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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #45 on: May 19, 2006, 04:11:01 PM »
4 GB at 24/96 is 4 hours, that is the time i get with the tascam.

24/96 is 2 gigs per hour.
8 gig card = 4 hours
4 gig card = 2 hours

and obviously, double your times for 24/48


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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #46 on: May 20, 2006, 03:39:36 PM »
If anyone is running dig-in to this unit, I've noticed my Hosa cables don't fit the input all that well, they're pretty loose.  I thought it might be just one of the cables, but I tried both of them/both ends, the connector on the Hosa fits very loose.  I was transferring a show tascam>671 and I noticed some drop outs in the master. I ended up being the cable connection, if I even moved it very slightly it'd loose signal, it just doesn't fit tightly at all.  I'm just posting because I don't want someone to trash a nice recording in the field, it might be common sense but if you're recording through the s/pdif make sure your cable fits nice-n-snug.

My cheapo rat-shack cable fits tight and another with canare connectors, I don't think it's the unit, I thing it's Hosa's cheapo connector.
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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #47 on: May 23, 2006, 07:50:17 PM »
How long will a 671 run on a 9v Walmart NiMh battery?
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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #48 on: May 24, 2006, 05:09:22 PM »
I was just loaned a SanDisk Ultra 8 gb card to try in my 671.  I'll report back the results after testing.

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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #49 on: May 24, 2006, 05:10:46 PM »
I was just loaned a SanDisk Ultra 8 gb card to try in my 671.  I'll report back the results after testing.

Robbie

I'm thinking Lee tried the exact card and could only get it to read as a 4GB...hopefully you get different results

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edit:  I've had my unit for 2 weeks now and have yet to run it in the field  :'(

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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #50 on: May 24, 2006, 05:13:46 PM »
I was just loaned a SanDisk Ultra 8 gb card to try in my 671.  I'll report back the results after testing.

Robbie

Please do.
If it doesn't work, we need to talk to Marantz, since SanDisk is one of the recommended CF card brands to use.
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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #51 on: May 24, 2006, 05:33:49 PM »
I was just loaned a SanDisk Ultra 8 gb card to try in my 671.  I'll report back the results after testing.

Robbie

Please do.
If it doesn't work, we need to talk to Marantz, since SanDisk is one of the recommended CF card brands to use.

Just did a quick test and the SanDisk Ultra 8 gb card seems to record fine..... BUT it only shows as having the same amount of space as a 4 gb card.  Hopefully a firmware upgrade will address that..... otherwise a lot of folks will be opting for the Tascam instead.

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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #52 on: May 24, 2006, 05:34:51 PM »
Anyone gotten an error message while trying to transfer a file from the 671 via usb2.0 from a San Disk card, stating: Sector error (or something like that) There is an error on the card and Windows cannot read it.

Don't have it here w/ me, but I got a wierd ass error message and the file I was trying to transfer was BETWEEN files that DID transfer (1001, 1002 and 1004 had no probs....1003 is the stickler) Can't for the life of me figure out why this one file won't come off the machine.

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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #53 on: May 24, 2006, 05:48:05 PM »
Just did a quick test and the SanDisk Ultra 8 gb card seems to record fine..... BUT it only shows as having the same amount of space as a 4 gb card.  Hopefully a firmware upgrade will address that..... otherwise a lot of folks will be opting for the Tascam instead.

RD

Is the HD-P2 compatable and recognize the ScanDisk Ultra 8 gb?  I'm not sure that'd push me towards the Tascam, it's still 4hrs on a 4GB card @ 24/48 on the 671.  The other things such as A/D and build quality mean much more in my opinion, not too mention the possible modifications.  From my understanding is the Tascam unit would need a whole lot more work to upgrade the mic pre. 

If someone was just looking for a bit-bucket that might come into play.
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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #54 on: May 24, 2006, 06:16:09 PM »
if the 671 doesn't take the 8 gb card then you will be limited,  someone should address that issue with them,
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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #55 on: May 24, 2006, 06:17:16 PM »
the Tascam HD-P2 takes the 8gb card
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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #56 on: May 24, 2006, 07:44:49 PM »


If someone was just looking for a bit-bucket that might come into play.


that is an expensive bit bucket.

can you update the pmd671 firmware..? that should do the trick...

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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #57 on: May 24, 2006, 07:48:46 PM »


If someone was just looking for a bit-bucket that might come into play.


that is an expensive bit bucket.

can you update the pmd671 firmware..? that should do the trick...


I believe for firmware updates it requires sending the unit back to Marantz, they really dropped the ball on that one.  As far as I can tell you can't update via the CF or USB, weak.
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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #58 on: May 24, 2006, 07:57:23 PM »

I believe for firmware updates it requires sending the unit back to Marantz, they really dropped the ball on that one.  As far as I can tell you can't update via the CF or USB, weak.

oooh - that is not good (and i was almost sold on one)...


this cf issue is a roblem wih everything - cameras, pda's, etc.  and the firmware is the fix. see not all manufacturers follow the specs to the letter. my guess is sandisk did, but marantz did not - that somehow reading an 8gig cf card is different than a 4gig to the machine, maybe the info is stored differently - like somehow doubling the same physical 4gig card, but via some memory writing scemata, it doubles to 8gigs of useable space. but the firmware should tell the machine how to read the material, and updating firmware via usb is a snap - that is how the psp does it. marantz better deal with this, because sending a unit in to have them fix something like this is ridiculous. what happens when the 50gig cards come out, and are dirt cheap? do we have to send it back to marantz again..? (i am making the 50gig card up, but my pont is there HAS o be user upgradeable firmware because the very medium you use in the machine is changing/developing - there is no one set of rules that is finite, because new things get added to the spec all the time)...

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Re: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...
« Reply #59 on: May 24, 2006, 08:17:30 PM »
Anyone gotten an error message while trying to transfer a file from the 671 via usb2.0 from a San Disk card, stating: Sector error (or something like that) There is an error on the card and Windows cannot read it.

Don't have it here w/ me, but I got a wierd ass error message and the file I was trying to transfer was BETWEEN files that DID transfer (1001, 1002 and 1004 had no probs....1003 is the stickler) Can't for the life of me figure out why this one file won't come off the machine.

p.s. I get well over 6 hours off the Wall mart dvd battery running both my mic2496 and pmd for whoever was asking. Someday I'll have free time to get mine acm'd by Doug...whimper....sniff....but I can't live without it for a month.

FWIW, I never transfer using the machine. I bought a cheap USB card reader and always use that and have had no problems transfering the files to my computer. There have been reports of problems using the 671 to do the transfers.

I'll e-mail Doug about the 4 GB limit. Let's see what he says...
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