User manual OLYMPUS VN-90 DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER

[. . . ] DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER VN-180 VN-90 Instruction Always do a test recording to avoid recording problems. CONTENTS BEFORE YOUR FIRST RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The message will be fast forwarded or reversed for as long as the button is pressed. When the end of message (with Fast Forward) or beginning of message (with Fast Reverse) is reached, the recorder pauses (for about 1/2 second), then starts Fast Forward or Fast Reverse of the next or previous message (as long as the button pressed throughout). ) or Fast Reverse ( ) button is 2 When the Fast Forward ( released, normal playback or fast playback starts at that point. Forward Skip (F-SKIP)/Reverse Skip (R-SKIP) 1 Press and release the Fast-Forward or Fast Reverse button in the Stop, Playback, Fast Playback or Playback-Pause mode. Each time you press the button, the recorder skips to the beginning of the next (or previous) message. If the button is pressed in Playback, Fast Playback or PlaybackPause mode, Playback or Fast Playback automatically starts at the beginning of the skip destination message. Pressing and holding the ( ) or ( ) button for more than 1 second in the Stop mode enables you to skip through messages quickly. Release the button to stop skipping. 10 Erasing (ERASE) Erasing a single message (ERASE) 1 Press the ( ) or ( ) button in the Stop mode to select the message No. The displayed message number blinks and the LCD shows [ERASE] and [YES] alternately. Performing this operation during Playback, Fast Playback or Playback-Pause will erase the entire message being played. After a message has been erased, the message number of the other messages will be decreased by 1. 2 Erasing all messages in a folder (ALL ERASE) 1 Press the MENU/FOLDER button to select the folder to be erased (see page 13). 2 2 In the Stop mode, press and hold the ERASE button for more than 2 seconds. The word [ALL] blinks, and the LCD shows [ERASE] and [YES] alternately. The LCD blinks [ERASE] and all of the messages in the selected folder will be erased. 11 When folder [S] is selected: · Erasing all messages for a selected date - When the ERASE button is pressed and held for more than 2 seconds, the LCD shows [ALL] together with alternately blinking date and [YES]. Press the ERASE button within 4 seconds again to erase all of the messages for the selected date. · Erasing all messages in folder [S] - When the ERASE button is pressed and held for more than 4 seconds, the LCD shows [ALL] together with alternately blinking [ERASE] and [YES]. Press the ERASE button within 4 seconds again to erase all messages in folder [S]. Resetting the recorder (CLEAR) 1 1 Hold the STOP button and press and hold the ERASE button for more than 2 seconds. The LCD shows [CLEAR] and [YES] alternately. 2 Press the ERASE button again within 4 seconds. All messages in all folders are erased and the recorder is reset to the default setting. This also resets the current time and other settings to their initial status. All messages recorded for the selected date will be played in succession. Messages in folder [S] cannot be forward skipped or reverse skipped in the Stop mode. Forward Skip and Reverse Skip are available only during Playback, Fast Playback or Playback-Pause operation. [. . . ] When the batteries are replaced, be sure the + and - polarity positions are correct. 4 When there is fluid leakage, carefully wipe off the fluid from the battery compartment and then insert the batteries. 5 Remove the batteries when the unit is not used for more than one month. 6 If a battery is short-circuited, disassembled, charged or thrown into a fire, damage or ignition may occur. [. . . ]