Customer Reviews

OLYMPUS 147036 FOOTSWITCH OLYMPUS RS 27 REPLACES

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Having bought the RS27 foot switch we have discovered that it does not reverse more than a few is any seconds at a time and that it often will switch back to the very beginning of the voice document. This has made it extremely hard to work with and I long for the good old days when you bought something and it worked the first time. Call me old fashioned.

I've been doing freelance transcription for almost 10 years now, and this is the first time I've had to upgrade my foot pedal to a newer model. This one is replacing my old RS 25, which still works just fine, but to upgrade to the latest (and better) DSS player version 7, I had to upgrade my foot switch as well. This is pretty much the same thing...standard model with right rewind, left FF, and center play. It works well and had good plug and play functionality. No problems whatsoever. This seems to be another solid piece of equipment, and I'll use it for years to come...at least until they make me upgrade again to use a new version of the player.

This Foot Switch will only work if you have a certain type of Olympus DSS Player Software, not just any version. Just make sure you know which software you have or need to purchase before purchasing this foot switch to make it work. I thought a foot switch was a footswitch but apparently not. Do your homework. The sellers do not mention this fact which I think is a mistake. It should say it take software to make it work and not only software but a certain software.

I have found I can only operate this foot pedel with my shoe off--the FF and Rewind are so slightly elevated above the center Play area, I can never hit the right area with my shoe on because I can't feel where the edges of the FF and Rewind are.

The bigger problem is that, totally counter-intutive, Rewind is on the right and Fast Forward is on the left! Why would they do this? After months of using it, my intuition is still to go to the left for Rewind and to the right for Fast Forward.

If there was any other foot controller available I'd buy it, but there isn't, and it does work but could be so much better.

It installed quickly. I had no problem with 64 bit computer, Windows 7 or loading the drivers. Everything went very smoothly.

this is exactly what i needed to replace my old one. it works great and the service was prompt

In my opinion, not being aware that the Olympus Playback software is required is no reason to give this product a bad review. The issue is the quality and functionality of the product itself. I have three of these pedals, and they are tremendously valuable. I have recorded many meetings and functional discovery sessions over 13 years, and being able to control playback with a foot pedal is a tremendous boost to my productivity. The alternative is to constantly move your hands from the keyboard to the recorder and back and forth and back and forth incessantly. Buy this and then buy a second one...before they stop manufacturing them and we'll all be sorry.