Marantz PMD680 manual Recording Operation

RECORDING

Recording Operation

Basic Procedure

•Pressing REC/MARK key in stop status, the unit enters rec-pause status.

•Pressing REC/MARK key in rec-pause status, the unit enters recording status.

•Pressing PLAY/PAUSE key in recording status, the unit enters rec-pause status.

•Pressing REC/MARK key in recording status, the unit put mark at that point (regarding mark, refer to Marking and EDL playback on page xx).

•Pressing STOP key in recording status or in rec-pause status, the unit enters stop status.

record settings

REC LED

REC/MARK

STOP

Sound Level Monitoring

In rec-pause status and in recording status, the input sound becomes audible (through the internal speaker or head phone) and sound level is displayed at the level meter.

Recording Indication

During rec-pause status, REC indicator on the display and REC LED on the front panel blink.

During recording status, REC indicator on the display and REC LED on the front panel turn on.

			TRACK			TIME
REC
SP LP
-dB
	∞	50	40	24	6 2 0

REC LED dimms when the limitter works. (Refer to REC LEVEL on page xx)

Track Number of New Recording

Track number of new recording is next number to that of the last track. If number of the last track is N, the track number of new recording is N+1.

Card full

When card becomes full while recording, the recording is stopped, the card full message "FUL Card" is displayed for 3 seconds.

This message is also displayed when attempt to start recording was made (REC/MARK button was pressed) after card full. Then the unit stops.

Track Full

The maximum track number in a card is 255 tracks. When attempt to start recording was made (REC/ MARK button was pressed) while 255 tracks exits already in a card, track full message "FUL 255" is displayed.

Caution

Changing REC MODE switch during recording or rec- pause is not effective. The change is effective only in stop status and the REC MODE is applied to the next track recording.

The minimum length of one track is 0.5 second. A track less than 0.5 second is not generated (If you start recording and stop it after less 0.5 second, a track would not be made).

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