Olympus WS-500M 介绍手册

, Rec Menu

Microphone sensitivity is adjustable to meet 
recording needs.

+ File Menu

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 (

☞ P.34).

[On]:
  Locks the file and prevents it from being 

erased.

[Off]:
  Unlocks the file and allows it to be erased.

Refer to “Rearranging files [Replace]” (

☞ P.45).

File and folder information can be 
confirmed from the menu screen.
When the file is selected:
[Name] (File name), [Date] (Time stamp), 
[Size] (File size), [Bit Rate]*1 (File format), 
[Artist]*2 (Artist name) and [Album]*2 
(Album name) will appear on the display.

*1  When a linear PCM format file has 

been selected, [Bit Rate] area displays 
the sampling frequency and bit rate.

*2  When a file contains no tag 

information, the display contents of 
this area are blank.When [VOICE] is 
selected, [Artist] and [Album] will not 
appear on the display.

When the folder is selected:
[Name] (File name), [Folder]*1 (Number 
of folder) and [File]*2 (Number of file) will 
appear on the display.

*1  When  [VOICE] is selected, [Folder] will 

not appear on the display.

*2  Files which cannot be recognized by 

this recorder are not included in the 
number of files.

•  Select the files for which you would like 

to confirm information in advance before 
operating the menu.

[Conference]:
  This is a highly sensitive mode which can 

record surrounding noises.

[Dictation]:
  This is the standard level of microphone 

sensitivity. Select this mode for cases 
where the volume of the source sound is 
high, such as a band performance.

•  When you would like to clearly record 

a speaker’s voice, set [Mic Sense] to 
[Dictation] and hold recorder’s built-in 
stereo microphone close to the speaker’s 
mouth (5-10 cm) before recording.

The recorder can record in the linear PCM 
format (For WS-520M only). High resolution 
recording at a high sampling rate and high 
bit rate equivalent or superior to that of 
a music CD is possible. Moreover, it also 
supports the MP3 and WMA formats.

1  Select the recording format.

[PCM]:
 

This is an uncompressed audio format 
which is used for music CDs and the 
like.

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•  When performing operations on 

[Rec Menu] screen, set the mode 
switch to [VOICE] (

☞ P.17).

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•  Use the switch to set the 

microphone sensitivity (

☞ P.23).