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Marantz PMD690 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Model PMD690 User Guide Portable PC Card Recorder...
  • Page 2 CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”...
  • Page 3 This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and safety standards. There are, however, some in- stallation and operation precautions which you should be particularly aware of. 1. Read Instructions — All the safety and operating in- structions should be read before the appliance is oper- ated.
  • Page 4 EXAMPLE OF ANTENNA GROUNDING ACCORDING TO NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE INSTRUCYIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 810 -"RADIO AND TELEVISION EQUIPMENT" NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER: This reminder is provided to call the CATV (Cable-TV) system installer's attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC, which provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical.
  • Page 5 INTRODUCTION USING THIS MANUAL FOREWORD WARNINGS SETTING UP COPYRIGHT PRECAUTIONS Features...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    SETTING UP How to Use this Manual SETTING UP PRESET MENU GENERAL FUNCTIONS RECORDING PLAYBACK AND EDITING THE EDL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Contents SETTING UP PRESET MENU GENERAL FUNCTIONS RECORDING PLAYBACK and EDITING THE EDL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

  • Page 7: Setting Up

    AC Adaptor and Batteries AC Adaptor to AC outlet Note Alkaline Batteries Battery Replacement Notes SETTING UP Ni-Cad Rechargeable Battery (optional) Battery Replacement Charging Battery Notes Charging Time Notes...

  • Page 8: Setting Up

    SETTING UP Power On/Off Power On Card Check Note Power Off Note Setting the Date and Time 1˜4 1˜4 1˜4 1˜4 1˜4 OVER Notes ¢˜¡ 3˜8 ¢˜¡ 3˜8 ¢˜¡ 3˜8 ¢˜¡ 3˜8 ¢˜¡ 3˜8 3˜8...
  • Page 9 Understanding PC Cards Inserting a Card Note SETTING UP Ejecting a Card PUSH Notes Formatting a PC Card Note...
  • Page 10 SETTING UP Operation Notes Note Care of PC Cards Capacity of Files and Card OVER OVER...
  • Page 11 Connecting Microphones MIC (R) Notes Powering the microphone(s) Notes Connecting Analog Components To record from analog audio components MIC (L) To output analog audio signals to another audio component SETTING UP MIXER, etc. LINE OUT MIXER, TAPE DECK, etc. LINE IN...
  • Page 12 SETTING UP Connecting Digital Components To output digital audio signals to another audio component DAT, etc. DIGITAL IN Notes Other Connections Headphones Notes Remote Control Contact closure switch Available Functions Polarity of the REMOTE jack Open Recording Pause recording Resume recording Playback Resume playback Pause playback...

  • Page 13: Preset Menu

    Preset Items Preset Display Available Options Bit rate of STEREO SP br PCM: 1536 kbps (PC2) MPEG: 384, 256 kbps Bit rate of STEREO LP br MPEG: 192, 128, 96, 64 kbps Bit rate of MONO br PCM:768 kbps (PC1) MPEG: 192, 128, 96, 64, 48, 32 kbps Sound level for silent skip SL -50dB to -10dB, 5dB step...
  • Page 14 PRESET MENU Example: Changing the bitrate preset Bit rate of STEREO SP (Short Play) REC MODE Bit rate is 256 kbps in Stereo. 1 4 ¢ ¡ PCM Stereo (PC 2: PCM 2 channels, 1536 kbps) Bit rate of SP REC MODE is PCM stereo 1 4 ¢...
  • Page 15 Example: Changing the battery type preset Display for internal Alkaline battery. 1 4 ¢ Display for internal Ni- Cad battery. 1 4 ¢ Display for internal Ni- MH battery. 1 4 ¢ Note Example: Changing the file format preset OVER ¡...

  • Page 16: General Functions

    GENERAL FUNCTION Low Battery Warning and Auto Power Off 1st Warning TRACK ∞ 2nd Warning TRACK ∞ Note Shut-Down Display Selections Changing the Displayed Information During Stop Mode TIME OVER TIME Note OVER Note TRACK TOTAL TIME ∞ OVER TRACK TOTAL REMAIN TIME ∞...
  • Page 17 During Playback and Play-Pause TRACK ∞ TRACK ∞ TRACK TOTAL ∞ TRACK TOTAL REMAIN TIME ∞ ∞ Note ∞ During Recording and Record-Pause TIME OVER REMAIN TIME OVER TIME OVER Display Backlight OVER Key (Button) Lock RECORDED TIME OVER RECORDED OVER GENERAL FUNCTION TRACK...

  • Page 18: Recording

    RECORDING Input Controls INPUT Selection STEREO ANALOG OUT LIMITER MANUAL LINE REC LEVEL INPUT LOCK KEY LOCK PRE REC Notes MIC ATTEN (Attenuation) STEREO STEREO ANALOG OUT LIMITER MANUAL LINE REC LEVEL INPUT LOCK KEY LOCK PRE REC ANC (Ambient Noise Cancel) STEREO MONO REC MODE...
  • Page 19 Record Settings REC MODE STEREO STEREO ANALOG OUT REC MODE LIMITER MANUAL LINE REC LEVEL INPUT MIC ATTEN LOCK KEY LOCK PRE REC Dual LEVEL MONO Note L/R MIX MONO MIC Switch REC MODE switch Stereo Dual Level Mono Recording recording L/R Mix Mono Mono Recording...
  • Page 20 RECORDING Recording Operation REC LED REC/MARK STOP Basic Procedure TRACK TRACK Note record settings 1 / 4 REC CANCEL Notes Rec Cancel TIME OVER Note TIME OVER ∞ OVER...
  • Page 21 Source Monitor Source monitor output according to ANALOG OUT switch (during Rec-Pause or Rec) Recording Mode ANALOG OUT switch Headphone (L channel) Output Headphone (R channel) (Source Speaker Monitor Line Out (L channel) Output) Line Out (R channel) Digital Out Upper Level meter Lower...

