Safe and proper usage

Before using your new recorder, read this manual carefully to ensure that you know how to operate it safely and correctly. Keep this manual in an easily accessible location for future reference.

•The warning symbols indicate important safety related information. To protect yourself and others from personal injury or damage to property, it is essential that you always read the warnings and information provided.

fDanger

If the product is used without observing the information given under this symbol, serious injury or death may result.

fWarning

If the product is used without observing the information given under this symbol, injury or death may result.

fCaution

If the product is used without observing the information given under this symbol, minor personal injury, damage to the equipment, or loss of valuable data may result.

Convention used in this manual

•The word “card” is used to refer to the SD card.

•The word “DSS Player” is used to refer to the DSS Player Standard Dictation Module in Windows environment and DSS Player in Apple Macintosh environment.

•The Notes at the bottom of a page are used for additional information, exceptions, or related events.

•Words in uppercase form such as PLAY or REC are used to describe a function or button on the recorder.

Caution for usage environment

•To protect the high-precision technology contained in this product, never leave the recorder in the places listed below, no matter if in use or storage:

•Places where temperatures and/or humidity are high or go through extreme changes. Direct sunlight, beaches, locked cars, or near other heat sources (stove, radiator, etc.) or humidifiers.

•Near flammable items or explosives.

•In wet places, such as bathrooms or in the rain.

•In places prone to strong vibrations.

•Never drop the recorder or subject it to severe shocks or vibrations.

•The recorder may malfunction if it is used in a location where it is subject to a magnetic/ electromagnetic field, radio waves, or high voltage, such as near a TV set, microwave, video game, loud speakers, large monitor unit, TV/radio tower, or transmission towers. In such cases, turn the recorder off and on again before further operation.

•Avoid recording or playing back near cellular phones or other wireless equipment, as they may cause interference and noise. If you experience noise, move to another place, or move the recorder further away from such equipment.

•Do not use organic solvents such as alcohol and lacquer thinner to clean the unit.

Warning regarding data loss:

• Recorded content in memory may be destroyed or erased by operating mistakes, unit malfunction, or during repair work. It is recommended to back up and save important content to other media such as a computer hard disk.

• Any liability for passive damages or damage of any kind occurred due to data loss incurred by a defect of the product, repair performed by the third party other than Olympus, an Olympus authorized service station or any other reason is excluded from the Olympus liability.