Hold down the stop button as you connect the USB. That will put it into charge mode.
-----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of tim Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 3:00 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Some questions about batteries in the Olympus DM-520 how do you select with fedback weather to charge or data transfer, when I plug the unit in, it does nothing untill I unplugg it from the PC, thanks, when I just have it un plugged and press the middle button on the side and hold it down, it says recharging mode and does nothing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Noonan" <t...@timnoonan.com.au> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 0:34 Subject: RE: Some questions about batteries in the Olympus DM-520 > Re batteries on DM-520 > > 1. When USB is connected from the pc, you need to select (with voice > feedback whether you want to charge, or connect the unit for data > transfer. > > 2. It doesn't automatically try and charge any batteries, you either need > to initiate this, or select the mode. > > 3. I had some reliability problems - but really didn't dig deeply to > resolved it, with the supplied batteries, which it said were fully > charged, > but which were behaving oddly, so I mainly use regular AAA's in the > device. > > 4. As with the DS-71, the batter level is announced when ever you power > the > machine off and on, so it is easy to be sure your batteries have > sufficient > juice for a recording session ahead. > > HTH > Tim > > Tim Noonan > Director, Vocal Branding Australia > Creating products brands and services that sound as great as they look and > feel! > > Phone: +61 419 779 669 > Web: www.vocalbranding.com.au/blog > Email: t...@vocalbranding.com.au > Twitter: www.twitter.com/VocalEssence > Skype: TimNoonan > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Jamie Pauls > Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:44 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: Some questions about batteries in the Olympus DM-520 > > I just placed an order for the Olympus DM-520 and was reading through the > manual which I found online at www.olympusamerica.com. In reading, I saw > that when using the supplied rechargable batteries, one must connect the > unit to a PC and hold the stop button until the indicator lets one know > that > the unit is charging. How is this accomplished if you can't see the > indicator? > > If I choose not to use the rechargable batteries and just plop some > regular > batteries in the recorder, will the recorder try to charge the > nonrechargable batteries when I attach it to the PC to transfer files? Any > light shed on this point would be much appreciated. Thanks. > > Jamie Pauls, MT-BC > E-mail: jamiepa...@sbcglobal.net > Web site: http://www.accesswatch.info > Blog: http://accesswatch.blogspot.com > RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/accesswatch > Skype: jamie.pauls > Windows Live Messenger: jamiepa...@hotmail.com > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org