Olympus VN-90 Digital Voice Recorder

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Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004U9NQ
• Item model number: VN-90
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Olympus VN-90 digital voice recorder can be taken anywhere, weighing only 2.3 ounces, and records up to 90 minutes with built-in flash memory. Its voice-activated recording mode automatically starts recording when the microphone senses sound. It's ideal for business meetings, school lectures, or personal notes. The VN-90 lets you move and save your messages in folders or create recordings to remind you of important events. The LCD displays recording time, voice activation mode, date and time, play mode, and battery status.

Product Description

This digital Notecorders not only impress with their ergonomic styling, but also through their remarkable recording abilities. Taking performance levels to new heights, the VN-90 serves well with its 90 minutes recording time. Incorporating three folders for up to 100 files each plus a built-in LC-Display, the device further enables efficient and convenient file management.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

74 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Voice of Reason, November 27, 2000

By	Ara Bayindiryan (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

If you need something simple and inexpensive this is the product for you. Some key features: well designed -- compact only 2.3 oz., quality built, good voice quality, receptive mic, good battery life, recording capacity (3 separate folders), reasonably priced. The negatives; can't download recordings to computer, the recording time for SP mode (and this is the mode I would recommend using for quality...) is only 67 minutes.

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars voice recorder, October 4, 2000

By	M. Wydysh (williamsville, ny United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Olympus VN-180 Digital Voice Recorder (Electronics)

I needed a recorder for my children's violin lessons...bought a sony TCM-323 cassete recorder..hard to FF and REW exactly right..when practicing it wasted too much time, also the sound/clarity was fair.. Was not sure if a digital recorder could record what we needed, was going to be any better than the cassette recorder. We needed clarity to pick up the fine music of the violin.~~Spent the money for this product and already I do not know what I did without it! Not only does it record clear/free of all the sounds a cassette recorder makes...but the playback--is speedy and makes practicing a breeze! I love the small size! It is actually fun to use! The TWO folders are useful for different child's lesson...Only drawback is the SP mode (which is the best for clarity and sound) has only 1hr7min of recording time..wish it could be longer!! LOVE THIS PRODUCT!

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, easy to use, November 28, 2000

By	C. Evans "tevans62" (Champaign, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Olympus VN-180 Digital Voice Recorder (Electronics)

I had an Olympus DS-150, sadly it went through the washer one day. I didn't really like the controls on the DS-150, so I was looking for something that would be easier to operate. The VN-180 is well designed, with easy to use buttons. Nice, since I bought one for my retired Dad to help him keep track of things (he was skeptical, but now uses it every day) The VN-180 has 3 folders, 2 are general purpose, and the other is a schedule folder.

Alarms! You can set a Schedule alarm to play back that days schedule messages at a certain time each day. With the other two folders, you can set up to a total of 20 alarms (any date/time) - tied to a specific message, that will cause the unit to beep (subdued), and then with any button press will play the associated message - even if the unit is off. This is a very nice feature.

The recording quality in the SP mode is good (although not as good as the DS-150), and the LP mode is serviceable. You can set the sensitivity of the microphone (Hi/Lo) which does help with noisy environments. The VN-180 also has a fast playback option, and auto-shutoff. The only thing I don't like about it, is the quality of the LP recording.