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Digital Audio Equipment
The Olympus VN-5200PC Digital Recorder was used successfully for both services on Sunday 7Feb2010. The Digital Recorder is in a plastic box in the top drawer of the cabinet under the amplifiers and wireless receiver equipment. The box has a blue top and is marked with "C3HUU Olympus Digital Recorder" label on it. The manual, extra batteries, a USB cable, and extra audio connector cable are included in the box. This page is a summary of the directions for using the Digital Audio Recorder integrated with the C3HUU Soundboard. Details may be found here.

NOTE: The CD-Recorder is still connected and can still be used or both CD-Recorder and Digital Audio Recorder can be used at the same time if desired. The Soundboard input volume control marked "CD volume" on hasn't been tested to verify whether or not the CD player is still setup to play through the Soundboard.

Using the Digital Recorder
To use the Olympus Digital Recorder for capturing service or event audio from the C3HUU Soundboard: > > > If you haven't done so already, go get an Order of Service bulletin (or event schedule or agenda) to mark down audio "tracks". > Move the "Hold" switch out of the Hold position to turn the recorder on. It is good practice to turn the device On //AFTER// connecting to the Soundboard. > Anytime before the service starts, press the "REC" (record) button, the upper right control on the front of the Olympus Digital Recorder, and you should see the record/play light glow RED and stay on during the recording. > A label will flash for 2 seconds on the bottom of the Digital Recorder screen when Index is pressed giving the number for the index mark just placed in the audio file. Just having ANY index marks in the audio with some some matching label in the Order of Service or Program Agenda makes editing later SO much easier! Note: there are a maximum of 16 index marks per recording. > After the service ends, press the Stop button, wait for the RED light to go out (no more than 10 seconds) and push the "Hold" button up toward the top of the unit. The indicator light will glow GREEN and play the last file, which should be the service or program you just recorded. > Unplug the Olympus Digital Recorder and return it to the plastic box in the top drawer under the rack of sound equipment. Please fold and place the Order of Service or Program with your Index Mark list in the box.
 * 1) **//Make sure the Digital Recorder is Off//**
 * 1) **//Connect Soundboard cable to the Mic jack on top of the Digital Recorder//**
 * 1) **//Get an Order of Service or Event schedule//**
 * 1) **//Turn the Digital Recorder On//** **//and check the Battery//**
 * Make sure the battery charge indicator in the upper right of the screen has at least "two bars" out of 3. Once it gets to one bar, you may only have 10 minutes of charge left.
 * During audio system tests, the VU indicator will NOT come on unless you are recording. You may find it useful to start recording early and adjust the Soundboard Digital Recorder volume knob so that the VU display shows typically 50% volume for strong audio. The knob that controls volume to the digital recorder is on the far right of the Soundboard, about 1/3 of the way down from the top and labeled "Digital Recorder Volume".
 * 1) **//Start recording by depressing REC anytime before service starts//**
 * The default setting for the recorder is to show a recording volume "VU" display on the lower portion of the screen. If this doesn't show up, you may press the "Menu" button during recording to change the display from "VU meter" to two other "time remaining/time used" displays or return to the VU meter setting.
 * Please mark down on the Order of Service or Agenda which "folder" is set to hold the recording. The "folder" letter (A, B, C, D, or E) shows in the display with a small folder icon next to it. The default folder is "A".
 * 1) **//Use the Index button and make matching marks on sections of the Order of Service or Program Agenda//**
 * Please make sure to depress the index button just as the sermon starts and just after the sermon ends. Doing so saves 20 minutes (or more) of the audio editor's time later locating the sermon audio portion of the recording. As of this writing, C3HUU can only publish the Sermon portion of the audio on our web site.
 * 1) **//At the end of the service or event, Stop the Digital Recorder, then turn it off//**
 * 1) **//Return the Digital Recorder and marked up Order of Service or Program Agenda to the box and return to top drawer//**

We are working on a place to "dock" the USB connection for the Olympus Digital Recorder to automatically upload files -- a future project. I hope you all will find that this device is at least as easy to use as the CD-Recorder for recording service or program audio!

Related Web Pages

 * Sermon Audio Recording
 * @Content from the Sanctuary
 * C3H Announcement of Digital Audio
 * Olympus VN-5200PC product page