  • Page 22: Playback And Editing

    PLAYBACK and EDITING Playback ANALOG OUT DISPLAY PLAY / PAUSE STOP (7) Basic Procedure Starting Playback from a Selected Track ¡ Reverse and Forward Search Notes EDL PLAY 1 / 4 ¢ / ¡ Fast Reverse and Forward Search Notes Selecting Tracks ¢...
  • Page 23 Repeat Play, Single Track Play REPEAT PLAY / PAUSE REPEAT TRACK ∞ REPEAT TRACK ∞ TRACK ∞ Output Selection TIME Auto Power Off OVER TIME Track Editing OVER Note OVER PLAYBACK and EDITING STEREO STEREO MONO ANALOG OUT REC MODE LIMITER -15dB MANUAL...
  • Page 24 PLAYBACK and EDITING Track Erase REPEAT RENUMBER ERASE SILENT SKIP FORMAT ¡ TRACK TRACK TRACK Notes Renumber AUTO MARK PRESET ¢ OVER Note REPEAT RENUMBER ERASE SILENT SKIP AUTO MARK FORMAT PRESET OVER...

  • Page 25: The Edl

    EDL Marking MARK SELECT JUMP TO MARK EDL PLAY ERASE TOTAL MARK REPEAT PLAY / PAUSE REC / MARK STOP (7) Play Mark ("P") Skip Mark ("S") A Point Mark ("a") B Point Mark ("b") 1 / 4 ¢ / ¡ Notes THE EDL TIME...
  • Page 26 THE EDL Auto Mark TRACK ∞ Searching for EDL Marks Forward EDL Mark Search ¢ ¡ Reverse EDL Mark Search Display of Located EDL Marks A.MARK TIME OVER Displaying the Total Number Of EDL Marks ¢ ¡ TIME ∞ OVER TRACK TIME ∞...
  • Page 27 ∞ -b : Repeat Point B Notes Erasing an EDL Mark REPEAT OVER OVER OVER OVER ∞ The PMD690 returns to the location of the erased mark. Note THE EDL RENUMBER ERASE SILENT SKIP AUTO MARK FORMAT PRESET OVER Waiting for confirmation.
  • Page 28 THE EDL Erasing all the EDL Marks ERASE Waiting for confirmation. Press the ERASE button while holding down the JUMP TO MARK button to confirm. Press the STOP button to cancel. EDL Playback JUMP TO MARK Current Position OVER SKIP EDL Erase operation executing.
  • Page 29 EDL Repeat Playback REPEAT RENUMBER ERASE SILENT SKIP FORMAT JUMP JUMP JUMP Repeat-a SKIP PLAY SKIP SKIP PLAY Play Back Part of Recorded Contents Skipped Part of Recorded Contents Notes 1˜4 EDL Playback and EDL Repeat Playback Display AUTO MARK PRESET Recorded Contents Repeat-b...

  • Page 30: Error Messages

    (CHEck done) (broken Card) File Structure File Format FOLDER TRACK FILE MZ000001 MZ000001.xxx MZ000002 MZ000002.xxx MZ000003 MZ000003.xxx MZ000nnn MZ000nnn.xxx nnn: Last track number xxx: BWF (Brodcast Wave format* ) WAV (Wave format*) MP2 (MPEG1 layer 2 format*) Notes PMD690 TRACK NUMBER...

  • Page 31: Additional Information

    No signal is recorded from a microphone input. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Excessive noise. File playback on a PC results in poor sound. Files recorded on the PMD690 are not able to be read by a PC. The rechargeable battery is not charging. Rechargeable battery life is very low.

  • Page 32: Specifications

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Specifications Digital audio system System Usable Media Recording and reading method Recording Bit rate (Selectable by preset) Bit Rate (kbps) 768 (PC1, PCM Mono) 1536 (PC2, PCM Stereo) Sampling frequency Number of channels Frequency Response Signal-to-Noise Ratio (IEC-A weighted) Total Harmonic Distortion (at 0 VU) Dynamic Range Inputs...
  • Page 33 SETTING UP Index of Parts, Controls, and Display Top Panel q, w, e r, t, y u, i, o Front Panel HEADPHONE PORTABLE PC CARD RECORDER PMD690 STEREO STEREO MONO ANALOG OUT REC MODE LIMITER -15dB MANUAL LINE -30dB MARK SELECT...
  • Page 34 Top Panel ¢ ¡ SETTING UP Front Panel...

  • Page 35: Left Panel

    SETTING UP Left Panel Right Panel DIGITAL OUT DC IN 13V CHARGE (SPDIF–48kHz) REMOTE MIC/LINE IN LINE OUT q GND PHANTOM +48V e COLD...
  • Page 36 Display SP LP 1REC1 1RECORDED1 STEREO STEREO ANALOG OUT REC MODE LIMITER MANUAL LINE REC LEVEL INPUT MIC ATTEN LOCK KEY LOCK PRE REC REPEAT RENUMBER ERASE SILENT SKIP FORMAT ! 7 u S.SKIP REPEAT A.MARK TRACK TOTAL REMAIN TIME ∞...
  • Page 37 is a registered trademark. Printed in Japan 01 / 03 MITs 470S851250...

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