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Marantz PMD671 User Manual

Marantz portable solid state recorder user guide
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  • Page 1 Model PMD671 User Guide Portable Solid State Recorder ®...

  • Page 2: Precautions Warnings And Cautions

    Warnings and Cautions 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: Important Safety Instructions

    Important Safety Instructions READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and safety standards. There are, however, some installation and op- eration precautions which you should be particularly aware of. Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings.

  • Page 4: Ce Markings

    “Este aparato lleva elementos antiparasitarios necesarios para cumplir con ls limites que se estableren en el Anexo V del Reglamento sobre Pertubaciones Radioelectricas e Interferencias aprobado en el Real Decreto 138/1989. (B.O.E. de 9 Febrero 1989).” MARANTZ EUROPE B.V. 5600 EINDHOVEN THE NETHERLANDS...

  • Page 5: Quick Start

    PMD671. a. Plug the AC power pack into household power. DC IN 15V b. Plug the power jack into the PMD671 at DC IN 15V. 2. Slide the POWER switch to the right and release. On first power up, wait for the PMD671 to initialize.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Precautions Warnings and Cautions ... 2 Important Safety Instructions ... 3 CE markings ... 4 Quick Start ... 5 Table of Contents ... 6 US/Europe models ... 7 Package Contents ... 7 Control and Connection Diagrams Top ... 8 Front ...

  • Page 7: Us/Europe Models

    Record setting recommendations ... 61 Warranty ... 62 US/Europe models The US model PMD671/UIB distributed in the USA, and European model PMD671/N1B distributed elsewhere, differ slightly in supplied accessories and default settings. Those differences are noted in this User Guide.

  • Page 8: Control And Connection Diagrams

    Control and Connection Diagrams SOLID STATE RECORDER PMD671 STEREO SOURCE FILE MONITOR AUDIO OUT SINGLE PRE REC INPUT LOCK EDL PLAY INPUT A-B REPEAT TRACK JUMP UNDO MARGIN RESET PLAY / PAUSE POWER MENU/STORE ENTER EDIT INPUT A-B REPEAT MARK...

  • Page 9: Front

    REC PAUSE HP/SPK VOLUME PHONES DISPLAY CHARGE DIGITAL DC IN 15V 14 15 REMOTE 2 LINE PUSH PUSH REMOTE 1 COLD Control Front HP/SPK VOLUME control ... 47 Display (see next page) ... 47 REC PAUSE button REC indicator..47 LIGHT KEY LOCK LEVEL...

  • Page 10: Display

    Recordings can be transferred to your desktop or laptop computer by removing the CF card from the PMD671. You may also use the supplied cable to connect the PMD671 to your computer via the USB port. Audio recorded in the popular MP3 compression format is directly available for intra- net or internet file sharing.
  • Page 11 • Date and time A built-in date and time generator marks the beginning of each track. • Tracks An audio recording is called a "track" when on the PMD671 and an audio "file" when on your computer. - 11 -...

  • Page 12: Features

    REC switch. • Automatic recording The PMD671 can be set to stop recording when there is silence (SilentSkp feature) and auto- matically start when sound resumes. The PMD671 can be set to automatically add an EDL mark (Auto Mark feature) to the track at each such starting point.

  • Page 13: Input Lock Edl Play Level Cont

    • There are four ways to power the PMD671: • Included AC adapter • AA Alkaline batteries (~ 5 hours @ 1450 mAh usage) • Optional rechargeable Ni-Cd battery pack RB1100 (~ 4 hours @1100 mAh usage). • Optional rechargeable Ni-MH battery RB1651 (~ 6 hours @1650 mAh usage).
  • Page 14 RAW (Read After Write / VTH - Virtual Third Head) digitally mimics the third head of a three head tape deck. When on and the PMD671 is recording, the audio that is output to the LINE OUT, DIGI OUT, PHONES and SPEAKER is audio that has already been written to the CF card and not audio from the source.

  • Page 15: Pre Rec Switch

    PRE REC is not desired. When power is on and the PMD671 is in REC/ PAUSE the recorder is constantly saving about 4 seconds* of audio input. This is called pre record cache. When recording is resumed from REC PAUSE by sliding the REC switch, the pre- recorded seconds are recorded.

