Olympus VN-711PC says 'please wait' on screen when i connect to my PC

http://learnandsupport.getolympus.com/support/vn-960-pc-digital-voice-recorder#section-download-software

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

Please refer to page 15 on this user manual to ensure you follow the correct steps to connect the dictaphone to PC using USB port.

http://www.olympus.at/site/rmt/media/consumer/pim/_manuals_aw2010_/VN-8700_8600_8500_PC_MANUAL_EN..PDF

Well Adam,
was the environment already noisy?
Well but there is a program (Nero Wave Editor) which can help.
On the interface, click ENHANCEMENTS on the top and then select NOISE REDUCTION and it will present you with some other interface with sliders and then you move then more to the right.

Standing by anyway

You cannot remove the background noise of already recorded material unless you have special software for that purpose. It is available, but costly. To eliminate some background noise, you may in the future, try to muffle the microphone by turning down the volume and recording by moving the device closer to the sound sources. Some folks put a wind sock over the recorder, as you may have noticed during TV News recordings on street events or at a studio. Try a wool or thick sock over the recorder and see if that helps.

I wish people would pay attention he said MACBOOK not VISTA. I too have the same issue where I connect the cable and it says waiting but nothing happens.

Check to make sure the O/S of your pc is compatible with recorder.
If you have lost your users manual go to www.olympusamerica.com to download one.

when the recorder is plugged into the pc, it will flash pc and be powered by the pc... but when the recorder is not plugged in, then the batteries are needed to power on

Well, I too have done the aforementioned things, and I still can't get my vn-4100pc to register. Anyone?

Here is the download instructions for the VN recorder software it work with the VN 240Pc up to the VN 4100PC and Widows 2000 - VISTA.


Digital Wave Player (2.1): is available via download as a courtesy, please follow the instructions below:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/DigitalWavePlayer.zip
After unzipping the file, click on the SETUP.EXE file to begin installation.
Download update: http://olympusamerica.com/files/DWPUP2EN.zip
Download update 2.1.3: http://olympusamerica.com/files/DWPUP4EN.zip

I figured it out.

My VN-960 wouldn't recognize because windows didn't have a driver for it.

With the Install CD still in the drive, Go to the control panel, New Hardware, then wait for it to finish searching. Click on My Hardware is connected, then choos the Digital Wave Recorder, and then find driver. It should install the driver and Work now!