User Manual

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Introduction
Thank you for selecting the Marantz Professional PMD660
Portable Solid State Recorder.
The PMD660 is an audio recorder that records in digital
audio formats onto a Compact Flash™ memory card (CF
card) or Microdrive™.
CF cards, also used in digital cameras, are widely available
at consumer electronics retailers and computer resellers.
Features
• Stereo (2 channels) and mono (1 channel) audio
recording and playback.
• Audio inputs may be from :
• the built-in microphone(s),
• condenser or dynamic microphone(s) connected to
the MIC IN jacks, or
• line level audio sources connected to the LINE IN jack.
• Audio outputs may be from :
• the built-in speaker,
• headphones connected to the PHONES jack, or
• analog audio devices such as an amplifier or other
devices connected to the LINE OUT jack.
• Records onto various types of CF cards.
(Please refer to the Marantz Professional web site
www.d-mpro.com for what kind of media are
recommended.)
• Computer compatible
The PMD660 records directly onto CF cards.
Recordings can be transferred to your desktop or laptop
computer by removing the CF card from the PMD660 or
by connecting the PMD660 to your computer via the
USB port. Audio recorded in the popular MP3
compression format is directly available for intranet or
internet file sharing.
• An editing program (Marantz Professional’s PMDEdit
application software, available from Marantz
Professional for PC users) lets you convert and edit
audio files that were recorded on the PMD660.
• MS-DOS™ and Windows compatible file system.
• Easy one control recording
Simply push the REC button.
• Automatic recording
The PMD660 can be set to stop recording when there is
silence (Silent Skip) and automatically start when sound
resumes. The PMD660 can be set to automatically add
an EDL mark to the track at each such starting point.
• Manual and automatic record level control (ALC).
• Two different recording formats :
• Compressed recording using MPEG1 Layer III (MP3)
mono and stereo.
• MP3 compressed at 128kbps (stereo) or 64kbps (mono).
• Uncompressed recording using 16-bit linear Pulse
Code Modulation (PCM).