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Olympus TP-7 Telephone Recording Device

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Average Customer Rating:	4.5
Release Date:	2007-02-01
Brand:	Olympus
Model:	145051
Weight:	0.1 pounds
Dimensions:	2 inches x 5.1 inches x 0.1 inches [Width x Length x Height]

Product Categories

Accessories & Supplies; Audio & Video; Office Electronics; Digital Voice Recorders; Gift-wrap Eligible; Cell Phone; Voice Recorder; Ethernet; General Accessories; All Dictating Equipment

Product description

OLYMPUS 145051 TP-7 Telephone Recording Device

Do you ever need to record an important telephone conversation? The TP-7 telephone pickup, makes phone recording easy and even picks up both sides of the conversation. Just plug the TP-7 jack into the "MIC" jack of your recorder, and put the earphone side into your ear. When in use, the TP-7 will capture both sides of the conversation. For added convenience, the TP-7 works great with land lines and cell phones.

What's in the Box
Microphone, adapter to convert from monaural 3.5 mm mini-plug to stereo 3.5 mm mini-plug, and monaural 3.5 mm mini-plug to monaural 2.5 mm mini-plug adapter.

Features

Economical, sensitive microphone for recording phone conversations

Works great with cell phones and landlines

Includes all necessary adapters

Records both sides of conversation

Records directly to voice recorder

Customer reviews

« Great price, great product. »

I really love how this works. It is very compatible with my voice recorder and records well. I see a lot of people making complaints that it doesn't record well or that the recorder records the voice too loudly. The problem here isn't the product it IS the operator. You must place the recorder a decent distance away from your mouth so as not to sound as though you are yelling into it. If the recorder is placed at a decent distance from the mouth then it will record appropriately on both sides.

It DOES work like a charm if the operator uses common sense.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-07-25

« Olympus TP7 telephone recorder »

Excellent -- easy to use, provides good quality results with one exception: important for recording person to speak low and to have volume on Olympus recorder set high to get best clarity of other voice.

Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2010-07-04

« Good quality - But you should know what you buy! »

I would like to start with some simple advice:

- This is a mono MIC-input microphone (quite normal), NOT a LINE-in source (typical stereo)!
- It's ment for recording speach.
- Adjusting the phone output volume (or your voice level) may be needed.

There is a big difference between a mic-input and a line-in-input. Most mic-inputs (like in voice recorders, and many laptop-inputs) is mono and have a power source (to drive the mics who need it). Line-In-inputs, like in many MP3-player (mostly stereo) is different, and don't have any power source.

And, this mic, in my opinion, is designed to record voice, not music etc. The frequency range is a little limited. But that is not a negative for speach recordings, in my experience.

I find it most useful in pure mic-inputs (incl. my laptop), where I want to record clear voice audio. The quality is actually quite good. But, remember to adjust phone/voice-levels if needed.

If your own voice is louder than the one you speak with (that some complain about), either turn your phones output level up, or speak a little lower. Very simple! I turned my phone level up, and now both voices has about the same level.

I have used it many times for work-related discussions (many on the same line).

The quality of the product seems good, at least for the price. I haven't have any tech. problems with it. As most items like this, it's not guaranteed a perfect fit. It all depends on your ear shape. It include different sizes ear "plugs", so it may fit nicely.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-06-23

« Ingenious little device »

For those who find the earplug hard to fit in the ear, here's a hint: reach your opposite arm up and over your head, grab the back of your ear near the top, and lift. Using your other hand, insert the earplug in your ear.

As for the TP7, this is a terrific product - basically it is a microphone shaped like an earpiece, with the microphone pickup on the "out" side of the earpiece and an earplug shape on the "in" side. After you put it in your ear you hold the phone to (or wear a headset over) that same ear and it can pick up both sides of the conversation.

The cord is 5 feet long, just right for my needs.

On the days you choose to use a speaker phone you can use the TP7 as a regular microphone: place it on the table about 18" away from the speakerphone and it can pick up the voices on the speakerphone plus everyone in the room.

Last, here's a way to use a PC to make a recording, without a digital voice recorder.
- find a tool for recording (such as the free version of Audacity, look for the official download site)
- start the tool and select the mic input ("Jack Mic")
- plug the microphone into the microphone jack on your PC
- if "Audio System Event" appears, select "Microphone"
- when you are ready to record, go to Audacity and press the record button
- when you want to stop recording, go to Audacity and press stop button
- export the file in your preferred format before starting another session

I have no comparison for quality of the recordings, but will say that I am recording meetings (with permission :-) and have no trouble hearing everyone clearly during playback.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-06-11

« excellent product »

I used this microphone to record phone interviews for a school project. Used in conjunction with an Olympus digital voice recorder. Sound quality was good, and nothing was missed. All you do is plug the microphone in to one of the jacks on the recorder, and it's ready to go!