Menu setting method, Rec menu, File menu – Olympus WS-560M User Manual
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Menu setting method
Menu setting method
, Rec Menu
Mic Sense
Microphone sensitivity is adjustable to meet 
recording needs.
+ File Menu
Erase Lock
Locking a file keeps important data from 
being accidentally erased. Locked files are 
not erased when you select to erase all files 
from a folder (
☞ P.34).
[On]:
 
Locks the file and prevents it from being 
erased.
[Off]:
 
Unlocks the file and allows it to be erased.
Replace
Refer to “Rearranging files [Replace]” (
☞ P.45).
Property
File and folder information can be 
confirmed from the menu screen.
When the file is selected:
[Name] (File name), [Date] (Time stamp), 
[Size] (File size), [Bit Rate]*1 (File format), 
[Artist]*2 (Artist name) and [Album]*2 
(Album name) will appear on the display.
*1 When a linear PCM format file has
been selected, [Bit Rate] area displays 
the sampling frequency and bit rate.
*2 When a file contains no tag
information, the display contents of 
this area are blank.When [VOICE] is 
selected, [Artist] and [Album] will not 
appear on the display.
When the folder is selected:
[Name] (File name), [Folder]*1 (Number 
of folder) and [File]*2 (Number of file) will 
appear on the display.
*1 When [VOICE] is selected, [Folder] will
not appear on the display.
*2 Files which cannot be recognized by
this recorder are not included in the 
number of files.
• Select the files for which you would like
to confirm information in advance before 
operating the menu.
[Conference]:
 
This is a highly sensitive mode which can 
record surrounding noises.
[Dictation]:
 
This is the standard level of microphone 
sensitivity. Select this mode for cases 
where the volume of the source sound is 
high, such as a band performance.
• When you would like to clearly record
a speaker’s voice, set [Mic Sense] to 
[Dictation] and hold recorder’s built-in 
stereo microphone close to the speaker’s 
mouth (5-10 cm) before recording.
Rec Mode
The recorder can record in the linear PCM 
format (For WS-570M only). High resolution 
recording at a high sampling rate and high bit 
rate equivalent or superior to that of a music 
CD is possible. Moreover, it also supports the 
MP3 and WMA formats.
1
Select the recording format.
[PCM]:
 
This is an uncompressed audio format 
which is used for music CDs and the 
like.
For WS-570M/WS-560M/
WS-550M:
• When performing operations on
[Rec Menu] screen, set the mode 
switch to [VOICE] (
☞ P.17).
For WS-450S:
• Use the switch to set the
microphone sensitivity (
☞ P.23).