Customer Reviews
perfect!!
I absolutely loooove this recorder! it can play voices in slow motion and its recordings are extremely clear! I'm a journalism student so it's very important for my recordings to turn out clear and they are! Plus, I can upload the voice files onto my laptop and listen to the files there! plus theres a mic and earphones jack so you can attach a mic for an even clearer result. it's just great!
VN-960pc USB will not work with xp Pro, or home updated from 95
I really like this recorder if I could stop misplacing it and if I could attach it to my PC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've read about the software and driver issues. YES I've done all the steps. Now for the instructions:
There is a NOTE in the instructions. I'm quoting directing from the instruction manual. "USB support is NOT available under the following environments, even for PCs equipped with a USB port: Windows 98/2000/xp professional, Home Edition upgraded from Windows 95"
I'd give it 5 stars if it were advertised with it's lack of compatibility.
That says it all.
This is one 'Happy Purchase' we made... please read why!
We didn't buy this to record lectures and stuff but we bought it to record our little girl's baby talk :-) We couldn't be happier. I wish we had it when our boy was little.
Olympus VN-960PC is an exceptionally well made device. Very easy to use. Buttons are positioned wisely. The recording quality is wonderful (even from under the blankey!). Each piece of recording is labeled seperately so there is no chance of 'recording over' like in an audio cassette.
The recording format is WAV. It can simply be transferred and played on any CD player (or can be converted to MP3 with appropriate third party software). We made our parents very happy (who live thousands of miles away from us) by sending them the baby's voices on CD (because it is difficult to get even a coo out of her over phone!!)
This voice recorder delivered exactly what we bought it for, hence the 5 starts!
It could have had an AC adapter, but that's no reason to frown upon. Good battery life. I have rechargable 900 mAH batteries which practically run endlessly. The recorder could have come with ear phones, but then again I am sure most of us have spare pairs at home.
Last but not least - Amazon.com's price and service was UNBEATABLE! I bought it with free super saver shipping and received in 2 days!