Olympus LS-5 - Manual (Page 8)


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Main Features
● Utilizes a high sensitivity, low noise stereo
microphone capable of faithfully capturing
the original sound. .
Machined metal components are utilized in
the housing for the built-in stereo microphone,
resulting in a design built with special features
in mind while also achieving a construction
which is resistant to vibration. Furthermore,
by turning the microphone itself 90° outwards
you can produce recordings with a natural and
expansive stereo feel to them.
● Equipped with a high sound quality amplifier
circuit.
Utilizes a low noise amplifier circuit, allowing
you to produce high sound quality recordings
with low noise.
● Supports the linear PCM format, which is
capable of recording sound quality equivalent
to or surpassing CD-level. .
Capable of realistically recording various
dif ferent sound sources. High resolution
recording at a high sampling frequency and bit
count equivalent or superior to that of a music
CD (Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz, Bit count
16bit) is possible (☞ P.41, P.43).
● Supports a wide range of recording formats.
Can handle the MP3 format (MPEG-1/ MPEG-2
Audio Layer 3), and the Windows Media Audio
(WMA) format.
In supporting the MP3 and WMA formats, this
device can save files in a highly compressed
manner, thereby allowing for ex tended
recording times (☞ P.41, P.43). In addition,
when connected to an external device, the
recorder can encode incoming analog audio
signals without a PC (☞ P.30).
● Supports high capacity recording media.
Starting with its 2 GB built-in flash memory,
can also record onto an SD Card (commercially
available) (☞ P.17)..
Check the Olympus website regarding SD
cards which are confirmed operation with this
recorder
(☞ P.81).
● Equipped with a variety of features that
support audio recording.
With this recorder you can customize a variety
of recording functions such as the recording
level and microphone sensitivity to suit the
recording conditions and personal preferences
(☞ P.41, P.44).
● Allows for system upgrades through
enhanced options and equipment. Further
e nhance s t he p l e asu r e o f r e co r d i ng
(☞ P. 82). .
● Can playback WAV, WMA, and MP3 format
files sent from a computer in addition to
files recorded by the device itself. Can
be enjoyed as a music player at any time.
Can hold approximately
2000 music files (WMA
128 kbps/ 4 minutes per song conversion) (☞
P.32, P.33, P.65, P.73).
● Supports USB 2.0. Hi-Speed, which enables
high-speed data transmission as an external
memory device for your computer.
By connecting the computer with the USB,
pictures, text data, etc. can be saved, and
utilized to carry data (☞ P.64, P.77).
● You can move or copy files between the built-in
memory and SD card, and within the folders in
the memory (☞ P. 56).
● You can split files (☞ P. 59), or delete a part of
a file (☞ P. 39) recorded in PCM format in this
recorder.
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