I cant replay any vids.

1. Press and hold down the ASSIGN A button (the light should be blinking) then (simultaneously) press the REC button above channel number 1. The light should blink when you do this.
2. Release the ASSIGN A and the REC button
3. Press the REC button above channel 1 (the light should be blinking by itself)
4. You should see the meters moving with in the display above Input A and Track 1 when you speak into the microphone.
5. Press the REWIND button twice until the display reads ABS 00.00.00.00
6. Press and hold the RECORD button and press the PLAY button. The REC light above channel one, the PLAY light and the RECORD light should become solid.
7. After recording press the STOP button.
8. Press the REWIND button twice until the display reads ABS 00.00.00.00
9. Press the PLAY button.

Answering system settings
Record your own announcement
Using the telephone base:
Press •/REC while the telephone base is not in use.
Press /CID or /DIR to select Announcement, then press the SELECT softkey.
Press /CID or /DIR to select Mailbox 1 or Mailbox 2, then press the SELECT softkey. The corresponding icon, 1 or 2, flashes on the screen.
The telephone base announces, "Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done." After the tone, speak towards MIC (microphone) of the telephone base. Press 5 or the STOP softkey when finished recording.
The answering system automatically plays back the newly recorded announcement. Press 5 to stop the playback at any time.
-OR-
Press the MENU softkey when the telephone base is not in use.
Press the SELECT softkey to select Answering sys.
Press (down arrow)CID or (up arrow)DIR to select Mailbox 1 or Mailbox 2, then press the SELECT softkey. The corresponding icon, 1 or 2, flashes on the screen.
Press CID or DIR to select Ans sys setup, then press the SELECT softkey.
Press CID or DIR to select Announcement, then press the SELECT softkey.
The telephone base announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7." Press 7 to record and the screen shows Recording announcement ..., or press CANCEL to exit to the previous menu.
The telephone base announces, "Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done." After the tone, speak towards MIC (microphone) of the telephone base. Press 5 or the STOP softkey when finished recording.
The answering system automatically plays back the newly recorded announcement. Press 5 to stop the playback at any time; 2 to replay the recorded announcement; or 7 to record again if desired.
Press CANCEL to exit to the previous menu.

you are prohibited from recording on thips tape. This is because the red tab on the side of the tape that faces you when you are inserting the tape inside the camera has been put in 'SAVE' position . to be able to record o the tape you need to use your fingernail to slide the red tab to the 'REC' position.

Ive extracted the following article for you from wilkepedia to help you understand this issue:
Tape and recording protection
The write-protect switch (right) prevents accidental erasure. .
To prevent the recording on the tape from being erased, there is a small write-protect tab that can be moved to one of two positions, labeled "REC" and "SAVE". Comparing the sliding tab to a door, the tape is in the "REC" position is when the "door" is open and the "SAVE" position when it is closed. (Not all tape cases have markings for this information!) The tape can only be recorded on (or recorded over) when this tab is in the "REC" position. This is an improved version of the VHS write-protect tab, which prevents erasure after it has been (permanently) broken off.

Unfortunately that is not possible with this recorder to be able to replay a part of a recording and record over it. If you pause it will just allow you to continue from the point where the device was stopped. You might want to check out the DS-2300 or the DS-2400 model recorders as those devices have the ability to do what you are asking.

you have to flick the switch on the side from camera to play

press rec button again,sometimes certain cameras have built in or auto mechanism that keeps the user from leaving camera record on.

Two things to check.

First in the synch/midi screen make sure the 'mode' option is set properly. The options are REC and REC/PLAY. This tells the metronome (click) when to sound, either just while recording or both when recording and playing back.

The only other thing I can think of would be to make sure that in your monitor selection that the mute button is not pressed. Pressing the 'mute' button does not mute the headphones, just the monitor output.

Best of luck.

Cheers.
BD

1. Make sure the dv-camcorder is properly connected
2. Press INPUT repeatedly to select the external
input to record from.
• AV1: Audio/Video Input mounted on back
panel.
• AV2: Audio/Video Input mounted on front
panel.
3. Load a recordable disc.
4. Set a recording mode as necessary by pressing
REC MODE repeatedly.
DVD: XP, SP, LP or EP.
5. Press the REC button once to start recording.
The REC indicator lights in the display window.
6. Press STOP (x) to stop recording.

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can't record on the my Olympus VN-1000
+ I press rec button and it just shows rec in display (no recording time is shown ONLY rec)
+ there is no play back  or stop function

+ i can only stop  rec by removing batteries (stop or play will stop rec only ONCE - but there is no  useful function - such as play or stop or rec.)
+ I tried all trouble shooting tips in manual  with no effect 
+  i cleaned the spring contacts inside battery compartment that interface with the  batteries
+ it was barely used - and has not been used for a 1 year ( no batteries were inside it )     it was inside a drawer
THANK YOU