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

[Matt Quinn]

it'd be nice if some current owners would try the other brands of 16gb cards available (a-data, ridata, transcend, pny) and see if it's a firmware issue or a compatibility problem with the sandisk card.

Ordered & received an AData 16gb card ( http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,105550.0.html ), not looking good. First thing I did was format it on my PC, took it out, popped it in the 671- 'You need to format on PC' appears on the screen.

 

[gmm6797]

Ordered & received an AData 16gb card ( http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,105550.0.html ), not looking good. First thing I did was format it on my PC, took it out, popped it in the 671- 'You need to format on PC' appears on the screen.
 

No go on that card, been there, tried that... Marantz said not on the list of recommended cards, and that was all I got out of them

[gmm6797]

just buy the batterygeeks 10.14.88 and call it a day.

I can not find the part number, any chance for a direct link?

My Wal-Mart batteries run it fine, FYI for others, I filled an 8gb card @ 24/96 the other night and still had 3 lights left on a 6000mah battery I bought from "the guy" (see previous posts) on eBay

[greppson]

just buy the batterygeeks 10.14.88 and call it a day.

I can not find the part number, any chance for a direct link?

http://www.batterygeek.net/Portable_DVD_Player_Battery_p/10-14-88_batterygeek.htm

[Matt Quinn]

Ordered & received an AData 16gb card ( http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,105550.0.html ), not looking good. First thing I did was format it on my PC, took it out, popped it in the 671- 'You need to format on PC' appears on the screen.
 

No go on that card, been there, tried that... Marantz said not on the list of recommended cards, and that was all I got out of them

Crap. Is it the brand or the size? Has anyone gotten a 16gig card to work in a 671? Thinking about returning it to get a couple 8 gigs.

[Matt Quinn]

Has anyone gotten a 16gig card to work in a 671?

i tested a 16gb sandisk extreme iii card awhile back and was only able to record ~11.2gb worth of data onto it, which is consistent with the deck recognizing it as a 12gb card; not 16.  i don't know if 12gb is indeed the space limitation of the 671 since i only tested the one card.

i know from experience that kingston (45x) 2, 4 and 8gb cards work fine in the deck, up to and including 24/96 bit/sample rates.

thanks, +t....I will just grab 2 8gb Kingstons.....

[gmm6797]

http://www.batterygeek.net/Portable_DVD_Player_Battery_p/10-14-88_batterygeek.htm

No luck for me: he page cannot be found

All I see is this: http://www.batterygeek.net/Portable_DVD_Player_Battery_p/10-14-100_batterygeek.htm

[greppson]

weird, it was there the other day, looks like they aren't stocking it anymore.

granted, all of their stock seems to be "out of stock" anyways...

[gmm6797]

Also, anyone have any suggestions for ways to make the volume knob not so "loose"

What I mean by this, is that even the slightest movement hear the volume control seems to knock it slightly.

Luckily all 4 times this has happened in the last 2 weeks (8 shows) it was all during the openers.

Any ideas off hand?

[digifish_music]

Also, anyone have any suggestions for ways to make the volume knob not so "loose"

What I mean by this, is that even the slightest movement hear the volume control seems to knock it slightly.

Luckily all 4 times this has happened in the last 2 weeks (8 shows) it was all during the openers.

Any ideas off hand?

Pull the rec (vol) knobs off? , make a shim (disk with center hole) out of cardboard/paper/plastic that slips over the post and now causes friction between the back of the knob and the unit?

digifish

[gmm6797]

Pull the rec knobs off? , make a shim (disk with center hole) out of cardboard/paper/plastic that slips over the post and now causes friction between the back of the knob and the unit?

These are the volume controls, not the REC button.. the REC button locks fine with the key lock (thankfully)... the shim is an interesting idea... are the volume controls easy to get on and off?

[greppson]

is there really anyway to "lock" in a certain record/volume level? when i shut my nove 5 bag the other day, it actually messed with my recording level and i just don't want that to happen again...

[sygdwm]

is there really anyway to "lock" in a certain record/volume level? when i shut my nove 5 bag the other day, it actually messed with my recording level and i just don't want that to happen again...

nope. you, sir, need to be more careful.

[gmm6797]

Jason- welcome to my world LOL

[rich]

duct tape...or better yet, gorrilla tape.  that should work.

rich