  • Page 16: Anc Switch

    OFF: When the EDL PLAY switch is at OFF, PMD671 playback does not respond to EDL mark instructions. ON: When EDL PLAY is ON, PMD671 playback follows EDL mark instructions regarding play- back order, skipping sections of recording on the memory card, or repeating a section of recording on the memory card.

  • Page 17: Input Button

    St Mode and Mono Mode menu settings. Note: The PMD671 'listens' only to the selected input. For example if the input selected is LINE input, and no input source is connected to the LINE IN jacks, the PMD671 will record silence.

  • Page 18: A-B Repeat Button

    STEREO SOURCE FILE MONITOR AUDIO OUT SINGLE PRE REC REPEAT INPUT LOCK EDL PLAY EDIT INPUT A-B REPEAT MARK 17 18 15. A-B REPEAT button While in playback, press and A-B REPEAT release to start point A to point B repeat playback. A-B Repeat playback Point A (starting point) is set when the A-B RE- PEAT button is pressed and released.

  • Page 19: Custom Playback Sequences

    Loop_A, Loop_B and Erase. When the type you want is flashing, press and release the ENTER button Writing will be displayed briefly, and the PMD671 will return to stop mode. Skip An EDL Mark changed to 'Skip' will be skipped during EDL playback (playback with EDL PLAY switch at ON).

  • Page 20: Edit Button

    100%. 100% done will be displayed momen- tarily. The PMD671 and the display will return to stop mode. How to erase tracks From stop, press and hold the MARK/ EDIT button for about 2 seconds to enter Edit mode.

  • Page 21: How To Erase All Edl Marks Within One Track

    EXECUTING will be displayed momentarily. Done will be displayed mo- mentarily. The PMD671 and the display will return to the first track, so you can choose an- other track to erase its EDL marks. Press and release the STOP button...

  • Page 22: How To Check A Cf Card

    The number times 2 equals the actual read and write speed in kbps. For the example card, the total speed of the PMD671 and CF card was thus 6646 kbps. To read and write audio at 24-bit 96 kHz requires at least 4680 kbps.

  • Page 23: Track Jump Buttons

    Recording is at REC pause at the beginning of the track. 20. TRACK JUMP forward button During playback, press and release to jump to the SOLID STATE RECORDER PMD671 next track. If pressed while playing the last track, STEREO -20dB...

  • Page 24: Margin Reset Play / Pause Stop

    PMD671's POWER switch to the right. This display appears. The CF card in the PMD671 appears as an external drive on a connected computer. Power off to disconnect. See page 51, How to connect via the USB port.

  • Page 25: Menu Settings

    3. Press and release the F.FWD/+ button or the -/F.REV button Preset1, Preset2 and Preset3. Example display 4. When the correct choice is displayed, press and release the ENTER button select your Preset choice. The display switches to RecFormat flash- ing for your Preset choice.

  • Page 26: How To Set Or Change The Date / Time

    Auto Cue – Turn the Auto Cue feature on or off, set the number of milliseconds the dB level must meet or exceed the set threshold, and set the dB threshold level. S.Monitor - Turn the Stop Monitor feature on or off.

  • Page 27: Date Form

    The hour will be flashing. Example display. 7. With the hour flashing, press and release the F.FWD/+ button or the -/F.REV button to tab through hours. AM, PM will change when you pass 12, check that it is correct. When the hour and AM/PM is correct, press and release the ENTER button The minute will be flashing.

  • Page 28: Beep

    (See A.PowOFF.) If A.PowOFF is set to Yes, and Beep is set to ON, the PMD671 will beep to alert you that the power is shutting off. Default is Beep On.

  • Page 29: Batt Type

    Press and release the CANCEL button menu changes and return to stop mode. Battery Type The PMD671 can operate on 8 standard AA size Alkaline, Ni-Cd or Ni-MH batteries. An optional Ni-Cd battery pack (Model RB1100 available from Marantz Professional) will be charged by the built-in charger when the AC adaptor is plugged in.

  • Page 30: Recformat

    CF card of a specific size goes down. See Recording time chart on page 57. The PMD671 has a sizeable range of file format parameter choices available, but it does not present you with every possible combination.
  • Page 31 How to set or change the Rec Format param- eters. Quick instructions Press & hold MENU/STORE 2 sec ... Preset Double Click ENTER ... RecFormat Press ENTER ... Mono or Stereo Press F.FWD/+ ... Mono or Stereo Press ENTER ... PCM, MP2 or MP3 Press F.FWD/+ ...

