Olympus DS-3500: Advanced operations

Playback will continue until the

- Partial erasing is not possible

end of the file or until the partial

on parts of files with a Verbal

erase ending point is confirmed.

comment on them.

- Files are inside a locked SD card.

Advanced operations

Selecting folders and files

Device lock function

Changing folders:

Access to the recorder can be

1 While the recorder is in stop mode,

restricted by using the Device Lock

press the

F1

(

FOLDER

) button.

3 In the position you want to end

function. Password authentication

• The folder list screen will be

partial erase, press the

ERASE

can be safer for your data in case the

displayed.

button again.

recorder is lost.

2 Press the

+

,

–

or

F1

(

FOLDER

)

• The erase starting point (time)

The password can be set by using the

set in step 2 and the ending

button to select the folder, then

ODMS software.

point (time) set in this step will

press the

OK/MENU

button.

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be displayed alternatively for 8

Setting the Author ID and Work Type

seconds.

Every file recorded on the recorder

• If you let the playback continue

will include the Author ID and Work

until the end of the file, or in

Type as part of its header information.

case of a Verbal comment before

To create multiple Author IDs and

it, that will be considered the

Work Types on the recorder, use the

ending point of the partial erase.

bundled ODMS software to create

and upload a data list (list of Author

IDs and Work Types) to the recorder.

Selecting a file:

For more details, refer to the online

help for ODMS software.

1 While the file is being displayed,

By default the Author ID is set to

press the 9 , 0 button.

“DS3500”.

a

Verbal Comment

b

4 Press the

ERASE

button to confirm

Verbal comments are useful to

append vocal instructions while

the erasure.

recording.

• The display changes to [ Partial

It is possible to search and playback

erasing ! ] and erasing will start.

Verbal comments using the ODMS

• When [ Partial erase completed. ]

and DSS Player software. Verbal

appears on the display, partial

a Total number of recorded files in

comments are also useful to give

erase is complete.

the folder

instructions to transcriptionists.

Notes

b Current file number

• Verbal comments can be set on DS2

• If the ERASE button is not

files only.

pressed within 8 seconds after the

Displaying file information

Setting a Verbal Comment

[ Start point

] and [ End point ] are

alternately displayed, the recorder

1 While the recorder is in recording

The recorder can display a variety of

will revert to stop status.

information related to the current

mode, press and hold the

F1

• An erased file cannot be restored.

file.

(

VERBAL

) button.

• The erasing process may take up to

1 Select the file containing the

• Data recorded while pressing

10 seconds. Do not interrupt this

information to display.

the F1 ( VERBAL ) button will be

process or data may be damaged.

2 Press the

F3

(

INFO

) button.

recorded as Verbal Comment.

• Files cannot be partially erased in

• The following information will

the following cases.

be displayed:

- MP3 file is selected.

[ Date ] [ Author ID ] [ Work Type ]

- Files are locked.

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