How do I extract data from a digital voice recorder which has no USB port and no memory card slot?
I have a digital voice recorder (Olympus VN-6000) which has no USB port and no memory card slot. It is only normally connected to a computer via "line-in" and playing the recordings in "real-time". The device I have DOES power on, but the buttons don't work. I can't use "line-in" anymore because in order to do that the audio must be played in real time -- but the play button on this device doesn't work.
Because the device powers on, the audio on this digital voice recorder is intact and still exists, but it is "trapped" within the device because none of the buttons work. And because none of the buttons on the digital voice recorder work, the audio can't be played or played "in-line" in real time.
I am worried about sending this device to "Olympus Repairs" because it says on their website that when any repairs are done to a device it is "unlikely" that data will be saved. Besides, I don't care if the device is fixed or not, all I care about it salvaging the data within it, which "Olympus Repairs" does not guarantee. If I send it to "Olympus Repairs", they might fix the device, but all the data would be erased (probably).
I have searched online for recovery methods, but they all involve digital voice recorders that have USB ports or memory card slots. This model has neither. All it has is internal memory.
Is there a way for me to extract this intact but "trapped" data on this digital voice recorder and transfer it directly from its internal memory to a computer?
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One way to extract data from a Olympus VN-6000 digital voice recorder, even with no USB port and no memory card slot. See this guide
http://goo.gl/O3A7HZ
You probably won't be able to recover the recordings by any method.
Olympus recorders are good, but I would have bought a Sony
equipped with a USB connection.
If it's just the play button that's broken, as opposed to the play function, you could take the thing apart and short out the play switch with a piece of wire and see if it plays. It may be corrosion on the terminals, or a broken plastic guide, or something like that.
I think the files are lost considering all the limitations you spelled out. The next time you buy one make sure it has a memory card.
Not happening.