  • Page 32: Enter Button

    4. Press and kbps release the F.FWD/+ button toggle between Mono and Stereo. When correct, press and release the ENTER button . The kbps display switches to Format flash- ing. Note In the example, the change from Mono to Stereo automati- cally doubled the bit rate.
  • Page 33 7. Press and release the F.FWD/+ button tab through the available bit rate settings. When correct, press and release the ENTER button The display switches to the next RecFormat menu choice flashing. Notes In the example there is no choice of sample frequency so the next RecFormat choice is displayed.

  • Page 34: Digi-In Rec Format

    RAW (Read After Write) mode sets the operation of the MONITOR switch. RAW is an electronic Read After Write. In all modes except 24 bit recording, the PMD671 can read a recording on the CF Card while simulta- neously recording onto the CF Card.

  • Page 35: Verify

    Verify Verify is an automatic, electronic, Read After Write check. With Verify On, the PMD671 con- tinually reads the CF card about one second after the recording. It compares what is recorded to the source signal. A mismatch results in an error message.

  • Page 36: St Mode

    How to set or change PupPreRec Quick instructions Press & hold MENU/STORE 2 sec ... Preset Double Click ENTER ... RecFormat Press F.FWD/+ until ... PupPreRec Press ENTER ... Off/On Press F.FWD/+ ... toggle Off/On 1. From stop, press and hold the MENU/STORE button for about 2 Example display...

  • Page 37: Mono Mode

    5. Press and release the F.FWD/+ button to tab through Stereo, L-Stereo and 0-20db. 6. When the desired mode is displayed, press and release the ENTER button The display returns to St Mode flashing. You can: • Press and release the F.FWD/+ button F.REV button to tab to another menu choice, or •...

  • Page 38: Manual Tr

    How to set or change Auto Mark Quick instructions Press & hold MENU/STORE 2 sec ... Preset Double Click ENTER ... RecFormat Press F.FWD/+ until ... Auto Mark Press ENTER ... Off/On Press F.FWD/+ ... toggle Off/On Press ENTER ... Auto Mark Press MENU/STORE ...

  • Page 39: Auto Trk

    You can: • Press and release the F.FWD/+ button F.REV button to tab to another menu choice, or • Press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu changes and return to stop mode, or • Press and release the CANCEL button menu changes and return to stop mode.

  • Page 40: Seamlsply

    Skip looks for sound below a preset level for a preset period of time. When that occurs, the PMD671 switches to record pause. When a signal exceeding the dB level you set is input, recording resumes. If set to TR, a new track is started when recording resumes.

  • Page 41: Silentskp

    How to set or change SilentSkp continued Default settings are Off, 03 seconds and -40 dB. How to set or change SilentSkp Quick instructions Press & hold MENU/STORE 2 sec ... Preset Double Click ENTER ... RecFormat Press F.FWD/+ until ... SilentSkp Press ENTER ...

  • Page 42: S.monitor

    How to set or change Auto Cue Quick instructions Press & hold MENU/STORE 2 sec ... Preset Double Click ENTER ... RecFormat Press F.FWD/+ until ... Auto Cue Press ENTER ... Off/On Press F.FWD/+ ... toggle Off/On Press ENTER ... milliseconds Press F.FWD/+ ...

  • Page 43: Singleply

    On - During playback, when Single Play is On and the end of a track is reached, the PMD671 automatically pauses. If Auto Cue is also On in play cues to start of audio.

  • Page 44: Remote Mode

    Remote Mode (REMOTE1 jack only) Use a wired remote (not supplied) to control the PMD671. There are five remote modes: • StartPause – during recording or playback, switch off to pause and on to resume (record- ing on the same track).

  • Page 45: Default

    1. Select the ID1 menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. Preset will appear (flash- ing) in the display. b. While Preset is flashing, double click the ENTER button The last Menu choice selected will appear.

  • Page 46: Play/Pause

    ENTER button . Execute will be flashing*. 5. Press and release the ENTER button EXECUTING is displayed briefly. The PMD671 returns to stop mode. *Press and release the STOP button changing your Menu settings. Controls and Connections Top continued TRACK JUMP...

  • Page 47: Display (See Next Page)

    Front HP/SPK VOLUME PHONES DISPLAY 1. HP/SPK VOLUME control Turn to adjust the volume of headphones plugged into the HP/SPK VOLUME PHONE jack or the built-in speaker. During playback, what is heard on the L or R headphone depends on the recording. For a Stereo or Dual Mono recording, the setting of the AUDIO switch determines what is heard on headphones.

