Olympus Essential Recording Techniques for Your DM-550 Microcassette Recorder

About Recording

Recording

Before starting recording, select a voice recording folder between [] to [ ] in the [Recorder] folder. These five folders can be selectively used to distinguish the kind of recording; for example, Folder [] might be used to store private information, while Folder [] might be dedicated to holding business information.

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Recording	STOP button
	REC button

1Select the recording folder ( P.24 to P.27).

How to change folders:

1 Pressing the LIST button at the file display while stopped will return you to the next higher level. Pressing the LIST button repeatedly will bring you to the folder list display.

2 Pressing the + or − button at the folder list display will select the folders for voice recordings.

Newly recorded audio will be saved as the last file in the selected folder.

2Press the RECs button to start recording.

•The recording indicator light glows and [s] will appear on the display.

•Turn the microphone in the direction

of the source to be recorded.

	a Recording mode
	b Remaining memory bar indicator
	c Elapsed recording time
	d Remaining recording time
EN	e Level meter (change according to the
	recording level and recording function
28	settings)

a b c d e

•[Rec Mode] cannot be changed in the recording standby mode or while recording. Configure this while the recorder is stopped ( P.47).

3Press the STOP4 button to stop recording.

• [4] will appear on the display.

fFile length

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Notes

•When a microSD card is inserted in the recorder, be sure to con"rm the recording media as either [Built-in Memory] or [microSD Card] so that there is no mistake ( P.54).

•If you select a folder other than through $ and press the REC s button,

a [Cannot record in this folder] message

will %ash. Select a folder from through

$ and start recording again.

•To ensure recording from the beginning, start speaking after you see the recording indicator light on.

•When remaining recording time is less than 60 seconds, the recording indicator light starts %ashing. When the recording time is decreasing to 30 or 10 seconds, the light %ashes faster.