Fostex PD-6 operation manual Removing the battery, Saving the battery power

PD-6DVD Location Recorder (Chapter 2: Before using the PD-6)

• Removing the battery

To remove the battery, set the [POWER] switch to “OFF” and slide the [EJECT] lever beside the battery compartment to the arrow direction in the figure below.

<Caution>

NiCd batteries are recyclable. When disposing a used battery, follow your local regulations regarding appropriate recycling procedures.

Do not leave the removed battery within children’s reach.

• Saving the battery power

The PD-6 offers the following measures for saving the battery power to extend the battery life.

•Pressing the [STOP] key stops the disk rotation to save the power consumption. It is also possible to set the desired PAUSE release time in the Setup mode (the default is three minutes).

•When the internal monitor speaker is not used (i.e. when a headphones plug is inserted to the [PHONES] jack), no power is supplied to the amplifier for the speaker.

The following describes some tips for saving the battery power, as well as some notes on using the battery.

•The input impedance of devices connected to PD-6’s output connectors should be greater than 10kΩ .

•When convert a balanced output to unbalanced, do not connect the unused pin to the ground pin and leave it open.

Though it lowers the output level 6dB, it does not influence to the audio characteristics.

•Set the monitor level as lower as possible (regardless of whether using headphones or the internal monitor speaker).

•When you do not operate the unit on battery power for a long period of time, remove the battery or set the [POWER SEL] switch to “EXT”.

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