Olympus TP-7 Telephone pick up Recording Device

by Olympus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 2 x 0.1 inches ; 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GU88CQ
• Item model number: 145051
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (196 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #3 in Electronics > Portable Audio & Video > Digital Voice Recorders
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 5, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Do you ever need to record an important telephone conversation? The TP-7 telephone pickup, makes phone recording easy and even picks up both sides of the conversation. Just plug the TP-7 jack into the "MIC" jack of your recorder, and put the earphone side into your ear. When in use, the TP-7 will capture both sides of the conversation. For added convenience, the TP-7 works great with land lines and cell phones.

What's in the Box
Microphone, adapter to convert from monaural 3.5 mm mini-plug to stereo 3.5 mm mini-plug, and monaural 3.5 mm mini-plug to monaural 2.5 mm mini-plug adapter.

Product Description

OLYMPUS 145051 TP-7 Telephone Recording Device

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

213 of 214 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars works almost flawlessly, May 22, 2007

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gonzoriffic (athens, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Olympus TP-7 Telephone pick up Recording Device (Office Product)

i needed to record a cell phone conversation and this was the absolute cheapest way to do it. the earpiece has a microphone on the opposite side that records what is being said by whomever you're talking to, plus your voice (a bit louder). i bought it friday and it got to my house by monday. amazing.

one thing: this mic doesn't have its own power source, so whatever recording device you plug it into must be able to supply power. i used an olympus VN-2100 digital recorder and it worked almost flawlessly. i say almost because the mic doesn't record in stereo, it records in mono. but the record volume is loud and comes out very very clear even if the earpiece/mic isn't right on top of the phone receiver.

you will not be able to do this any better for the money. a lot of online spy shops are charging $200 or more for this same function. i got this mic (which will record cell phone and land line conversations) plus a digital recorder for under $50.

130 of 130 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple device. Works great., November 2, 2007

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crookdimwit (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

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I'm a writer, and I spent way too much time trying to find a good solution for recording phone calls -- everything from Skype to Radio Shack gadgets that had to get connected through an analog phone. When I ordered this, I was actually stunned with how simply it works, and how well. I use it with my cell or home phones and it does the job perfectly. It's one of those things that seems so simple, you wonder why no one else came up with this solution sooner. I can't recommend this highly enough.

92 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does the job and then some... And, it could do more., May 29, 2007

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Kemo Sabe "Kemo Sabe" (Bellaire, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Olympus TP-7 Telephone pick up Recording Device (Office Product)

I bought this to use with the Olympus DS series recorders, but it should work with most recorders that have inputs. It does come with adapters for mono, stereo, and mini-jack, and, of course you can buy additional adapters...

The phone recording works fine. Have confidence that it's working and remember to keep your own voice low to keep more of a balance in the recording. Sometimes, too, the playback on the computer turns out to be more balanced and better sounding than the sound on the device's own speaker.

And, as a bonus, you may want to use this mic for interviews rather than the tie-clip mic or the RS29. With the TP7 in your ear, it records people speaking next to you, or, across from you, very well.

Bottom line, if I only bought one accessory for recording with a DS recorder, this might be my first and only pick.

If it had a "pause" feature, I'd bump my review from four stars to six....