Olympus DS-9500 Firmware Upgrade v1.16

30 March, 2021

Olympus have released (March, 2021) a new firmware update for the Olympus DS-9500 handheld digital dictaphone with wifi.

The firmware update does not add any new functionality but does address a couple of bug fixes, of note is a fix fir intermittent device freezing during audio recording which a couple of our users have reported. 

The official Olympus fix list for firmware version v1.16 is:

• Olympus have fixed the issue that the slide switch operation does not respond after returning from sleep.
• Olympus have fixed an issue where the device reboots during recording or playback after the battery has been inserted.
• Olympus have fixed an issue where the device freezes during recording or playback.

This firmware release can only be applied to your Olympus DS9500 on a Windows PC no Mac firmware update tool has been provided for Mac users this time.

Click here to download the Olympus DS 9500 v1.16 firmware upgrade from the Olympus Europe support website.

The above link will download a zip file containing an executable (.exe) - please extract the content of the zip file to your local PC and virus scan before executing.