Preventing Accidental Operation; Setting Hold Mode; Releasing Hold Mode - Olympus VP-20 User Manual

Preventing accidental operation

Setting the voice recorder to HOLD mode maintains the current operation and disables button
operations. HOLD mode is a handy feature for preventing unintentional operation from
accidental button presses when the voice recorder is carried in a bag or pocket.

Setting HOLD mode

1
Slide the POWER/HOLD switch to
3
the [HOLD] position.
• [Hold] appears in the display, and the
recorder enters HOLD mode.
• ON and OFF of the REC switch are
active in the HOLD mode.
NOTE
• When any button is pressed during HOLD mode, [Hold] appears in the display for 2
seconds. No other operation is performed.
• Setting HOLD mode during voice recorder playback continues the playback operation
and prevents any other operation from being performed (the voice recorder stops when
playback ends).
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Releasing HOLD mode

1
Slide the POWER/HOLD switch to
position A shown below.
a