Olympus WS-500M Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Probable cause	Action
	The batteries are not loaded properly.	Verify that the batteries’ polarities =
		and -are correct (☞ P.10).
Nothing appears on	Battery power is getting low.	Replace with new batteries (☞ P.10).
the display
	The power is off.	Turn the power on (☞ P.13).
	Battery power is getting low.	Replace with new batteries (☞ P.10).
Won’t start
	The power is off.	Turn the power on (☞ P.13).
	The recorder is in HOLD mode.	Release the recorder from HOLD
		(☞ P.14).
	Low remaining memory.	Erase unnecessary files (☞ P.34).
Unable to record
	The maximum number of files has	Change to the another folder
	been reached.	(☞ P.18 to P.21).
	The earphone is connected.	Unplug the earphones to use the
No playback tone		internal speaker.
heard	The volume level is set to [00].	Adjust the volume level (☞ P.27).
		Set the microphone sensitivity to the
	The microphone sensitivity is too low.	conference mode and try again (☞
Recording level too		P.23 or P.36, P.38).
low	This could potentially be because	Adjust the output level for the
	the output level for the connected
		connected devices.
	external devices are too low.
		When recording while an external
	The connected external microphone	monaural microphone is connected,
Voice files are not	is monaural.	sound will only be recorded by the
		L-channel.
recorded in stereo
	[Rec Mode] is set to a monaural	Set [Rec Mode] to the stereo
	recording mode.	recording mode (☞ P.36, P.38).
Cannot find the	Wrong folder.	Switch to the correct folder
recorded Voice File		(☞ P.18 to P.21).
	The recorder was shaken during	--------
	recording.
Noise heard during
	The recorder was placed near a cell
playback		Move the recorder.
	phone or fluorescent lamp while
	recording or during playback.

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