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Olympus VN-2100PC Digital Voice Recorder with microphone | 
| Brand: Olympus
Category: CE
Buy New: £29.99
New (17) Used (2) from £22.91
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 319
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 82.7 x 54.3 x 15.8
MPN: VN-2100PC
Model: VN-2100PC
EAN: 4046628576936
ASIN: B000V3NUR6
Release Date: August 21, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | USB connection to PC | | • | 4 recording qualities (XHQ/HQ/SP/LP) | | • | 4 folders for files management (A/B/C/D) | | • | Voice activiation (VCVA) | | • | Slow/fast playback |
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Product Description
With a 64 MB internal memory, the VN-2100PC digital voice recorder has a 35-hour recording capacity, and can be connected to your PC via its USB port to transfer all your files to your computer.The VN-2100PC is voice activated. You can index up to 400 files into 4 folders and move them from one folder to another.You won't know what you did without the VN-2100PC! Dimensions: 102 x 39 x 19.5 mmWeight: 63 g (with battery)Power: 2 AAA batteries or 2 rechargeable NiMH batteries
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 poor controls and total breakdown August 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Appears fine at first, but the controls have a very annoying fault - fast forwarding or rewinding is done with the same buttons that jump to another file either forward or backward, and it's very easy to accidentally jump to the end of a recording - very irritating when you're 20 minutes in to a 90 minute interview. I agree with the other comments re: Digital Wave Player - it's a pain, and life would be far simpler if the recorder could be plugged into any PC and seen as an external hard drive from which to drag and drop audio files.
Worse still, my VN-2100PC has now packed up altogether. It won't transfer files via DWP without an error message popping up halfway through the process, and it dies without warning even on fresh batteries. Useless.
 Perfect and cheap July 20, 2008
As soon as I got this I started playing with it. To my amazement this was one of the easiest to work with devices I ever had. Who needs a manual :)
I like the voice activation feature, it's really nice.
Get one now if you haven't got one already, for this price you can't get any better. It's an absolute bargain.
 Good recorder, but a bit flakey July 14, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Apart from the exceptional storage capacity, I was driven to buy this item by its small size. The software will only work with Windows and is awkward. If you are going to use this for covert recordings, you need to insulate it from body heat otherwise it will constantly crash. Sadly, this appears to be the case even if you wear it all day in your shirt pocket too. The power button seems more suggestive, so the only way to actually power-off the device is to remove the batteries, forcing you to reset the clock.
The battery life seems impressive at first, but you will find that you cannot trust the battery level indicator. However, if you're looking for a cheap device to tape under a table, then this could prove useful. I've had one of these devices in-place for two days before removing it, and achieved clear recordings of all voices in the room of 7m X 7m without any gaps (while the VCVA kicks in). A useful feature would have been to timestamp the start/stop of the VCVA recordings as cue-points in the resultant audio file.
In summary, the recording ability is excellent, but this is let down by the instability of the supporting features.
Cumbersome June 23, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is not compatible with Explorer or Windows Media. It has to be used on machines that have downloaded the Digital Wave Software (disc included) therefore it would be extremely cumbersome to use this on any but your own personal PC as that would require downloading software wherever you go. I doubt whether the saved files could be e-mailed.
Apart from that, the quality of playback is extremely poor. It is very hard to hear what is being said on the recorder.
It is very light and plasticky in feel. Not recommended.
Easy-peazy June 12, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have just received this item and within 10 minutes I had it up and running including the programme. Hardly had to look at the manual it was so easy and I am no computer whiz.
I thoroughly recommend this product. It pics up voice extremely well and plays back as clear as a bell on the device as well as the PC. Does exactly what I want it to without being too high tech with unnecessary features. The set up feature from disc is neat and simple. If you just want to record voice, then this is the one!
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