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Olympus DS-2200 DS-3000 DS-4000 Comparison Chart
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By Recorders.com Tech Team
Published on 03/7/2005
 
Key new product for the professional dictation market, the Olympus DS-4000 is an important upgrade. We have compiled a feature comparison to review the DS product line-up.

Professional Digital Recorders

FEATURES

 DS-2200

 DS-3000

 DS-4000

File Format/Recording Modes

 DSS(LP/SP) / WMA(HQ/SHQ)

DSS(LP/SP)

DSS(LP/SP)

Memory

Type

 xD-Picture Card

SmartMedia

xD-Picture Card

Included

 128MB

16MBx2

 32MB

Maximum

512MB

128MB

512MB

Maximum Recording Time

Sp Mode

84hrs. 05min

22hrs. 50min

84hrs. 05min

LP Mode

179hrs. 30min

44hrs. 40min

179hrs.30min

HQ

35hrs. 30min

 N/A

N/A

SHQ

17hrs. 45min

N/A

N/A

LCD Display

Type

Full Dot

Dot Character

Full Dot

Backlight

 √

 

LED (2 Colors)

 √

 √

Slide Operation

 N/A

N/A

Programmable Buttons

N/A

 N/A

Hands-free Recording

 N/A

N/A

Power Switch

N/A

Battery Type

AAAx2

AAAx2

Ni-MH battery pack or AAAx2

Rechargeable

N/A

 N/A

 √

Volume

Push

 Rotary

 Push

Internal Microphone

Speaker

23mm, 8 ohm

28mm, 8 ohm

28mm, 8 ohm

Mic Jack

3.5mm

3.5mm

3.5mm

Ear Jack

 3.5mm

3.5mm

 3.5mm

Power Jack

 N/A

Storage Class

N/A

Audio Class

N/A

 N/A

Direct Recording To Pc

N/A

Cradle

 √

N/A

Folder

5

3

1 to 7 (programmable)

Number Of Files Per Folder

 199

199

199

Operation Alarm

 √

 √

Pre-end Alarm

 √

Alarm Playback

 √

 N/A

Microphone Sensitivity Setting

2 levels (conf/dict)

2 levels (conf/dict)

2 levels (conf/dict)

VCVA

 √

Erase Lock

 √

Folder Rename Via Software

 √

File Move

 √

 N/A

Index

 Up to 16 (DSS/WMA file)

 Up to 16