20 Most Recent Olympus WS-100 Digital Voice Recorder Questions & Answers

We had a similar problem (it wouldn't turn on), and it turned out that we hadn't taken off both layers of clear packaging from the batteries. It now works.

download windows media player for mac from the microsoft website or you may download flip4mac to get the files to play on your mac

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/49760600/olympus-dm-520-dm-420-digital-portable-voice-recorder-dictation-

You may have to reset the recorder by going to the Device Menu and selecting reset settings. The other option is to attached the device to a computer and use file explorer to browse about the used space and free space of the memory of the recorder. If there is no free space, you need to deleted files. You might try transferring some to a folder on the computer if trying to preserve data. That also might free up enough space on the recorder for it to function again.

Try the set battery option. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGBkXRBYZ7A

if you were able to format the recorder thru the recorder.. it should be ready.. but if formatted through the computer, the files needed to operate the recorder are lost and you will need to send to repair to get the files put back on there

There is a way to format this device. If you press the menu/folder button a couple of times, you should see a blinking message that says "FORMAT" with a "no" centered above it. If you press the "forward" button, you will change the "no" to a "yes" and you'll have to "play" to change the option to "yes" which will reformat the unit. Good luck!! This worked for me!

hi, do you have the original instructions that came with the device.

Do you plug into your computer? If so, you can erase from there. Does your recorder have a "format" setting? That will erase entire contents.

you can recover files with file recovery software like asoftech data recoveryhttp://www.asoftech.com/adr/

Maybe you can rely on a Do It Yourself data recovery software to help if the storage device of your recorder is good. This recovery tool is able to recover audio, video and photo files. Good luck.

HI,

Please click on below link for user manual:

http://www.fixya.com/support/p144105-olympus_ws_100_handheld_digital_voice/manual-2304