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Model PMD670 User Guide

Portable Solid State Recorder

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Page 1: ...Model PMD670 User Guide Portable Solid State Recorder ...

Page 2: ...user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the product 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 WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPL...

Page 3: ...g If an outside antenna or cable system is connected to the product be sure the antenna or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built up static charges Article 810 of the National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA 70 provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure grounding of the lead in wire to an antenna discharge...

Page 4: ... off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is con nected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV tech nician for help NOTE Changes o...

Page 5: ...aratuur met laag voltage Italiano Quest unitá è conforme alle diretive EMC ed alla direttiva sulle basse tensioni Português Esta unidade está em conformidade com as directivas EMC e as directivas de baixa voltagem Español Esta unidad estáde acuerdo con las normas EMC y las relacionadas con baja tensión Equipment mains working system This product complies with household power and safety requirement...

Page 6: ...he display will show the recording time b of the current track c The display will show the remaining recording time at current settings for the CF card a TIME REC REMAIN L R dB over 0 2 6 12 20 40 00 dB INT MIC STOP DC IN 13V a Plug the AC adapter in b Slide the POWER switch to turn on c Slide the REC switch to start recording d Push and release REC PAUSE when record ing is not necessary e Slide t...

Page 7: ...diting EDL Marks 19 EDL A B looping 20 Edit mode 20 How to renumber tracks 20 How to erase tracks 20 How to erase all EDL marks wihin one track 21 How to erase all track EDL marks 21 How to format a CF card 22 TRACK JUMP buttons 23 TRACK JUMP reverse button 23 REC UNDO button 23 TRACK JUMP forward button 23 REW button 23 FWD button 23 MARGIN RESET I O MENU STORE button 24 MARGIN RESET button 24 I ...

Page 8: ...Warranty 52 US Europe models MODEL NO PMD670 U1B The US model PMD670 UIB distributed in the USA and European model PMD670 W1B distributed elsewhere differ slightly in supplied accessories and default settings Those differ ences are noted in this User Guide MODEL NO PMD670 UIB or MODEL NO PMD670 W1B Package contents PMD670 64MB CF card US only shipped formatted and installed AC adapter I O cable 3 ...

Page 9: ... 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 INPUT A B REPEAT MARK EDIT 4 Top 1 Speaker 14 2 MIC internal microphone 14 3 POWER switch 14 4 Security cover 14 Setup controls 5 AUTO MARK switch 14 6 PRE REC switch 14 7 INPUT LOCK switch 15 8 ANALOG OUT switch 15 9 MIC ATTEN switch 15 10 REPEAT switch 15 11 ANC switch 16 12 EDL PLAY switch 16 13 LEVEL CONT 16 14 INPUT button 17 15 A B REPEAT button 18 MARK EDIT controls 16...

Page 10: ...compartment 41 13 DIGITAL IN OUT jacks 42 14 DC IN 13V jack 42 15 I O port 42 Right side 16 REMOTE jack 44 17 LINE IN OUT jacks 44 18 MIC IN jacks 44 19 PHANTOM power switch 45 20 Carry studs 45 Bottom 21 Battery compartment 46 10 REC PAUSE DISPLAY LIGHT REC LEVEL L R REC HP SPK VOLUME PHONES KEY LOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DIGITAL IN OUT CHARGE DC IN 13V I O 11 12 13 14 15 3 COLD 2 HOT 2 3 1 2 3 1 ...

Page 11: ...ay 48 22 Pause 48 23 Battery 48 24 S SKIP label 48 25 Peak level 48 26 dB label 48 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 MARK TRACK TOTALTRACKTIME REC REMAIN kbps A B L R dB PM kHz AM INT MIC LINE S SKIP dB over 0 2 6 12 20 40 00 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Hint When making major changes to your re cording setup we suggest the following procedure 1 Identify the appropriate input device internal...

Page 12: ...g audio files on your web site use software and your computer to transcribe digital recordings An editing program PMD Edit available from Marantz Professional for PC users lets you convert and edit audio files that were recorded on the PMD670 Voice recording The PMD670 has several helpful features for voice recording in situations such as meetings conferences or other events Use less memory longer...

