Olympus RS 27 Foot switch cable

Olympus RS 27 Foot switch cable

This RS-27 footswitch allows you to control playback, FF and REW without taking fingers off of the keyboard!

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great foot pedal for DSS Player 7
I’ve been doing freelance transcription for almost 10 years now, and this is the first time I’ve had to upgrade my foot pedal to a newer model. This one is replacing my old RS 25, which still works just fine, but to upgrade to the latest (and better) DSS player version 7, I had to upgrade my foot switch as well. This is pretty much the same thing…standard model with right rewind, left FF, and center play. It works well and had good plug and play functionality. No problems whatsoever. This seems to be another solid piece of equipment, and I’ll use it for years to come…at least until they make me upgrade again to use a new version of the player.

1 Star Does not work as advertised
Having bought the RS27 foot switch we have discovered that it does not reverse more than a few is any seconds at a time and that it often will switch back to the very beginning of the voice document. This has made it extremely hard to work with and I long for the good old days when you bought something and it worked the first time. Call me old fashioned.

5 Stars buyer’s review
this is exactly what i needed to replace my old one. it works great and the service was prompt

2 Stars it works, but FF and Rewind are reversed
I have found I can only operate this foot pedel with my shoe off–the FF and Rewind are so slightly elevated above the center Play area, I can never hit the right area with my shoe on because I can’t feel where the edges of the FF and Rewind are.

The bigger problem is that, totally counter-intutive, Rewind is on the right and Fast Forward is on the left! Why would they do this? After months of using it, my intuition is still to go to the left for Rewind and to the right for Fast Forward.

If there was any other foot controller available I’d buy it, but there isn’t, and it does work but could be so much better.

5 Stars Outstanding Olympus Foot Pedal to Control Audio Playback
In my opinion, not being aware that the Olympus Playback software is required is no reason to give this product a bad review. The issue is the quality and functionality of the product itself. I have three of these pedals, and they are tremendously valuable. I have recorded many meetings and functional discovery sessions over 13 years, and being able to control playback with a foot pedal is a tremendous boost to my productivity. The alternative is to constantly move your hands from the keyboard to the recorder and back and forth and back and forth incessantly. Buy this and then buy a second one…before they stop manufacturing them and we’ll all be sorry.

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