The Olympus VN-4100PC digital voice recorder is a phenomenal piece of equipment for the price. It measures 4 inches tall, by 1.25 inches wide, and .5 inch thick, so it is easily portable. On the highest recording quality setting, there is 11 hours and 42 minutes of record time available. On the lowest setting, 144 hours and 28 minutes of recording time is available. The recorder runs of two triple-A batteries and lasts about 50 hours on one set of batteries. When you open the box, you will find the Olympus VN-4100PC recorder, the USB cable, the instillation CD and two manuals. One manual for the recorder and the second for the audio enhancement software.
The interface of the recorder is easy to use and navigate your way around the menus. There are buttons stop, record, erase, display menu, change folder, play, and one button that functions to fast forward, reverse, and to lower or increase the volume. I know the last four sound confusing being on one button, but it is not.
There are four folders to use, A, B, C, and D. These make it easier to organize the audio files recorder. After an investigation when I get home I download all of the files to my computer, than organize them, so I only use folder A. If an investigator is in a situation where they are performing more than one investigation at a time, they can use a folder for each investigation.
Under the menu settings, you can change the recording quality, the microphone quality, voice activation on or off, the beep noise on or off, the time, and a timer for when the recording starts or stops. The timer is amazing for investigations when an investigator cannot be there to psychically use the recorder. Such as if an investigator needs to be recording in a haunted location from 3 to 5, when the most activity is reported, but they have the recorder in a different room, the recorder starts and ends itself automatically.
A feature to cut down on the battery usage is the voice activation. This way, you can set the recorder down, and it begins to record when it picks up noise. After the noise ends, the recorder stops, until noise is picked up again.
After you are finished recording and are back at your computer, it is easy to download the files. After you connect the recorder to your computer using the supplied USB cable, synchronizing files automatically begins. The one flaw I found with the recorder is that the upload time is long. If you only have an hour recording it will not take long. If it reaches the 3 hour point and beyond, expect to be waiting. Normally, when this happens, I will go do something else so I am not sitting and waiting. Now, there have been reports about the recorder deleting files as they are being downloaded, and being lost.
I have not had this happen a single time, and I have uploaded about 100 files, ranging from 30 minutes in length, to 8 hours. My computer is an HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop, and it runs off of Windows Vista. I do not know whether the problems reported have been truly due to the Olympus VN-4100PC, or if it was a problem with the user's computer. I personally do not think it is a problem with the recorder, since it has never happened to me.
I do highly recommend the Olympus VN-4100PC digital voice recorder. For the price of it, it is more than worth your money. Its slim profile allows it to be portable without taking up much room in your pocket, and produces clean and crisp audio.
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