Review of the Olympus DM-420

This is a review of the Olympus DM-420 and is a follow-up to rml695's unboxing video I posted a few weeks back. The video does a great job of highlighting the voice guidance functions which make this an ideal recorder for our visually impaired customers.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Olympus
• DM-420
• digital
• Audio
• voice
• recorder
• daisy
• MP3
• review
• visually
• impaired
• guidance

[gallagher123123]

I am upgrading from this to the ls7. 

[OlympusAudio]

@gallagher123123 Good choice! You won't be disappointed. The LS-7 is, hands down, my favorite recorder. I literally have dozens of recorders in my arsenal and this is my go-to recorder, especially for recording live music. The center, omni-directional mic is essential for picking up lower bass frequencies.

[andreadolfin]

It's just pre-setting for HQ quality of recording in this video, isin't true?

[OlympusAudio]

@andreadolfin I think you're asking if there is only one audio quality setting on the recorder. If so, the answer would be no. The 420 features the following quality settings: MP3 from 44.1 kHz 320 kbps to 44.1 kHz 128 kbps 34 hours. WMA from STXQ 44.1 kHz 128 kbps LP 8 kHz 8 kbps 533 hours

[mibrahim19901]

how do i turn it on?

[OlympusAudio]

@mibrahim19901 The power button is located on the lower left side of the recorder. Simply pull down for a moment to turn on.

[mibrahim19901]

how did u turn it on

[OlympusAudio]

@chris24542 Yes, you can disable the voice guidance function on all of our recorders with this feature.

[chris24542]

can you turn off the annoying narrator??

[OlympusAudio]

@ksojoel You can use Windows Media Player to play the files. Any other way we do not support.