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Olympus DM-420 User Manual

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Olympus DM-420 Digital Recorder
Product number 140146
Shipping Date: September 2009
Box Contents
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DM-420 Digital Recorder
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Stereo earphones
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USB 2.0 cable (KP-22)
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Carrying case
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Strap
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CD-ROM: Olympus Sonority software
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Instruction manual
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Warranty card
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Two AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries
Model
Recording Format
Recording Media
Recording Time
Card Format
Input Level
PC Interface
Olympus Imaging America Inc.
Olympus DM-420 Digital Voice Recorder
Features and Benefits
DM-420
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3)
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
2 GB built-in Flash memory; microSD
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MP3
320 kbps mode: 13 hours, 45 minutes
256 kbps mode: 17 hours, 15 minutes
192 kbps mode: 23 hours, 00 minutes
128 kbps mode: 34 hours, 45 minutes
WMA
ST XQ mode: 34 hours, 00 minutes
ST HQ mode: 68 hours, 00 minutes
ST SP mode: 136 hours, 00 minutes
HQ mode: 136 hours, 00 minutes
SP mode: 268 hours, 00 minutes
LP mode: 533 hours, 00 minutes
MicroSD (512MB – 16 GB)
-60 dBv
USB
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Last updated on September 24, 2009

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  • Page 1 Olympus DM-420 Digital Voice Recorder Olympus DM-420 Digital Recorder Product number 140146 Shipping Date: September 2009 Box Contents • DM-420 Digital Recorder • Stereo earphones • USB 2.0 cable (KP-22) • Carrying case • Strap • CD-ROM: Olympus Sonority software •...
  • Page 2 Microphone Jack Earphone Jack Olympus Imaging America Inc. D I G I T A L T E C H N I C A L S U P P O R T O L Y M P U S I M A G I N G A M E R I C A I N C .
  • Page 3 External Power Supply Battery Life Olympus Imaging America Inc. D I G I T A L T E C H N I C A L S U P P O R T O L Y M P U S I M A G I N G A M E R I C A I N C .
  • Page 4 All figures are approximate. Some functions of Olympus Sonority require QuickTime 7.2 or later, which can be obtained from Apple as a free download. For more information, click here.
  • Page 5 Standby What are Playback Scenes? The DM-420 has an option for the user to create up to five Playback Scenes to setup the recorder to preset playback scenarios. The settings that can be saved as a Playback Scene are Property, Noise Cancel, EUPHONY, Voice Filter, Play Mode, Play Speed, Skip Space, Backlight and LED.
  • Page 6 VCVA is enabled in the recorder’s menu. In the DM-420, the VCVA can be set to any of 15 different values. The higher the value, the more sensitive the recorder is to sounds.
  • Page 7 They are used to skip forward or backward in recordings to pre-selected points. Up to 16 Index Marks can be added to a single file. Index Marks cannot be placed in files created on machines other than Olympus digital voice recorders. This means that they cannot be placed in podcasts. Instead, Temp Marks can be placed in podcasts to temporarily remember desired locations.

  • Page 8: Specifications

    What music file formats does the DM-420 support? The DM-420 can store and play WMA (Windows Media Audio) files with bit rates of between 5 and 320 kbps and mp3 files with bit rates of between 8 and 320 kbps. Variable bit rate mp3 files may not play properly.
  • Page 9 Using removable memory media can expand the recording capacity of the DM-420. The table below shows the potential recording capacity of the recorder with different sized microSD and microSDHC memory cards. Recording Mode MP3 320 kbps MP3 256 kbps MP3 192 kbps...
  • Page 10 Pressing [-] reduces the playback volume. How is the playback speed controlled? The playback of files in the DM-420 can be changed to between 50% and 150% of the default playback speed in increments of 0.05. The tone of the file will be adjusted digitally without changing the pitch so that the recording sounds natural.
  • Page 11 Can I rename my files when they are displayed on my Computer? Files in the DM-420 should not be renamed when displayed in a computer’s file-browsing software (e.g. My Computer) because the recorder’s file-management software may not be able to find a renamed file.
  • Page 12 EJECT button or dragging the drive icon that represents the recorder to the Trash. Olympus Imaging America Inc. D I G I T A L T E C H N I C A L S U P P O R T O L Y M P U S I M A G I N G A M E R I C A I N C .

  • Page 13: Troubleshooting

    Using an accessory microphone with an extended frequency range may not improve the quality of the recordings in a DM-420. The recorder has an overall frequency response of 40 – 20,000 Hz, but the different quality modes modify the detail of the saved file data by saving some frequencies and discarding others.
  • Page 14 With the built-in Voice Guidance of the recorder turned on in the menu, Olympus Sonority will automatically check the state of the Voice Guidance files in the recorder. If the recorder lacks any of the required files, the Upload File dialog box will appear.