Marantz PMD670 Portable Solid State Recorder User Manual
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- 31 - Other menu choices: Manual track incrementing. When Manual track incrementing is on, during recording slide and release the REC switch to increment the track. A new track is created at that point. There is no break in recording. When Manual track incrementing is off, sliding and releasing REC switch during recording does nothing. Default setting is On. 1. Select the M. Track menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 seconds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until M. Track is displayed and flashing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the M. Track choice and switch to ON or OFF. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to toggle between On and Off. 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button . 6. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode.Seamless Play. When Seamless Play is On, during playback multiple tracks will be played back in sequence without any break (space) between the tracks. When Seamless Play is Off, during playback multiple tracks will be played back in sequence with breaks (brief periods of silence) between the tracks. Default setting is Off. 1. Select the Seamls Ply menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 seconds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until Seamls Ply is displayed and flashing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the SeamlsPly choice and switch to Off or On. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to toggle between Off and On. 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button . 6. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode.
-dB -dB -dB -dB -dB - 32 - Silent Skip. Silent skip automatically pauses recording when there is a period of silence and continues record- ing when sound resumes. Silent Skip looks for sound below a preset level for a preset period of time. When that occurs the PMD670 switches to record pause. When a signal of about -30 dB is input recording resumes. For example, if you are both the recorder and master of ceremonies for an event, you can preset the PMD670 for recording and automati- cally start recording when you start speaking into the microphone. When the AUTO MARK switch is at ON resump- tion of recording after a record pause by Silent Skip adds an EDL mark. Default settings are Off, 03 seconds, and -40 dB. 1. Select the S.Skip menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 sec- onds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until S.Skip is displayed and flashing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the S.Skip choice and switch to On or Off. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to toggle between ON and OFF.5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to set or change sec- onds. 6. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to change the number of seconds of silence. The range is 1 to 5. 7. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to the decibel threshold level. 8. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to change the (-dB) decibel threshold level. The range is 20 to 60 in 5 dB increments. 9. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to S.Skip flashing. 10. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode.
- 33 - -dB -dB -dB -dB -dB Auto Cue Auto Cue skips the silence at the beginning of an audio track and pauses playback at the point where the sound is loud enough for long enough. You can adjust how loud (how many dB) and how long (milliseconds) the audio has to be before playback is cued. If S.Play is selected (see next page), when the end of the track is reached Auto Cue pauses playback cued to the sound of the next track. Default settings are Off, 20 milliseconds, and -40 dB. 1. Select the A.Cue menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will ap- pear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 seconds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until A.Cue is displayed and flashing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the A.Cue choice and switch to On or Off. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to toggle between On and Off. 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to set or change millisec- onds.6. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to change the number of milliseconds of sound exceeding the threshold. The range is 5 to 60 in five milli- second increments. 7. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to the decibel threshold level. 8. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to change the decibel threshold level. The range is -60dB to -20dB in 5dB increments. 9. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to A.Cue flashing. 10. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode.
- 34 - Single Play During playback, when Single Play and Auto Cue are Off, and the end of a track is reached the next track automatically starts playing. During playback, when Single Play is On, and the end of a track is reached the PMD670 auto- matically pauses. This differs from Auto Cue in that Single Play does not cue to start of audio. Default is S.Play Off. 1. Select the S.Play menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 sec- onds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until S.Play is displayed and flashing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the S.Play choice and switch to On or Off. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to toggle between ON and OFF. 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to S.Play flashing. 6. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode.Beep When battery charge can provide no more than 1-3 minutes of recording or playback and Beep is set to On, the battery indicator will flash, the REC indicator will flash and the PMD670 will beep. If the PMD670 is not operated for 30 minutes during stop or play pause, power can be auto- matically shut off to conserve battery life. (See A.PowOFF next page.) If A.PowOFF is set to Y, and Beep is set to ON, the PMD670 will beep to alert you that the power is shutting off. Default is Beep On. 1. Select the Beep menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 seconds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until Beep is displayed and flash- ing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the Beep choice and switch to On or Off. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to toggle between ON and OFF. 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to Beep flashing.
