Olympus recorder was dropped into tub full of water . Unit was on with batteries in.

I went through the process to reformat my unit. nothing worked. So I just took the batteries out for about 20 min. And now the darn thing is working just fine. Check it out.

If your device gets covered in water, act fast and rationally, and you may be able to save your device.

1. DO NOT TRY TO TURN IT ON
2. Pull out the battery.
3. Please your device and battery into a bowl of uncooked rice to absorb any moisture.
4. Please it in a warm, dry place where it can receive direct sunlight.
5. Be patient. It is recommended that you leave it in there for at least 48 hours.
6. After 48 hours, put the battery back in and power on.

full batterYY.... THATS GOOD......

Connect the recorder to your mac and empty the trashbin

the only thing left to try is to try and format the device and see if you can restore it back to factory default settings. You go to the menu and to the format option. This will permanently remove any recordings you have done and as I said restore the device back to factory settings. If that doesn't work then you will probably need to send it to Olympus for repair service.

Did you turn HOLD off (on the side)?

Check your battery polarity. Unlike most devices on the market, the Olympus recorders have both their batteries pointing the same direction. Normally the positive end of the battery points toward the bottom. Look inside the batter compartment for the correct polarity.

Check the batteries contact especially at the battery cover. It may happened rusty if you leave the battery for a long time when the recorder not in use.

first question batteries in correct positions
second did you do product upgrade

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_support_product.asp?id=921

this is a link to software update

did you know that your recorder has usb connection
now most usb connected products usually have chargible battery's and some can only run with particular chargible battery i would try new propper chargible batterys and then dock to the usb station it should show the battery charge output and input you might have some chance fried your recorder by putting in non chargible battery's

there are places that exchange recorders but never heard one that repairs them you might want to take back to where purchased and exchange for new

dont see why not, first t hing to do is find out where its leaking from, the fromt panel will need to come off to watch for leak in order to remove that , pop off the medalion on fron lip of the main top assy. ther should be a screw behind the emblem remove the screrw and the top will slide foward and then tio back. a few screws across the top of front panel will drop that panel down adn from ther you ll gain acces to watch unit work adn see where water is coming from