  • Page 48: Phones Jack

    Front continued REC PAUSE HP/SPK VOLUME PHONES DISPLAY PHONES 7. PHONES jack Plug stereo head- phones in this jack. Adjust headphone volume with the HP/SPK volume control. Headphones are active during recording and playback. During playback, plugging in headphones mutes the internal speaker.

  • Page 49: Key Lock Switch

    4. Push the Card eject button from the click out DIGITAL position to the click in position (b). *Opening the CF card door turns the PMD671 off. If recording is in progress, opening the CF card door automatically stops recording and writes critical track information to properly close the file before turning off.

  • Page 50: Security

    The USB (2.0) connection makes it easy to copy audio files to your computer's hard drive or a CD. This connection can only be made active when the PMD671 is off (neither recording nor during playback). - 50 - 14. DC IN 15V jack Plug the supplied AC power pack in this jack.

  • Page 51: How To Connect Via Usb Port

    This display appears: The CF card in the PMD671 appears as a re- movable device on your computer. The audio files are in a folder named MPGLANG1. CAUTION: Only copy audio files (tracks) to other volumes.

  • Page 52: Right Side

    REMOTE 1 COLD The remote's four foot cord with a four contact mini plug, plugs into the PMD671 while you carry the PMD671 via its carry strap. The RC600 does not require any menu changes for use. The RC600 includes: •...

  • Page 53: Mic In Jacks

    OFF: No microphone power is supplied. Microphone recommendations Professional condenser microphone(s) (which require additional power either from phantom power from the PMD671 or another source) are recommended because they provide greater sensitivity and higher quality audio recording. Dynamic microphone(s) can be used but do not yield optimum audio quality recordings.

  • Page 54: Battery Power

    • Connect the AC power pack and plug into power supply. • Select Ni-Cd in the Batt type menu (page 30). • Power the PMD671 on, then off for the charging cycle to begin. • The PMD671 must be off during battery charging.

  • Page 55: Display

    Display 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL TRACKTIME REC REMAIN kbps TRACK MARK 1. REC label The REC label appears to indicate TOTAL REC TIME or REC TIME REMAINING dis- played on the upper alphanumeric display. 2. TOTAL label The TOTAL label appears to indicate TOTAL REC TIME or TOTAL REC TIME REMAINING displayed on the upper alphanumeric display.

  • Page 56: Care And Maintenance

    1 to 3 minutes of record or playback time remaining. The CHARGE indicator light will flash. If BEEP is set to On, the PMD671 will also beep. If the PMD671 continues to operate, it will automatically shut down. If recording, it will write track information, stop recording and power off.

  • Page 57: Recording Time Chart

    Recording time chart The recording time available (Hours:Minutes:Seconds) on a CF card depends on the size of the card in mega- bytes (MB), the recording type (PCM, MP2 or MP3), mono or stereo, bit rate, sample rate, and byte size (8, 16, or 24).

  • Page 58: Rec Format Charts

    Rec Format charts Analog inputs Channel(s) Audio Format 24 bit 16 bit Stereo 24 bit 16 bit Mono Digital input (shaded values set by input source) Audio Channel(s) Format 24 bit 16 bit Stereo 24 bit 16 bit Mono Fs kHz and File ext.

  • Page 59: Menu Defaults

    Menu defaults - 59 -...

  • Page 60: Troubleshooting

    • check AC adaptor connections The PMD671 turns on then turns itself off • install fresh batteries The PMD671 seems to record, but there is no sound on playback • check input setting (For example, if LINE input is selected and no input is connected to the LINE IN jacks, the PMD671 will record silence.)

  • Page 61: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS* Digital audio system System ... Solid State Recorder Usable Media ... CF memory/Microdrive cards Recording and media methods .mp2 ... MPEG1 Layer II compression .mp3 ... MPEG1 Layer III compression .mp3 ... MPEG2 Layer III compression* *for all half sample rates. PCM ...

  • Page 62: Warranty

    Manufacturer shall not be liable for damage to other products caused by any defects in Marantz products, damages based on inconvenience or loss of use of the product, or any other damages, whether incidental, conse- quential, or otherwise.
  • Page 63 ® Marantz is a registered trademark. 2005/3...

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