You will need to buy one of the following Olympus part numbers, they are $59 each incl. How do I upgrade from DSS Player Pro R5 to ODMS R6? If you have a transcription kit and need to upgrade to ODMS R6 transcription module just make sure that your pedal is an RS-28. ODMS R6 dictation module supports the Olympus DS-5000. You will know if your software is DSS Player Pro R5 as your licence key would start with the letters RD 5xx or RT 5xx To upgrade you must know your R5 serial or licence key. Yes, Olympus have made it easy to upgrade from DSS Player Pro R5 to R6 of their software, which also changed name to ODMS or Olympus Dictation Management System. It might but it is no longer supported by Olympus and is officially not compatible with Windows 8 and above.Ĭan I upgrade to the latest supported Olympus software and still use my DS-5000 or transcription foot pedal?

I am moving to Windows 10, will DSS Player Pro R5 still work? Olympus DS-5000 and AS-5000 were both supplied with DSS Player Pro Release 5 (R5) What software came with your Olympus DS-5000 or AS-5000 ? With rapid advances in the Widows operating systems spanning the life of the Olympus DS-4000 to DS-5000 to DS-7000 we have lived through Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10 not to mention the transition from 32bit to 64bit. Indeed we had a customer recently still happily using the Olympus DS-4000, a model that was discontinued way back in 2009.Īlthough the physical hand held devices have a long and prosperous life, not so their software.

We continue to sell a great many replacement rechargeable batteries for the Olympus DS5000 ( BR-403) which shows that they are still very actively used throughout Australia thanks to the build quality that all Olympus voice recorders enjoy. The current top-of-the-range digital dictaphone the Olympus DS-7000 is the latest in a long line of a history of professional digital voice recorders and replaced the Olympus DS-5000 which in turn replaced the Olympus DS-4000. One of the main reasons that people love and continue to buy Olympus dictation products is because they are solid units and last for years and years. ** Update : Olympus have released R7 of ODMS - you can upgrade from DSS Player Pro R5 or ODMS R6 to the latest version Release 7 click here for details What to do if you have a working, older Olympus digital dictaphone or transcription kit but your Olympus Windows software is no longer supported?

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