In the past I have been able to transfer my recordings to my computer. For some reason my device detector is showing my VN-4100PC recorder but when I open the program Olympus digital wave player there is nothing showing in the Recorder Folder. My recorder shows files and I can listen to them so I know there are files on the recorder. any advice would be appreciated. Thank you

You may download software and drivers from here.

Probably a bit late but I got my Olympus VN-960PC Digital Voice Recorder to work on my MacBook Pro running Win7 with Bootcamp by using this site and DL's from there....

http://rianjs.net/2011/01/vn-120pc-vn-240pc-vn-480pc-vn-960pc-vn-2100pc-vn-3100pc-vn-3200pc-vn-4100pc-windows-7-vista

Good Luck to those who find this!!

Normally, if you have a cable with USB connection for you device, the computer will automatically discover the device after it is plugged into the computer - plug and play. Allow Windows to load the driver and wait for it to tell you it is ready for use. Then check "My Computer" and look for the recorder icon. If the icon is visible, double click it and open the audio files you want to transfer to the computer. It's just a matter of cut and paste or copy and paste to your desired location in your computer.

I have an Olympus Digital voice recorder VN-4100PC. How can I move recorded files to a computer

For manuals and any software downloads go to www.olympusamerica.com

Well ive been having the same problem and managed to solve it on my own because olympus isnt very much help.

Im using window 7 at the moment. I had all their drivers and software that they claimed was needed but the real fix was going into device manager when the DVR is plugged in, right clicking the DVR and click on update drivers. Select the option for it to search automatically online and once it has completed, open up "digital wave player" and the device should show that it's connected. Transfering and viewing files can now be done.

This worked for me, hope it helps others aswell.

Install a VN recorder on VISTA
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1. Make sure the device has been uninstalled in device manager
2. Make sure the old version of digital wave player is uninstalled.
{Delete Temp files in Internet Explorer --Tools--Internet Options --Delete Files-- Delete offline content--OK}
3. Install digital wave player (The newest Version).
http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/DigitalWavePlayer.zip
4. Install the 2.1.4 vista update
http://olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/software_results.asp?id=1291&os=w
5. Restart the computer.
6. Plug in the VN recorder to the USB port and turn the recorder on.
"Found new hardware" will appear,
7. install automatically.
This may fail, if you see VNUSB device, skip the final steps and proceed to Digital Wave Player to Download files from the Digital Voice Recorder.
If you will see "Other devices" listed in Device manager with "digital voice recorder" underneath it.
8. Right click on the "digital voice recorder"
9. Select update driver from the pop up menu.
10. Choose the browse computer Option
11. In the next window browse to the location that you downloaded the Digital Wave Player application to
12. Click Next
A security warning window will open,
13. Choose "install anyway" and the device will install.
When successfully installed you will see the "other devices" disappear and a VNUSB device with a "VN series device"
underneath it appear at the bottom of the device manager list. There will be a blue question mark next to the device. At this point you can close the device manager and the properties window and open Digital Wave Player. You will see the recorder listed underneath the recorder folder and be able to download and use the program normally now.

Unfortunately the VN-4100PC was not designed for use on the MAC operating system. MAC does not have the device drivers needed to operate the device. The device was designed for Windows PC environemts only.

Unfortunately the VN-4100PC is not compatible with a Vista 64 bit operating system. It will only work with a 32 bit operating system of Vista. You may want to call Olympus customer service and see if they can do an exchange for you to a VN-3200PC or a VN-5200PC as these recorders are both 64 bit compatible. Their telephone number is 800-622-6372 option 2 and then option 3. They are open from 8:30 am - 7pm EST.

There are many steps in installing Digital Wave Player on VISTA, it is important to follow every step since installing Digital Wave Player on VISTA is dependent on this process.
Install a VN recorder on VISTA
*************************
1. Make sure the device has been uninstalled in device manager
2. Make sure the old version of digital wave player is uninstalled.
{Delete Temp files in Internet Explorer --Tools--Internet Options --Delete Files-- Delete offline content--OK}
3. Install digital wave player (The newest Version).
http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/DigitalWavePlayer.zip
4. Install the 2.1.4 vista update
http://olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/software_results.asp?id=1291&os=w
5. Restart the computer.
6. Plug in the VN recorder to the USB port and turn the recorder on.
"Found new hardware" will appear,
7. install automatically.
This may fail, if you see VNUSB device, skip the final steps and proceed to Digital Wave Player to Download files from the Digital Voice Recorder.
If you will see "Other devices" listed in Device manager with "digital voice recorder" underneath it.
8. Right click on the "digital voice recorder"
9. Select update driver from the pop up menu.
10. Choose the browse computer Option
11. In the next window browse to the location that you downloaded the Digital Wave Player application to
12. Click Next
A security warning window will open,
13. Choose "install anyway" and the device will install.
When successfully installed you will see the "other devices" disappear and a VNUSB device with a "VN series device"
underneath it appear at the bottom of the device manager list. There will be a blue question mark next to the device. At this point you can close the device manager and the properties window and open Digital Wave Player. You will see the recorder listed underneath the recorder folder and be able to download and use the program normally now.