Page 13: ... html Features Stereo 2 channels and mono 1 channel audio recording and playback Records onto various types of CF cards Please refer to the Marantz Professional web site at www marantzpro com for a complete updated list of approved cards Two different recording formats Compressed recording using MPEG1 Layer II MP2 or MPEG1 Layer III MP3 mono and stereo Uncompressed recording using 16 bit linear Pu...

Page 14: ...ally used if available When first powered up the PMD670 takes some time to initialize 4 Security cover Use a small Phillips screw driver to remove or replace the Security cover The Security cover makes setup controls relatively unavailable The setup controls allow you to setup the PMD670 for your unique application You can then have someone operate the PMD670 without concern that they might change...

Page 15: ...isplayed input choice in 5 seconds Example display mono with INT MIC ON When the INPUT LOCK switch is at ON pushing the INPUT button a does nothing skips the input selection choices Factory default INPUT LOCK switch at OFF 8 ANALOG OUT switch Selects the audio output channel for playback Applies to playback output to LINE OUT and Internal speaker or headphones L Audio recorded on the Left channel ...

Page 16: ...t noise FLAT No filtering applied High pass position reduces low fre quency ambient noise only US default ANC switch at Band pass Europe default ANC switch at FLAT 2 EDL PLAY switch The EDL PLAY switch turns EDL PLAY off or on OFF When the EDL PLAY switch is at OFF PMD670 playback does not respond to EDL mark instructions ON When EDL PLAY is ON PMD670 playback follows EDL mark instructions regardi...

Page 17: ...C input L R mix Note The PMD670 listens only to the selected input For example if the input selected is LRmono with LINE input and no input source is connected to the LINE IN jacks the PMD670 will record silence US default mono with INT MIC input Europe default stereo with MIC input What the input selections do Selects the input device s and channels The input selection chooses which input s the P...

Page 18: ...o with MIC input In LR mono with MIC input the microphone input from the L MIC IN XLR jack and the R MIC IN XLR are combined and recorded as a mono file 18 MIC ATTEN 0dB 20dB FLAT ANC LEVEL CONT LIMITER ALC MANUAL OFF ON EDL PLAY STEREO L ANALOG OUT R OFF ON AUTO MARK OFF ON PRE REC MARK A B REPEAT INPUT EDIT SINGLE OFF ALL OFF ON INPUT LOCK 15 A B REPEAT L R dB over 0 2 6 12 20 40 00 dB TRACKTIME...

Page 19: ...tions editing EDL Marks to create custom playback sequences erasing and renum bering Tracks and formatting the CF card Custom playback sequences EDL Marks are numbered consecutively from 001 and automatically renumbered when an EDL Mark is added or erased Playback is also con secutive from the point that playback begins EDL Mark custom playback can Skip playback from the beginning of a Skip EDL Ma...

Page 20: ...rase When the type you want to change the EDL Mark to is flashing press and release the ENTER button Writing will be displayed briefly and the PMD670 will return to stop mode L R dB over 0 2 6 12 20 40 00 dB TRACKTIME MARK 20 Edit mode Edit mode includes Renumber renumber tracks TrkERASE erase a track TrkMkERASE erase an EDL mark AllMkERASE erase all EDL marks and FOR MAT format the CF card How to...

Page 21: ...ord ing press and release the MARK EDIT button two more times While the display is flashing 5 seconds How to erase all EDL marks within one track From stop press and hold the MARK EDIT button for about 2 seconds to enter Edit mode Renumber flashing in the display TrkMkErase flashing in the display While TrkMkERASE is flashing 5 seconds press and release the ENTER button Press and release the FWD b...

Page 22: ...flashing 5 seconds press and release the MARK EDIT button four more times FORMAT flashing in the display While FORMAT is flashing 5 seconds press and release the ENTER button FORMAT OK flashing in the display The display asks you to confirm that you want to format the CF card Formatting the CF card will erase all recordings on the card While FORMAT OK is flashing press and re lease the ENTER butto...

