 4 0 4 ! 0 5 ! 5 6 6 7 7 1F ile name 1F ile name 2 Folder name 2 Folder name/Keyword/Date 3 Currentf ile number/ 3 Current file number/Total number Total numbero f recorded files in ofr ecorded files int he list thel ist 4 Playback positionb ar indicator 4 Recorder status indicator 5 Recorders tatusi ndicator 5 Level meter 6 Indexi n
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Identification of parts Identification of parts [Music] [Podcast] mode display Music playback display Podcast playback display 8 8 1 1 2 1 2 9 9 3 3 4 4 0 0 5 5 ! ! 6 6 7 7 1F ile name 1 File name 2 Search category 2 Programn ame 3 Currentf ile number/ 3 Current file number/ Total number of recordedf iles in Total number ofr ecorded files in the list thef older 4 Playbackp ositionb ar indicator 4 Playbackp osition bar indicator 5 Recorder statusi ndicator 5 Recor
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Identification of parts Identification of parts [Audiobooks] mode display DAISY playback display (For DM-4) Audio book playback display 7 8 1 1 2 1 2 8 3 9 3 4 9 0 4 5 0 ! 6 5 6 7 1T able ofc ontentsi ndicator 1 File name 2 Contents name 2 Contents name 3 Playbackp ositionb ar indicator 3 Current file number/Total number of recordedf ilesi nt hef older 4 Recorder statusi ndicator 4 Playbackp ositionb ar indicator 5 Text display area 5 Recorders tatus indic
