Marantz PMD690 manual Preset Items, Recording Time, Preset Operation

PRESET MENU

Preset Items

The preset menu of the PMD690 allows many features and functions of the unit to be customized for individual requirements.

The following items can be accessed in the preset menu:

•Bitrates assigned to the SP/LP/MONO switch

•Sound detection level of the silent skip function

•Detection time of the silent skip function

•Alarm beep on or off

•Battery type used

•File format of the recorded tracks

•ID1

•ID2

•ID3

Preset	Display	Available Options	Default
			Setting
Bit rate of STEREO SP	br	PCM: 1536 kbps (PC2) 1)	256 kbps
		MPEG: 384, 256 kbps 1)
Bit rate of STEREO LP	br	MPEG: 192, 128, 96, 64 kbps 1)	128 kbps
Bit rate of MONO	br	PCM:768 kbps (PC1) 1),	64 kbps
		MPEG: 192, 128, 96, 64, 48, 32 kbps 1)
Sound level for silent skip	SL	-50dB to -10dB, 5dB step	-40 dB
Silent time for silent skip	St	1 to 5 second	3 seconds
Alarm beep	aLa	on, off 2)	on
Battery type	bat	Alkaline, Ni-Cad, Ni-MH,	Alkaline
File format	For	Wave (.wav) 3), MP2 (.mp2),	MP2
		Broadcast Wave (.bwf)
ID1,2,3	Id1	000000 to 999999	000000
	Id2
	Id3

Note 1)

Please refer to the following section.

Note 2)

On/off for alarm beep at auto power off and for low battery warning.

See page 12 "Low Battery Warning and Auto Power Off", and page 19 "Auto Power Off".

Note 3)

Wave (.wav) format files that contain MP2 recorded information may not be suitable for some computer systems.

Recording Time

The amount of memory required per hour of recording is as follows.

Bit Rate (kbps)		MB/Hour
32		16	MB
48		25	MB
64		33	MB
96		50	MB
128		67	MB
192		100	MB
256		136	MB
384		200	MB
768	(PC1, PCM Mono)	400	MB
1536	(PC2, PCM Stereo)	800	MB

Preset Operation

AUTO MARK

PRESET

1 / 4 ¢ / ¡

PLAY / PAUSE

(6)

STOP (7)

1.While power is off, press and hold the AUTO MARK (PRESET) button and then slide the power switch to the right.

2.The unit should enter the preset setting mode and "Preset" should be indicated in the display.

3.The unit will then automatically display (flashing) the first preset -- bitrate for the SP record mode.

4.Use 1˜4 and ¢˜¡ buttons select which preset item you would like to change. The order of the preset menu items is the same as indicated on a preset chart on this page.

5.Use the PLAY/PAUSE button to alternate between changing 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 AUTO MARK (PRESET) button to save all the changes and exit the preset menu mode.

9.If you do not want to save the changes made to the preset menu, press the STOP button to exit without saving the changes.

10.After exiting the preset menu mode, the unit will return to normal operation in the stop mode.

Note

• The preset settings remain stored after the power is turned off.

ENGLISH

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