Dictaphone does not turn on

When connecting the dictaphone to my PC the display screen does not turn on, despite moving the on/off switches etc. My computer also does not recognise that the dictaphone has been connected. It seems that the dictaphone is nonresponsive &"dead" for all intents and purposes. Has anybody come across this problem?

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There is a small hole in the back of the unit. This activates the firmware update. My experiense is someone pushed this in with a pin and caused the switch to be stuck. You can disassemble the unit and use a pin to pry the bubble switch up or off. This switch is only needed to update the firmware which can also be done thre software so is not needed.

Posted on Jan 01, 2009

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