- 35 - 6. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode. Automatic Power Off If the PMD670 is not operated for 30 minutes during stop or play pause, power can be auto- matically shut off to conserve battery life. Default is A.PowOFF Y (on). 1. Select the A.PowOFF menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 sec- onds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until A.PowOff is displayed and flashing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the A.PowOff choice and switch to Y or N. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to toggle between Y and N. 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to A.PowOff flashing.6. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode. Battery Type The PMD670 can operate on 8 store bought AA size Alkaline, Ni-Cd* or Ni-MH* batteries. *Not charged by the built-in charger. 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. An optional Ni-MH battery pack (Model RB1650 available from Marantz Professional) can be used but is not charged by the built in charger and requires Marantz Professional charger model BC600. Default is Alkaline. 1. Select the Batt_Type menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 seconds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until Batt_Type is displayed and flashing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the Batt_Type choice and switch to the type of battery. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to tab between Alka- line, Ni-Cd, and Ni-MH.
4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to tab through the RemoteMode choices: StartStop, EDL Mark, PWR REC, or M.Track 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to RemoteMode flashing. 6. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode. Broadcast Wave ID numbers Broadcast Wave Format (.bwf) has three identifi- cation numbers in the header (Extension Chunk): Description, Originator, and Originator Refer- ence. For example, if the IDs are used for a broadcast station ID1 could be the identifier of the station, ID2 could be used for the department code, and ID3 for the badge number of the reporter. Default is all ID number at 000000. 1. Select the ID1 menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 sec- onds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until ID1 is displayed and flashing. - 36 - 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to Batt_Type flashing. 6. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode. Remote Mode Use a wired remote, not supplied, to control the PMD670. There are four remote modes: • StartStop – during recording or playback switch the remote off to pause, on to resume. • EDL Mark – during recording or playback switch remote to on to add an EDL mark. • PWR REC – during power off, switch remote to on to turn power on and begin recording. During recording switch remote to off to stop recording and power off. • M.Track – during recording, switch remote to on to increment the track. A new track is created at that point. Default is StartStop. 1. Select the RemoteMode menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 seconds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until RemoteMode is displayed and flashing. 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the RemoteMode choice and switch to RemoteMode choices.
- 37 - 3. Press and release the ENTER button to accept the ID# choice and switch to the highest number position. 4. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to tab through the digits 0 through 9. 5. When correct Press and release the ENTER button to switch to the next digit. 6. Press and release the FWD/+ button or the -/REW button to tab through the digits 0 through 9. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all six digits are set. 7. Press and release the ENTER button to switch to ID# flashing. 8. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to the next ID#. 9. Repeat 5 - 8 for all three ID numbers. When ID3 is flashing, 10. Press and release the FWD/+ button to switch to another menu choice, or press and release the MENU/STORE button to write the menu change(s) and return to stop mode.Menu Default The Default menu choice resets all menu items to their defaults. This is handy if you are setting up a new setting configuration because you don't have to check all the settings, you know they are at the default. Defaults are listed for each menu item. Note: US defaults are used for illustration. See page 51 for a table of menu defaults. 1. Select the Default menu choice: a. From stop, press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds. MENU will appear (flashing) in the display. b. While MENU is flashing (for about 3 seconds) press and release the ENTER button . The last Menu choice selected will appear. (If the flashing MENU times out start over at a.) 2. Press and release the FWD/+ button repeatedly until Default is displayed and flashing. 3a Press and release the ENTER button to write the defaults. EXECUTING will be displayed, then Done will be displayed briefly. 3b. Or, press and release the CANCEL button to exit menu mode without changing menu settings.
- 38 - PLAY / PAUSE ENTER CANCEL STOP SOLID STATE RECORDER PMD670 MARK A-B REPEAT iNPUTTRACK JUMPMARGIN RESETREC UNDOMENU/STOREENTERCANCELPLAY / PAUSE STOPPOWER EDIT- / REW FWD / + I / O TRACK JUMP MARGIN RESET REC UNDO MENU/STOREENTERCANCELPLAY / PAUSE STOP I / O -/REW FWD/+ 24 25 PLAY / PAUSE ENTER Controls and Connections Top continued 24. PLAY/PAUSE but- ton (playback) ENTER button (menu) PLAY/PAUSE button From stop press and release to begin playback. During playback press and release to pause playback. During playback pause, press and release to resume playback. ENTER button During menu functions press and release to accept the current setting and switch to the next menu item to be set. 25. STOP/CANCEL button During recording, press and release to stop recording and end the track (file). During playback, press and release to stop playback and end the playback session. When you resume playback starts at the beginning of the first track. During menu operations press and release to cancel all entries made and return to stop mode.
