Model PMD690 User Guide
Portable PC Card Recorder
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Page 1: ...Model PMD690 User Guide Portable PC Card Recorder All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u i d e s c o m ...
Page 2: ... a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT FULLY INSERT ATTENTION POUR ÉVITER LES CHOCS ÉLECTRIQUES INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS L...
Page 3: ...the appliance 12 Grounding or Polarization The precautions that should be taken so that the grounding or polarization means of an appliance is not defeated AC POLARIZED PLUG 13 Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs convenience re ceptacles an...
Page 4: ...mmunications However there is no guaran tee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase...
Page 5: ...efore you attempt to operate the unit FOREWORD This section must be read before any connection is made to the mains supply WARNINGS Do not expose the equipment to rain or moisture Do not remove the cover from the equipment Do not push anything inside the equipment through the ventilation holes COPYRIGHT Recording and playback of any material may require consent For further information refer to the...
Page 6: ...ce ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This section includes detailed information about error handling the PC Card recording system troubleshooting specifications and the Index of Parts Controls and Display which allows you to look up operations of specific controls Contents SETTING UP AC Adaptor and Batteries 3 Power On Off 4 Setting the Date and Time 4 Understanding PC Card 5 Capacity of Files and Card 6 Con...
Page 7: ...ccurate battery display make sure the battery bat preset is set to al See page 9 for more information on the preset menu Ni Cad Rechargeable Battery optional An optional Ni Cad battery model RB1100 is available for use with the PMD690 Refer to the following illustration to load the battery Battery Replacement When the battery alert indicator appears steadily in the display charge the battery or re...
Page 8: ...power off slide POWER to the right while holding down the DISPLAY TIME DATE button The unit turns on and enters the date time setup mode 2 Press 1 4 or to set the month then press PLAY PAUSE 3 8 to enter 3 Press 1 4 or to set the day then press PLAY PAUSE 3 8 to enter 4 Press 1 4 or to set the year then press PLAY PAUSE 3 8 to enter 5 Press 1 4 or to set the hour then press PLAY PAUSE 3 8 to enter...
Page 9: ...ure the card is inserted with the correct side facing up Ejecting a Card Push the EJECT button as indicated to eject the PC Card from the PMD690 Notes The EJECT button is mechanical and ejects the PC Card regardless of the unit s power or operating status Do not press EJECT while recording when the REC indicator is lit Though a secure file storage scheme is used this may result in the loss of all ...
Page 10: ...ogress 7 When a card is in the PMD690 that has been correctly formatted or had all the tracks erased the blank card message below will be displayed in the stop mode The blank card message indicates that the card contains no audio tracks and is ready to be recorded onto Note The DISPLAY button can be used to check the amount of recording time available on the card based on the selected REC MODE Car...
Page 11: ...l mono recording to the MIC LINE IN L jack Notes Take care not to connect or disconnect microphones while recording This may result in unwanted sounds in the recording Powering the microphone s This unit can supply 48 V of phantom power to the connected microphone s If your microphone s require phantom power set PHANTOM 48V to ON Notes Phantom power is only applicable to condenser microphones See ...
Page 12: ...tion component accepts the SPDIF or IEC 958 II type digital audio format Make sure the destination component accepts a sampling frequency of 48kHz or contains a digital sample rate converter Other Connections Headphones Connect headphones to the HEADPHONE output as indicated below Both recording and playback can be monitored through connected headphones Notes Use the HP SPK VOLUME knob to control ...
Page 13: ...ging the preset item and the available options for the currently displayed preset the preset item options will flash 6 Use 1 4 and buttons to then select which option you would like for the current preset item 7 When finished making a change to a preset item press the PLAY PAUSE button to select another preset item to change preset item will flash 8 When finished setting all the presets press the ...
Page 14: ...STEREO SP Short Play REC MODE 6 Bit rate of SP REC MODE is PCM stereo 1 4 Bit rate is 256 kbps in Stereo 1 4 PCM Stereo PC 2 PCM 2 channels 1536 kbps 6 Bit rate of STEREO LP Long Play REC MODE is 128 kbps 1 4 Bit rate of MONO REC MODE is PCM PC1 PCM 1 channel 768 kbps 6 Bit rate of MONO REC MODE 6 Bit rate of MONO REC MODE is 48 kbps 1 4 Bit rate of MONO REC MODE is 32 kbps 1 4 Bit rate of MONO RE...
