Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting

Symptom

Probable cause

Action

 

The battery power is low.

Charge the battery (P.12).

Nothing appears on

 

 

The recorder is turned off.

Turn the power on (P.14).

the display

 

 

 

The recorder is currently in Power Save mode.

Press any button.

 

 

 

Unable to use any

The recorder is in HOLD mode.

Release the recorder from HOLD (P.14).

buttons

 

 

 

The card does not have enough memory.

Erase unnecessary files or insert another card

 

(P.15, P.25).

 

 

 

The card is unformatted.

Format the card (P.41).

 

 

 

Unable to record

The maximum number of files has been

Change to any other folder (P.28).

reached.

 

 

 

The file is locked.

Unlock the file from the file menu (P.35).

 

 

 

 

The SD card is locked.

Unlock the SD card.

 

 

 

 

The earphone is connected.

Unplug the earphones to use the internal

No playback tone

speaker.

 

heard

The volume level is set to [00].

Adjust the volume level (P.23).

 

 

 

 

 

The file is locked.

Unlock the file from the file menu (P.35).

Unable to erase

 

 

The SD card is locked.

Unlock the SD card.

 

 

 

 

 

The recorder was shaken during recording.

———

Noise heard during

 

 

The recorder was placed near a cell phone or

 

playback

Avoid using the recorder near cell phones or

 

fluorescent lamp while recording or during

 

fluorescent lamps.

 

playback.

 

 

Recording level too

The microphone sensitivity is too low.

Set the microphone sensitivity to the

low

conference mode and try again (P.35).

 

 

 

 

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DS-3500 specifications

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