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Olympus TP-8 Telephone Pick-Up Microphone
In-ear telephone pickup for a compatible voice recorder
Product Code:
OLYM TP8
The Olympus TP-8 is an in-ear telephone pickup microphone for recording calls onto a separate compatible voice recorder.
- Wear the pickup in your ear and hold the telephone receiver against that ear
- 3.5 mm mono connection to a powered recorder microphone input
- 1.5 m cable
- Small, medium and large earpieces included
IN-EAR TELEPHONE PICKUP
Record calls with a separate voice recorder
The Olympus TP-8 picks up speech acoustically while you hold a telephone receiver to your ear. Connect its plug to a compatible voice recorder, fit the pickup in your ear and hold the receiver against the same ear to capture the conversation.
A simple handset recording arrangement
The pickup can be used with landline and mobile handsets in this arrangement. It does not connect electrically to the phone or pair over Bluetooth. The supplied small, medium and large earpieces let you choose a suitable fit, while the 1.5 m cable connects to your recorder.
- Omnidirectional mono microphone
- 3.5 mm right-angle plug for a compatible microphone input
- Powered by the connected recorder
- Compact 8 g design including cable
Test the sound before an important call
Receiver position, telephone volume and recorder settings affect the recording. Make a test recording and check that both sides can be heard at useful levels. This is a telephone pickup, rather than a room or speakerphone microphone.
Before recording, check the laws that apply to everyone on the call and obtain any required consent.
Check your call-recording setup
Tell VoiceX your recorder model and telephone arrangement so we can help check the connection requirements.
Olympus TP-8 specifications
- Type: mono electret condenser microphone
- Pickup pattern: omnidirectional
- Recorder connector: 3.5 mm L-shaped three-pole mono plug
- Power: 1.5–10 V plug-in power
- Frequency response: 50–16,000 Hz
- Sensitivity: −34 dB at 1 kHz (0 dB = 1 V/Pa)
- Impedance: 2.2 kΩ
- Cable length: 1.5 m
- Microphone dimensions: approximately 11.3 mm diameter × 19 mm
- Weight: approximately 8 g including cable
In the box
TP-8 telephone pickup microphone and one earpiece in each size: small, medium and large. Voice recorder and telephone are not included.
Recorder requirements
The TP-8 requires a compatible recorder microphone input supplying 1.5–10 V plug-in power. Check the exact recorder model, input wiring and settings. A headphone-only socket is unsuitable, and a 3.5 mm socket alone does not guarantee compatibility.
The manufacturer does not guarantee specified sensitivity with non-Olympus recording devices. A computer or other recording device needs an appropriate powered microphone input or compatible audio interface.
Telephone arrangement
- Connect the TP-8 plug to the recorder, not to the telephone.
- Wear the pickup in one ear and hold the telephone receiver against that same ear.
- Landline and mobile handsets can be used in this acoustic arrangement. This is not a direct phone-jack, USB or Bluetooth connection.
- Do not assume compatibility with speakerphone calls, wireless earbuds or a particular calling app.
- Test receiver position, telephone volume and recorder level before recording an important call.
Check applicable call-recording laws and obtain any required consent before recording.
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