Page 15: ...e 1 4 and buttons will increase or decrease the digit that is flashing Example Changing the battery type preset Example Changing the file format preset Note Ni Cad RB1100 is option of PMD690 The Ni MH battery preset nh should be used in conjunction with the optional Marantz Ni MH battery or if commercially available AA sized Ni MH batteries are used in conjunction with the alkaline battery holder ...
Page 16: ...o alert that the batteries life is nearing an end When recording from microphone INPUT switch position is at MIC beep sounds only from headphone not from speaker Shut Down If the unit continues to operate after the 2nd warning appears the unit will enter an automatic shut down procedure before all power is lost Recording or playback will stop and the unit will automatically power itself off Displa...
Page 17: ...ing recording time Time available for recording e Current Track Accumulated recording time elapsed Total time of tracks previous to the current track recording time elapsed on the current track Display Backlight To Illuminate the Display Press the LIGHT button The display backlight will turn on for 3 seconds and then turn off Press and hold the LIGHT button for more than 1 second The display backl...
Page 18: ...trolled by the REC LEVEL knob but a limiting circuit in the PMD690 will not allow the input signal to overload go past the 9dB mark on the level meter The recover time is short so that the set record level is maintained as much as possible The REC LED will dim when the Limiter is heavily limiting the input signal ALC Automatic record Level Control The recording level in this mode is controlled exc...
Page 19: ...el for the preset amount of time If the preset sound level is sensed for the preset time the unit will enter the record pause mode The silent skip system will then stay in the record pause mode until a signal of approximately 30dB is input The unit will then re enter the record mode and will continue to record until the preset parameters of the silent skip system are meet again Notes When first go...
Page 20: ...MODE is changed during recording the new setting takes effect for the next track If the Auto Mark feature is active during recording every time a track is paused an EDL mark is added The REC LED will dim when the Limiter is heavily limiting the input signal The minimum length of a track is 0 5 seconds A track of less than 0 5 seconds will not be recorded on the card Rec Cancel The Rec Cancel funct...
Page 21: ...card tracks need to be erased or the card needs to be re formatted erases all tracks Recording Mode Stereo Dual Level Mono Mono ANALOG OUT switch L Stereo R L Stereo R L Stereo R Headphone L channel L Mono 15dB Headphone R channel R Mono 15dB Speaker OFF Line Out L channel L Mono Line Out R channel R Mono 15dB Digital Out L R Mono Mono 15dB L R Mono Upper L Mono Mono Lower R Mono 15dB OFF Output S...
Page 22: ...arch During playback press and hold the 1 4 or button to perform an audible search 4 times normal speed in the reverse or forward direction Release the 1 4 or button to return to the normal playback speed Notes Reverse and forward searching will continue to the next or previous track if held down past the beginning or the end of a track If Repeat or Repeat 1 is on the searching will follow the tra...
Page 23: ...r of a track that has been deleted The Renumber function will re order all the tracks on a card in a sequential order starting from number 1 For example if a card has three tracks numbered 2 4 and 6 the Renumber function will change the track numbers to 1 2 and 3 So the old track 2 becomes track 1 the old track 4 becomes track 2 and the old track 6 becomes track 3 PLAY PAUSE 6 REPEAT L R dB 50 40 ...
Page 24: ...function to erase all the tracks on a card RENUMBER ERASE SILENT SKIP AUTO MARK FORMAT PRESET REPEAT TRACK OVER 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 TRACK TRACK Renumber 1 From the stop mode press the RENUMBER button The re no message will flash in the display as follows 2 Press the RENUMBER button again to confirm the track renumbering The re no message will stay steadily on in the dis...
Page 25: ...his section for more information on how to change a mark type Every time an EDL mark is placed on a card the total quantity of the EDL marks on the card is displayed for one second in the track number display area see example below This is meant to provide a reference of what number EDL mark is at that specific location and an indication of the remaining EDL marks on the card The maximum number of...
Page 26: ...EDL marks can searched for in the reverse direction by holding down the JUMP TO MARK button and pressing the 1 4 button Every time the 1 4 button is pressed the PMD690 will search for the previous mark on the card If previous search is performed while at the first EDL mark on the card the PMD690 will start searching from the end of the card last EDL mark REC L R dB 50 40 24 6 2 0 A MARK TRACK TIME...
