[access-uk] Re: Olympus DM5 Help

  • From: Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:22:33 +0000

Probably a firmware version issue.


On 10/11/2014 14:20, john coley wrote:
> Well Mike, they must in that case have given me the only one that does.
>                     John.
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Mike Ray 
>   To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 2:16 PM
>   Subject: [access-uk] Re: Olympus DM5 Help
> 
> 
>   John,
> 
>   I just tried it again and there is definitley NO speech feedback in
>   setting the date.
> 
>   However as stated earlier I now know the sequence of keypresses and
>   where the function first lands when set date and time is selected.
> 
>   There is NO voice at all in the sequence of keypresses when setting date
>   and time.  No matter how long I wait.
> 
>   Mike
> 
>   On 10/11/2014 14:01, john coley wrote:
>   > Mike, yes there is speech feedback in the time and date setting. It's 
> just not as obvious as the other feedback.
>   >   When you're in the time and date section you will hear a prompt telling 
> you how to set the clock, by using the up, down, left and right buttons. Use 
> the left and right buttons to navigate between columns, year, month, date, 
> hour and minutes, and the up and down buttons to get to the desired date. 
> Each time you arrow up or down the current setting will be spoken.
>   >                     John.
>   > 
>   >   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   >   From: Mike Ray 
>   >   To: Access-UK 
>   >   Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 1:22 PM
>   >   Subject: [access-uk] Olympus DM5 Help
>   > 
>   > 
>   >   Hello,
>   > 
>   >   I just bought an Olympus DM5 digital voice recorder from Amazon, used.
>   > 
>   >   It's a great little unit but...I'm trying to set the date and time, and
>   >   at no time does it speak anything, either month, day, hour, minute or
>   >   anything.  I know the clock is wrong because when I record anything it
>   >   is given a date and time which is completely wrong.
>   > 
>   >   Either I am doing something completely wrong, or Olympus are the
>   >   stupidest bunch of people on the planet.  Why would they produce a
>   >   device like this with voice-guidance throughout except when setting date
>   >   and time?
>   > 
>   >   Any help would be appreciated.  I would love to be proven wrong and told
>   >   I am being a wally.  But unless I can set the time and date without
>   >   sighted assistance it is going back.
>   > 
>   >   Mike
>   > 
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