battery sled issues and marantz has been around forever. my PMD430 had some batteries "leak" so i sent the unit into the manufacturer of the batteries for a replacement - they used to do that years ago - and they sent it to marantz who told me that it was my fault because i left the batteries in the machine when using the wallwart. supposedly, the extra tab in the tray for charging the oem nicad was making contact with the alkalines and thus caused the batteries to leak and thus they would not warranty the unit. what a crock! eventually i got thru to someone with a brain and got a new unit. at least i didn't have the contact issues i am having now.
and somewhere in this thread there is mention that early on marantz had warrantied a couple of sleds. i remember talking to D&M about it when i first got my unit.
my unit came from the first oade shipment and is unmodd'ed and was $850 from doug.
gonna have to send it in for software update.
anyone running the 8G CF card mentioned earlier? not a 4G version, the 8G?? love to hear from someone before tossing $$ that way...
i would also to love to hear of a portable solution for dl'ing the wav files onto a small portable HD device. seems to me i saw a thread somewhere about it. hoping someone has explored further - that way we can just dump the raw file to a 60 or 80G HD at nite and not have to have a laptop or computer access or a million cards to go on tour...
neil in san marcos
Neil, I'm a bit confused.
I don't use the wallwart. Do you think it's a sled issue or is it the middle metal tab that is between the two DC contacts on the recorder side that is the problem? I figure that tab is a switch, as I hear it switching when it is depressed.
I've never owned a product that depleted batteries when the device is completely turned off. To me, this sounds like there is a problem
Anyway... For now, it's an inconvienience, not a deal breaker for me.