Page 27: ...followed by the Erase message Press the ERASE button again to confirm the Erase function or press the STOP button to cancel When the erase operation is complete the done message will be displayed and then the unit will return to the point where the mark was in the pause mode The complete procedure is displayed as follows RENUMBER ERASE SILENT SKIP AUTO MARK FORMAT PRESET REPEAT OVER dB 50 40 24 6 ...
Page 28: ... a card then the audio after the mark until the end of the card is skipped Searching and track selection via the 1 4 and buttons is not available during EDL playback If EDL playback is started but there are no EDL marks on the card the following message will be displayed Erasing all the EDL Marks From the STOP mode hold the JUMP TO MARK button and press the ERASE button so that the display flashes...
Page 29: ...after the mark until the end of the loop is skipped There can be only one A and one B point on each card If an A or B point exists on a card and a new A or B point is marked the new A or B point replaces the old A or B point and the old A or B point becomes a P point Searching and track selection via the 1 4 and buttons is not available during EDL repeat playback If EDL repeat playback is started ...
Page 30: ...e File Format The PMD690 records files onto PC Cards in an MS DOSTM and WindowsTM compatible file format Each track recorded on the card is stored in its own folder which carries the same name as the track file Below is an example of the file structure on a card PMD690 TRACK FOLDER TRACK FILE NUMBER MZ000001 MZ000001 xxx 1 MZ000002 MZ000002 xxx 2 MZ000003 MZ000003 xxx 3 MZ000nnn MZ000nnn xxx nnn n...
Page 31: ...sition Excessive noise Check all connected cables for proper connection File playback on a PC results in poor sound Different PC sound cards and playback programs will result in different sound quality The PMD690 records all the audio files with a sampling frequency of 48kHz Some PC programs convert the files into 44 1kHz using a sample rate converter in order to play or edit the files which may c...
Page 32: ...D Input Sensitivity MIC 68 dBu 9 kilohms Input Sensitivity LINE 20 dBu 47 kilohms Outputs LINE OUT L R Type RCA jack Standard level 2 Vrms max 2 kilohms DIGITAL OUT Type RCA jack Output impedance 75 ohms Standard output level 0 5 Vp p Sampling frequency 48 kHz Format SPDIF IEC 958 Type II GENERAL Headphone Output power 15 mW 32 ohms Speaker Output Power 200 mW Phantom Power 48V 5mA Power Requireme...
Page 33: ... PLAY PAUSE REC CANCEL STOP MIC PORTABLE PC CARD RECORDER PMD690 POWER DISPLAY TIME DATE LIGHT EJECT HEADPHONE REC HP SPK VOLUME LOCK OFF REC LEVEL KEY LOCK REPEAT RENUMBER ERASE INPUT PRE REC MIC ATTEN FLAT ANC OFF ON SILENT SKIP AUTO MARK FORMAT PRESET w q o i e r t y 4 3 q w e r t y u i o 2 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 9 6 8 0 1 u REC LEVEL L R STEREO L R INT SP MONO ANALOG OUT LP L 1 All manuals and user gui...
Page 34: ...K PRESET button page 9 15 5 MARK SELECT button page 23 6 JUMP TO MARK EDL PLAY TOTAL MARK button page 22 24 7 1 4 REC CANCEL button page 16 18 20 8 button page 18 20 9 REC MARK button page 16 21 0 PLAY PAUSE button page 16 18 19 1 STOP button page 16 18 2 POWER key page 4 3 INT microphone page 14 4 SPEAKER page 18 Front Panel q HEADPHONE jack page 8 w HP SPK VOLUME knob page 18 e DISPLAY TIME DATE...
Page 35: ...V page 3 w CHARGE LED page 3 e CHARGE switch page 3 r REMOTE IN jack page 8 t DIGITAL OUT switch page 8 y DIGITAL OUT jack page 8 Right Panel q LINE OUT jacks page 7 w MIC LINE IN jacks page 7 e PHANTOM 48V switch page 7 DC IN 13V OFF CHARGE REMOTE DIGITAL OUT SPDIF 48kHz ON OFF ON q w e r t y 3 All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...
Page 36: ...dily on while Recording t REMAIN Turns on while Remain Time is displayed y REPEAT Turns on while in the REPEAT REPEAT 1 and EDL repeat playback modes u Time 7Seg x 6 digits Diplays time date and messages i PLAY Blinks during the EDL playback and record pause modes Steadily on while playing back and recording o PAUSE Turns on while in play pause and record pause modes 0 LP Turns on while in the Lon...
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