Description of the Olympus LS-14 portable
recorder
Front: all buttons and keys for different functions
Back: Battery cover. Raised release button. Press it to open the cover. It takes two AA
batteries, positive pole down.
Top: two microphones, pointing to left and right. Between them, a third microphone.
During interview recording, if turning the recorder sideways, it facilitates to pick up both
voices, the interviewer and the interviewee.
When buttons facing you:
On the left hand-side from top to bottom
Earphones jack
Remote jack. (for remote control that allows you to start and stop recording, but we
don't have it)
USB connector allows you to download the recording to your computer
Power/Hold switch. If you slide it down, power on, if you slide it up, it will block all
buttons.
On the Right hand-side, from top to bottom:
Microphone jack: for use of external microphone. However, most portable recorders
work better with their in-built microphones (mics)
Line in Jack: if you want to record from a PA system or computer.
Memory card cover. It takes a SD card, but it also has an in-built memory of 4 Gb.
On the front:
Smooth surface is your display LCD panel
Directly underneath, there are three rectangular keys, the function buttons, from left to
right F1, F2 and F3.
F2 has a raised bar, and it displays the list of tracks you have recorded
F3 (the next to the right) displays the list of folders where you are keeping the tracks.
Below those, you'll find three big round buttons. From left to right you have:
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