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Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder

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Released: 2007-02-01

Avg. Customer Review: 4.5 Star
Media: Electronics
Platforms: Windows
Color: SILVER
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Product Features
Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder
  • Professional-grade digital voice recorder with high-sensitivity microphone
  • Up to 136 hours of recording time; 30-hour battery life
  • Connect to PC to transfer files or download podcasts
  • Store and listen to favorite music anytime, anywhere
  • Timer recording, alarm playback, slow/fast
Product Review
Product Description
RECORDER, DS-40, DIGITAL VOICE
Amazon.com Product Description
In addition to capturing stereo sound from meetings, interviews, and important lectures, the Olympus DS-40 allows you to download and create Podcasts for later listening. The DS-40 offers users up to 136 hours of recording time with its 512 MB worth of internal flash memory. For easy organization and storing of files, the player allows users to set up five voice folders, and each folder can save up to 200 messages. Internal files can be easily navigated on the player's high-contrast backlit monochrome LCD panel. Other great features include a built-in variable control voice actuator (VCVA) function, and a timed recording and alarm feature so you can set up automatic recording and playing. Running on two AAA batteries, the player offers up to 30 hours of continuous playback in the following modes: ST XQ mode (8 hour 40 minute capture time), ST HQ mode (17 hour 20 minute capture time), HQ mode (34 hour 45 minute capture time), SP mode (68 hour 30 minute capture time), and LP mode (136 hour 15 minute capture time). For added user convenience, an optional AC adapter can be used with the recorder. Compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional operating systems and later, the player measures a pocket-friendly 4.37 x 1.48 x 0.63 inches and weighs in at a scant 2.80 ounces.

What's in the Box
DS-40 digital voice recorder, stereo microphone, USB cables, stereo earphones, DSS Player v.7 software, instruction manual, strap, and two AAA batteries.

Product Details
Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder
  • Electronics: 0 pages (2007-02-01)
  • Platforms: Windows
  • Publisher: Olympus
  • Label: Olympus
  • Format: CD
  • Studio: Olympus
  • Batteries: 2 AA batteries required
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 Star based on 135 reviews
  • Sales Rank in Electronics: #3156
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Customer Reviews
Avg. Customer Review: 4.5 Star

Customer Rating: 1 Star
Summary: Unfriendly, no features at all 2010-07-18
Comment: Will not let you modify, cut any section of the recording. Unfriendly buttons are completely unintuitive. Clueless with Macs. The sound quality is good, but a lot of rubbing/handling noise. Are there alternatives? Always running out of storage.
Customer Rating: 5 Star
Summary: Very good sound quality and a superb gadget 2010-06-27
Comment: I purchased this Ds-40 in the fall of 2009 for my college classes. They had a sale at BestBuy and I paid less than $60 for this one, on Amazon they had it at under $110 at that time. I can't believe it's over $160 for this olympus at amazon now (June 26, 2010).

I have to say I am VERY satisfied with this recorder. Quality of recordings is amazing for class lectures and for own dictation. Even my friend told me that it sounds like the speaker is right here talking in your ear.
The batteries 2-AAA last a LONG time. I was using the recorder intermittently and remember I recorded myself sleeping at night for 7.5 hours after which I listened to my sleeping pattern during the day for, again, 7.5 hrs for possible alien abduction (watch the movie the Fourth Kind, if you like sci-fi) and the battery bar indicator hadn't budged. Also if you record and press on Pause, it will wait for you to continue for 10 minutes after which the recorder shuts off automatically. It also turns off automatically if you forgot to turn it off. Ds-40 also has good a speaker if you are not using ear-buds. It has bunch of other features like auto record at specified time which I never used. If you find a great deal on this DS-40 -buy it, you won't regret, if not buy VN series Olympus VN 5200, 6000, 6200 -they are also as good. If Ds-40 is a 10, then those models would be an 8 for sound and recording quality.
Customer Rating: 3 Star
Summary: Olympus DS-40 is not Mac Compatable 2010-05-21
Comment: Once you wade through to extreem complexity of managing all this recorders features, it does a fine job of recording. The include software is for PC Windoz only, so Mac users might want to forget using this product.

Keep the extensive manual handy because you'll be referencing it frequently.
Customer Rating: 3 Star
Summary: gift 2010-02-10
Comment: this was an amazon gift list item so I do not know anything about it...the person that received me thanked me
Customer Rating: 5 Star
Summary: Great buy 2009-12-24
Comment: Simpply put, buy this item. It's relativley easy to figure out how to operate. it records well.
The price is a little high, but its worth it.
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