Page 23: ...again within the 3 sec onds 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 next track If pressed while playing the last track jumps to the first track on the CF card 21 REW button 22 FWD button During playback press and hold the REW button to rewind do an audible search in the reverse direction Press and hold th...

Page 24: ... over 0dB I O button Connects the CF card via the I O port to a con nected device usually a computer From power off press and hold the I O button while you slide the POWER switch on the PMD670 to the right to power on This display appears The CF card in the PMD670 appears as an external drive on a connected computer Power off to disconnect See page 43 How to connect via the I O port MENU STORE but...

Page 25: ... on or off Beep Turn the beep on or off A PowOff Enable or disable the Automatic Power Off feature Batt_Type Set the battery type RemoteMode Set the effect of the optional wired remote switch ID1 Set the description ID code for broadcast wave file recordings ID2 Set the origin ID code for broadcast wave file recordings ID3 Set the origin reference ID code for broad cast wave file recordings Defaul...

Page 26: ...he FWD button or the REW 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 Example display 8 With the minute flashing press and release the FWD button or the REW but ton to tab through minutes When the minute is correct Press and release the ENTER button Date Time...

Page 27: ...appear If the flashing MENU times out start over at 1 3 While Date Time is flashing for about 3 seconds press and release the FWD button The DateForm Menu choice will appear 4 Press and r lease the ENTER button again TheM D Y choice will flash Example display 5 Press and release the FWD button or the REW button to toggle between M D Y and D M Y When the desired form appears press and release the E...

Page 28: ... uncompressed These are high quality audio files used in the recording industry For ex ample for recording CD quality music PMD Edit and other professional level computer applications are available for computer process ing of PCM files MP3 MPEG1 Layer III is highly compressed and creates relatively small files that are com monly used to transfer files on the internet MP2 MPEG1 Layer II is a compre...

Page 29: ...a From stop press and hold the MENU button for about 2 seconds MENU will ap pear flashing in the display Example display d Press and release the ENTER button You are now at column 2 of the chart of Algorithm File Parameters where you choose between the parameters for Stereo Mono or Dig in input selections b While MENU is flashing for about 3 seconds press and release the ENTER button The Date Time...

Page 30: ... FWD button or the REW button to tab to your file format choice Example display with bwf chosen In our example we press and release the ENTER button to accept the bwf choice and switch to Algor File The display returns to stop mode Note Changes to Algor File usually also mean hard ware and INPUT menu changes In our example we changed the default MP2 Stereo mpg with to MP2 Stereo bwf We would expec...

Page 31: ... 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 ...

Page 32: ...out 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 Whe...

Page 33: ...d 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 th...

Page 34: ...itch 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 b...

Page 35: ...tton 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 adap...

Page 36: ...til 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 recordin...

Page 37: ...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 pres...

Page 38: ...ss 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 releas...

Page 39: ...y 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 ...

Page 40: ...tion is dis played L R dB over 0 2 6 12 20 40 00 dB PM 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 switch...

Page 41: ... for about one second Card eject button CF card slot CF card door Card eject button The Card eject button has two positions click out a and click in b To eject a CF card 1 If recording or in playback push STOP If other operations are in progress cancel them by pushing STOP or wait for them to complete 2 Open the CF card door 3 Push and release the Card eject button so it is in click out position a...

Page 42: ...ut menu for the signal to be recorded See INPUT button OUT Connect to the digital in of a digital audio component Only files with sample frequencies of 48 or 44 1kHz can be output Digital audio is only output during normal or EDL playback The receiving component must be able to accept audio in SPDIF IEC 958 II format The receiving component must be able to accept a sampling frequency of 48 or 44 1...

Page 43: ...tzpro com Products PMDEdit html or at 630 741 0330 Power off and power the PMD670 back on to resume recording or playback POWER MARGIN RESET MENU STORE i O How to connect via the I O port 1 2 3 Root PMD670 EDL MPGLANG1 1001 MP3 1002 MP3 1003 MP3 1999 MP3 What will appear on your computer is a file titled PMD670 EDL and a folder directory titled MPGLANG1 Files within the MPGLANG1 folder are numbere...