- 39 - Front REC PAUSE DISPLAY LIGHT REC LEVELL R REC HP/SPK VOLUME PHONES KEY LOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 HP/SPK VOLUME MARK TRACK TOTAL TRACK TIME REC REMAIN kbpsA-B L R -dB PM kHz AM INT MIC LINES.SKIP-dB over 0 2 6 12 20 40 00 REC PAUSE L R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00-dB INT MIC TRACK TIME TRACK b a c L R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00 -dB TRACK TIME MARK d e f REC REC REC LEVEL RL 1. HP/SPK VOLUME control Turn to adjust the volume of headphones plugged into the PHONE jack or the built-in speaker. Audio on the built-in speaker is automatically interrupted when recording with the internal microphone. During playback what is heard on the L or R headphone depends on the recording and for a Stereo or Dual Mono recording, the setting of the ANALOG OUT switch. 2. Display See Display on page 43 for details. 3. REC PAUSE button During recording push and release to pause. When paused the REC indicator will flash. Example display. The Pause symbol (a) will be displayed. The Record symbol (b) will flash in the display The Level meter (c) will remain active. To resume recording slide the REC switch to the right and release.A REC PAUSE does not increment the track. If the AUTO MARK switch is at ON, a REC PAUSE adds an EDL mark. When recording is resumed the following is displayed for a couple of seconds. MARK (d) is displayed to indicate that the num- ber (e) indicates the count of EDL marks. "inTotal" (f) reminds you that EDL marks are counted from the beginning the Flash memory card not the beginning of the current track. 4. REC indicator Red indicator light is lit and steady during Record, flashing during Record pause. 5. REC switch From Stop slide to the right and release to start recording. From REC PAUSE slide to the right and release to resume recording. During recording slide to the right and release to increment the track (start a new audio file). To stop recording press and release STOP . 6. REC LEVEL controls Turn to adjust the record level when the LEVEL CONT. switch is at MANUAL. The inside control (Right channel) and outside control (Left channel) turn together unless you hold one while turning the other. The optimum record level is when the level meter goes as close to 0dB as possible but does not go OVER.
- 40 - Front continued REC PAUSE DISPLAY LIGHT REC LEVELL R REC HP/SPK VOLUME PHONES KEY LOCK 7 8 9 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. PHONES 8. DISPLAY button Press and release to tab through alternate infor- mation displays.DISPLAY Displays are slightly different in Stop, Record and Play. TIME REC REMAINL R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00-dB INT MIC Example display. L R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00-dB INT MICTRACK After the first press track information is displayed. Total tracks on CF card. After the second pressEDL mark information is displayed.L R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00-dBMARK Total EDL marks on CF card. After the third pressfile pa- rameters are displayed.L R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00-dB kbps kHz bit ratesampling frequency compression algorithmrecording type After the fourth pressDate and Time informa- tion is dis- played. L R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00-dBPM TIME Current clock time hours:minutes:seconds After the fifth press the display returns to the default: remaining record time on the card. remaining record time on card During Record the default display is Record time on the current track. The first press of the DISPLAY button switches to remaining record time for the card. The second press switches to file parameters. The third press switches to date and time. The fourth press returns to the default. During Playback the default display is playing time on the current track. The first press switches to file parameters. The second press switches to date and time. The third press returns to the default. L R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00-dB INT MIC TRACK TIME TRACK Record time on track During Stop: L R -dBover 0 2 6 12 20 40 00-dB TRACK TIME TRACK playing time 9. LIGHT button Press and release to momentarily turn the Dis- play light on. Press and hold for three seconds to switch the Display light on. Press and release to switch the Display light off.LIGHT 7. PHONES jack Plug stereo head- phones in here. Default display is Remaining record time for the card.