Software wave player - Olympus VN-2100PC Digital Voice Recorder

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If you have previously connected the recorder:
1. Make sure the recorder is connected correctly.
2. Open the 'System' control panel: Start menu -> Control Panel -> System.
3. Click the 'Hardware' tab and then click the 'Device Manager' button.
4. Right-click the item that shows as 'Digital Voice Recorder' and choose 'Uninstall' or 'Remove'.
5. Disconnect the recorder.

If you have the software already installed:
1. Open the 'Add / Remove Programs' (Pre-Vista/Windows 7) OR 'Programs and Features' (Vista/Windows7) control panel: Start menu -> Control Panel -> Add / Remove Programs (Pre-Vista/Windows 7) OR Programs and Features (Vista/Windows7).
2. Click 'Olympus Digital Wave Player' and choose 'Change / Remove' or 'Uninstall'.

Please restart the computer before reinstalling if you had connected the recorder or installed the software previously.

Digital Wave Player (2.0):
http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/DigitalWavePlayer.zip
SAVE to the desktop
RIGHT CLICK on the DigitalWavePlayer.zip and LEFT CLICK on EXTRACT ALL
CLICK on NEXT, Then NEXT again, Then FINISH
After unzipping the file, click on the SETUP.EXE file to begin installation.
Download update 2.1.4:
http://olympusamerica.com/files/DigitalWavePlayerUpdate214.zip
SAVE to the desktop
RIGHT CLICK on the DigitalWavePlayerUpdate214.zip and LEFT CLICK on EXTRACT ALL
CLICK on NEXT, Then NEXT again, Then FINISH
After extracting the file, click on the SETUP.EXE file to begin installation.

For 64-bit systems, save the driver to the desktop and run the installation within it:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/VNSeries64Driver.zip

Unfortunately there is no way to make this recorder compatible to Vista 64 bit operating system. You may want to call Olympus customer service and see if they can do an exchange to a VN-3200PC or a VN-5200PC as these recorders are both compatible to that operating system. Their telephone number is 800-622-6372 option 2 and then option 3.

There are lots of media cpnverters, you can use VLC player to play and convert wave format. Alternatively you can use latest version of irfanview from www.irfanview.com it has lots of format for media files.

Goodluck
Bye
Zulfikar Ali

The recordings simply reside on your pc, but not in the "Digital Wave Player" software. The software is merely there to let you play the recordings, probably because they are not in a native Windows format.

If the recordings are "Wave, .wav" files as suggested by the software, then simply locate the files you want to put on disc... I am guessing you want to burn on cd.

Then, use a burning program such as Nero to add these files and burn to disc.

If you don't have Nero, then you would need to figure out what type of burning software your machine has installed and go from there.

Call tech support at Olympus. They maybe able to help you with a special link.

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
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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.
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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.

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

Olympus has provided new software for VN recorders to used with VISTA plus a few updates.

Uninstall the Digital Wave Player
Uninstall the recorder in device manager

Download and install the New digital wave player,
olympusamerica.com/files/digitalwaveplayer.zip

then go to Olympus america and download all VISTA related updates. Once you have installed and updated the Digital Wave Player software, plug in the recorder and Windows will use the Olympus Driver (not digitally signed) to install and the Digital Wave player software will open automatically.