Page 44: ...put mono with MIC input or LRmono with MIC input must be selected in the input select menu See INPUT button Notes XLR pinout is 1 ground 2 hot and 3 cold Microphones with a PHONE jack can be used with an adapter not supplied from PHONE to XLR To record mono stereo or LR mono LINE input must be selected in the input select menu See INPUT button 16 17 18 Wiring diagram 2 5 mm jack A switch connected...

Page 45: ...tion In many cases they can demonstrate the various performances and characteristics of microphones for your use PHANTOM 48V ON OFF 19 3 COLD 2 HOT 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 GND L R MIC L R LINE IN REMOTE LINE OUT PHANTOM 48V ON OFF 20 20 Carry studs Attach the supplied carry strap here LINE OUT REMOTE LINE OUT REMOTE 1 Attach a strap retainer through the round hole 2 Add carry strap LINE OUT REMOTE LINE OUT ...

Page 46: ... It requires charger model BC600 Ni MH batteries can power recording or playback for about 7 hours Using compact flash media Installing AA size batteries Power off turn the PMD670 over Press and push in the direction of the arrow to remove the battery com partment cover Install 8 AA size batter ies to the battery carrier with the ends towards the springs Install the battery carrier with tab as sho...

Page 47: ... B loop has been set A B indicates that the ending B point of an A B loop has also been set 8 Upper alphanumeric display Displays a variety of information including remaining recording time clock time menu settings etc Associated labels are display items 1 7 and 9 10 9 AM PM label Displays AM or PM when clock time is dis played 10 kHz label The kHz label appears to indicate that the last five plac...

Page 48: ...ately 5 to 10 minutes of record or playback time available MARK TRACK TOTALTRACKTIME REC REMAIN kbps A B L R dB PM kHz AM INT MIC LINE S SKIP dB over 0 2 6 12 20 40 00 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 flashing indicates that battery has ap proximately 1 to 3 minutes of record or playback time remaining The REC indicator light will flash If BEEP is set to On the PMD670 will also beep If the PMD670 contin...

Page 49: ...4 26 00 2 13 00 3 19 30 1 39 45 2 13 00 1 06 30 1 39 45 0 49 53 1 06 30 0 33 15 0 49 53 0 24 56 CARD 128 MB 8 52 00 4 26 00 6 39 00 3 19 30 4 26 00 2 13 00 3 19 30 1 39 45 2 13 00 1 06 30 1 39 45 0 49 53 SIZE 256 MB 17 44 00 8 52 00 13 18 00 6 39 00 8 52 00 4 26 00 6 39 00 3 19 30 4 26 00 2 13 00 3 19 30 1 39 45 340 MB 23 33 08 11 46 34 17 39 51 8 49 55 11 46 34 5 53 17 8 49 55 4 24 58 5 53 17 2 5...

Page 50: ...ng a sample rate con verter Only high quality sample rate converters should be used PC cannot read files check if the files are MP2 or MP2 with a wav file extension Some PC s cannot interpret this combi nation Try renaming the MP2 file so it has a mp2 or mp3 file extension check the capability of the PC program Some playback and editing programs do not support MP2 MP3 or Broadcast Wave bwf formats...

Page 51: ...0 5 Vp p Sampling frequency 44 1 48 kHz Format SPDIF IEC 958 Type II 51 Menu default selecion US Europe Date Time 2003 2099 2003 2003 JAN DEC JAN JAN 1 31 1 1 AM PM 0 00 11 59 AM 0 00 AM 0 00 DateForm M D Y D M Y Algor File stereo mono Mono Stereo PCM MP2 MP3 MP3 MP2 kHz 44 1 48 bit rate kbps 32 128 extension mp3 mpg M Track On On SeamlsPly Off Off S Skip Off Off seconds 03 03 dB 40 40 A Cue Off O...

Page 52: ...t the appropriate telephone number indicated below We will advise you of the name and location of one or more authorized service centers from which service may be obtained Please do not return the unit directly to us 2 You must pay any shipping charges if it is necessary to ship the product for service If the necessary repairs are covered by the warranty we will pay return shipping charges to your...

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