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Olympus VN-5200PC Digital Voice Recorder | 
 enlarge | Brand: Olympus
Category: CE
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $41.99
You Save: $18.00 (30%)
New (35)
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 4 x 1.5 x 0.7
MPN: VN-5200PC
Model: VN-5200PC
UPC: 050332164789
EAN: 0050332164789
ASIN: B001DDT42I
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW IN BOX.
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| Features:
| • | Most Affordable WMA DVR - Mac & Windows Compatible | | • | 512MB of internal memory | | • | HQ, SP & LP WMA Monaural recording | | • | Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista (Standard Installation) Macintosh Mac OS X 10.2.8 "Jaguar" 10.5 "Leopard" | | • | Index Mark (16 per a file) |
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Product Description
It listens to you, and then talks to your PC. Through its PC link, the VN-5200 PC lets you transfer files from your voice recorder right to your computer - using one transfer cable connection. Now you can upload, organize, listen to and even e-mail your voice recordings with ease. The VN-5200 PC is the most affordable WMA-compatible recorder available.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great work tool December 23, 2008
I'm happy with the overall quality of the product, just not happy with the colour, whish it was black not dark brown
Olympus VN-5200PC is a nifty little package December 10, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
If you need a quality, low-cost, monaural digital voice recorder that easily records and transfers Windows Media Audio (WMA) files fast via a USB 2.0 connection to your PC without any extra software, the Olympus VN-5200PC is a great choice. It outperforms the popular Olympus VN-4100PC Digital Voice Recorder in nearly every way...more storage, longer recording time, longer battery life, more folders and files, greater frequency response, greater output level. Over 221 hours in LP record mode, and you still get over 35 hours in HQ mode...that's 200-13,000 Hz range, good enough to hum or strum your spur of the moment musical inspirations if you are into songwriting. It also has variable voice activation and a dynamic display of audio recording level. About the only feature the VN-4100PC has which the VN-5200PC doesn't is timer recording and playback if you really need it.
It does take a couple of readings of the instructions and a little practice to familiarize yourself with operating the VN-5200PC, but once you get the hang of it, it's really easy and intuitive to use. There are 5 folders, each able to hold up to 200 files. Every time you start and stop a recording, a new file is automatically created. The files and folders are easily transferred to your PC via the USB connection. Just plug in to your PC, and your VN-5200PC automatically looks just like any disc drive or storage device on your PC with a Windows directory displaying the files and folders. Just "select all" and move or copy the files to a disc drive to save the files in one operation. Playing the files just involves clicking on the audio file icons, and Windows Media Player pops up and goes to work. You can easily play all of the files in a folder in sequence with just one click on a Windows playing option that automatically creates a playlist of all the files. The files can easily be renamed both on the disc drive and on the VN-5200PC. They can be any name you choose. They don't have to have any specific format. Any file of any type with any name (text files, PDF files, etc.) can also be copied to and stored on the VN-5200PC. However, for an audio file to play on the VN-5200PC, it must be a WMA file and it must be copied or moved into one of the five specific audio folders on the VN-5200PC.
The Olympus VN-5200PC has no editing features. You can easily place and remove index markers to quickly return to specific file locations in playback mode, but any file editing must be done on the computer. While Windows Media Player allows you to select and sequence the files via a playlist, you will need to purchase separate software if you wish to edit or combine the files or convert them to other audio file formats such as MP3 or WAV.
One annoying feature of the VN-5200PC is that the earphone jack is monaural and, without an adapter, not compatible with the stereo headphones everybody has for their iPods or their old Walkman players. That's just plain stupid on the part of Olympus. Even my old mono GE microcassette recorder has a stereo earphone jack. A 1/8" stereo jack to 1/8" mono plug adapter can be bought at Radio Shack for $2.99 to solve the problem, a cost and inconvenience that should not be necessary. Another gripe is that the USB cable provided by Olympus with the VN-5200PC is only 6 inches long. This is okay for a laptop computer, but a USB extension cable may be necessary for your desktop computer. Target sells the 6 ft. Belkin USB Extension Cable (A-A) for $7.99. A type-A plug to 5-pin mini-plug USB cable can also be used.
In short, the Olympus VN-5200PC is for notes, meetings, lectures, dictation, emailing audio messages, and even songwriting. Its features are basic, price is modest, and the value is good. If you are into live music and MP3, news interviews, need stereo and fancy features, then go for the higher-priced Olympus digital recorders.
NOTE: Free, full-feature (not a "demo" copy), open-source software downloads to edit and convert audio files are available. SUPER from erightsoft works on Windows platforms and will convert just about any audio file format to any other audio format. Audacity from Sourceforge is a full-featured audio file editor that works on Windows and Mac. Audacity is not licensed to directly import and convert WMA files, so it makes use of 3rd party software for WMA conversion. With Audacity 1.2, SUPER or iTunes can be used to first convert WMA files to a format Audacity can accept, such as WAV. Audacity 1.3, a beta-test version, makes use of a free, separately downloaded ffmpeg import/export library to seamlessly import, export, and convert WMA files. (Currently, for use on the Mac, the ffmpeg library source code must first be converted to binary code... a job for "Mac-techies" only!)
 Will this EVER be Delivered.!!!!??????? November 20, 2008
1 out of 28 found this review helpful
I placed an order for this when it was IN STOCK for next day delivery !!, and the delivery date was changed 3 TIMES. No one at AMAZON can give a good explaination!!!! Just the same pre written sorry speach. Some PRIME SERVICE !!!!
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