5Press the `OK/MENU or 9button.

• Moves to the setting of the selected item.

6Press the + or − button to change the setting.

7Press the `OK/MENU button to complete the setting.

• You will be informed that the settings have been established via the screen.

• Pressing the 0button without pressing the `OK/MENU button will cancel the settings and return you to the previous screen.

8Press the STOP (4) button to close the menu screen.

• If you enter the menu during recording or playback and press the 0button, it will allow you to return back to the previous screen without interrupting recording or playback.

Notes:

•The recorder will stop if you leave it idle for 3 minutes during a menu setup operation, when a selected item is not applied.

•When entering menu settings during recording or playback, the menu settings will be cancelled if 8 seconds elapse with no buttons being pressed.

hFile Menu

Erase Lock

Locking a file keeps important data from being accidentally erased. Locked files are not erased when you select to erase all files from a folder.

1Select [Erase Lock] from the menu on the [File Menu].

In Menu mode selection:

a

[On]:

Locks the file and prevents it from being erased.

[Off]:

Unlocks the file and allows it to be erased.

aFile lock indicator

File Divide (For VN-8100PC only)

Files with large capacities and long recording times can be split so that they are easier to manage and edit.

1Select the file you want to divide.

2Start Playback or fast-forward the file, and stop the playback at divide position.

3Select [File Divide] from the menu on the [File

Menu].

4Press the + button to select [Start], and then press the `OK/MENU button.

•[Dividing!] will be displayed and file splitting will start. Splitting is completed when [File divide completed] is displayed.

Notes:

•Only MP3 file recorded on this recorder can be divided.

•The recorder cannot divide files when the number of files in the folder exceeds 198.

•Locked files cannot be divided.

•After splitting the file, the front part of the file will be renamed as [File name_1.MP3] and the latter part of the file will be named as [File name_2.MP3].

•If a file has an extremely short recording time, it may not be divide even if it is a MP3 file.

•Do not remove the battery during dividing file. This may damage the data.

Property

Select the files for which you would like to confirm information in advance before operating the menu.

1Select [Property] from the menu on the [File Menu].

[Name] (File name), [Date] (Time stamp),

[Size] (File size), [Bit Rate] (File format) will appear on the display.

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