Olympus TP-7 Telephone pick up Recording Device by Olympus
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Digital camera reviews of Olympus TP-7 Telephone pick up Recording Device
Digital camera Review: A good idea
Summary: 5 Stars
This mic fits well and is comfortable, though I have not tried it for longer than 15 minutes. Recording quality is good, better than the old suction cup microphones. I use it regularly.Digital camera Review: A good purchase indeed.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want to have just one tool to record telephone conversations, no matter the kind (cell phone, POTS, wireless) this is your best purchase. The microphone works very well. There are two issues you need to handle, though. The microphone is very sensitive, and that might give you some feedback problems; you need to have some form of volume control if you want to avoid this. And then, because your own voice is closer to the microphone, your side of the conversation is recorded at a higher volume unless you find a way to also raise the volume of the other party's voice. These factors are beyond the control of the manufacturer, so in my opinion they do not detract from the microphone's quality.Digital camera Review: A must-have for print reporters
Summary: 5 Stars
As a reporter, I've spent years using complicated and badly functioning recording devices to connect my telephone with digital recorders (and, before that, with tape recorders). Far too often those gadgets didn't work, or I'd accidently plug them in the wrong way, or they'd run out of batteries---you get the idea. Then I fell upon the Olympus TP-7 recording device, and it has honestly changed my (professional) life. It's absurdly simple to use and works flawlessly with my Olympus digital recorder.
Two caveats:
(1) Don't use this device if you need to broadcast your recording (in that case, use a device that plugs directly into your phone jack or telephone itself) because the sound quality on this device is not perfect (for one thing, your own voice come out louder than the voice of the person you are speaking to);
(2) The ear plug isn't terribly comfortable, not if you use it for long periods of time. In my case, I think the lack of comfort is due to the fact that even the smallest included ear piece is too big for my (female) ear.
Despite those caveats, I give this product top marks because there are no better options on the market.
Digital camera Review: Acceptable
Summary: 3 Stars
Works fine. The quality of the record is good, in particular clear. The coated of the wire is not good. I suppose that his util life isn't very long.Digital camera Review: Alternate choice (for landlines)
Summary: 1 Stars
This Olympus mic is nice for cell phone applications, but is not the ideal product for desktop landlines. If you are looking for a way to connect your voice recorder to a landline then look at Radio Shacks adapter. Its on their website and it's part number is 430-2208. This RS product will connect directly to the phone jack at the wall and then to the voice recorder. It has a 3.5mm male plug (mono) that fits into the recording devices input. The 430-2208 is actually made for tape recording. However it does work on digital voice recorders. I use mine with an Olympus digital voice recorder and it is fantastic! Set your recorder to "dictation" mode. You can use "conference" mode, but the recorded sound level is too loud. Unfortunately you cannot playback digital recordings through the phone using the 430-2208, only tape. One last comment relating to Radio Shacks adapter. There is a "play/record" selector switch. When recording (tape or digital), set the switch to record and have the 3.5mm connector plugged into the recorder's input. When playing back (tape only) put the switch to play and connect the 3.5mm male connector to the output of the recorder.
There is another adapter out there made for connecting a recorder to a land-line phone. You'll find it by searching Amazon for "TR-70 recorder". The bad thing about the TR-70 is that it plugs between the handset and base of a landline and then to the recorder. A lot of the phones out today are cordless making the TR-70 unusable. There's no way to connect it to the cordless handset. Also, the handset phone plugs are SMALLER in size than the wall connectors. The TR-70 wont correctly fit into the wall socket, due to its smaller size. I highly recommend Radio Shacks recorder control for connecting your digital recorder to a landline phone wall jack.