Topic: Marantz PMD-671 in the field part 4...

[gmm6797]

The email I got back from Marantz stated Lexar was their brand of choice.

I already owned a Delkin and a Simple Tech 8gb cards, and both worked... I just wanted to see about getting one card that would cover long road trips to cover a couple of 4+ hour shows

[gmm6797]

And this is an assumption, but one of the tips that comes with this should work just fine, as it is the Radio shack M connector that works for this (and M is common, so i assume it it one of the 9 that the battery comes with)

[shackaholic]

awesome. thanks for the answers!

i too would like to get a 16 gig card sometime for festival settings as well. hopefully someone chimes in with a compatible 16g card.

[leehookem]

I use a Transcend 8GB 120x.  It records fine at 24/48.  24/96 it gave a little problem though.

[gmm6797]

.....24/96 it gave a little problem though.

Can you give any more detail on the problem(s)? 

Anyone else seeing this same thing?

[leehookem]

It was some sort of buzz/skip.

[sygdwm]

It was some sort of buzz/skip.

what kind of cf card?

[gmm6797]

what kind of cf card?

He posted it in his original message

I use a Transcend 8GB 120x.  It records fine at 24/48.  24/96 it gave a little problem though.

[shackaholic]

Finally got to bust out my 671 for the first time the other night. I'm definitely enjoying the sound of this rig. Such a great upgrade over my last equipment. Tomorrow at this time I'll be seeing MMW for the first time since Summercamp!

Galactic - 2.17.07

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=513219

[greppson]

Ok... got a new internal batt sled for the 671 from marantz and it solved my power issues partially.

How? Where? Cost?  Id like to have one just as a back up

http://store.d-mprodirect.com/377v064500.html

$28. Not cheap, for a little chunk of plastic... but it helped solve my power issues.

[greppson]

so... still trying to work out my problems... but, is there a way to turn off the playback? i am wondering if that is what is causing the problem.

Did you ever find an answer to this?  The playback speaker is nice @ home, but no good in the field... and I assume it uses extra battery power as well

Doug said you can't turn it off, just turn it all the way down.

[greppson]

what kind of internal batts are you all using?

doug suggested duracell rechargeables, but i can't find any 2500 mAh ones?

would it be bad to use 2650s?

i had some powerex ones, but they were causing some recording issues so i got some energizer 2500s, but those still had some issues.

[tfs8271]

^ greppson, are you talking to yourself again?

[greppson]

looks like it, doesn't it?

:lol

[shackaholic]

what kind of internal batts are you all using?

internal: i use energizer 2500 mAh. they came with the 671 when i bought them from the previous owner and have worked fine. wish i could tell you if the 2650's would work but i'd be giving unsure info.

external: BG 10-14-88 from batterygeeks. this thing is a fucking tank! i recorded mmw 2.21/22/23 with it and the charge indicator was still at full! kinda pricey but very well worth the money. would be excellent for festival type settings....