Review of the Olympus DS 40 Digital Voice Recorder

March 7, 2009 by
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The Olympus DS 40 digital voice recorder brings you a lot of top-of-the-line features. Thoughoften employed by non-professional, this voice recorder has characteristics and a performance history that make it suitable for professional use, as well. The microphone is all configured to record your voice down to themost subtle noises. It has an outstanding recording capacity, with the ability to record as many as 136 hours. The battery duration is also dependable at 30 hours. These batteries last to their full capacity. Managing this digital recorder is pretty easy. You can easily transfer the recorded files to your computer | laptop or podcast to keep them. You can use this device to record your favorite musical pieces and store them, making it possible for you to listen to them any time you want to. You can time your recordings and set a time for playing it back. You have the option of recording at a slow or a fast pace.

One of the greatest benefits of the DS40, as quoted by the consumers, is that it is a very user-friendly tool. Using it is simple, and people can easily understand the whole range of functionalities of this electronic gadget within a few hours. Linking to the computer after recording is an easy task. The equipment comes with a 5 foot long USB cable that can fit into a USB port to the laptop, after which you simply are required to copy and paste the recorded files on any laptop. The plug is similar to the ones found with the Olympus digital cameras. With a modern operating system such as Windows XP, will make your task nearly effortless, as it is perfect with the Olympus DS 40 Digital Voice Recorder and you don’t have to install any special driver software with that. You can even copy MP3 files from your PC to the DS40 with no trouble at all. Although the sound of the transferred MP3 files is not always perfect | crystal clear, it is still rather good quality to hear.

In contrast to the many digital recorders from Olympus, for instance, the VN3100, you may set the playback volume (which is often very loud) to the desired level. The speaker of this recorder is found on its back side. This device provides a user’s guide that you can look over to get info about its features and how it works. There is an online guidebook in the PDF format which includes more detailed data concerning this digital recorder. This recorder runs on the .wma file format. You must employ file converters to manage files of other formats. There are a number of converting software pieces that can be found over the web at no charge.

The Olympus DS 40 Digital Voice Recorder offers extremely advanced headphones. There is an LED indicator that glows red while recording, green during playback, and blinks three times in red in case any mistaken activity has taken place. The DS40 provides a voice guide, too.

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