Topic: OADE mod Marantz 660 tech help needed

[Bloomer]

Been years since I've been on this site and just as long since I have taped a show.  Took my recorder to A Bears Picnic over the weekend and had some issues.  After recording for anywhere from 8 to 15 min my levels froze and showed no level fluctuation.  I could stop the recording and push recored again the levels would start again.  Anyone know what causes this.  Been poking around the site and have come up with no answers. 

[T-90]

bad cf card perhaps?

[Bloomer]

I have been messing around with my SanDisk flash cards and found the 4GB Ultra 2's will not format correctly in the 660.  I keep getting error message after each attempt.  Although, my regular SanDisk 2GB cards will format correctly and so far no issues.  I will try and let it run for a while tomarrow and se what happens.  The thing I don't understand is, I have used a 4GB Ultra 2 card while recording from a sound board patch.  I don't understand but I/we will figure this out..   Thanks for the sugestions and in put.  Next is a R4

[flipp]

2gb card plays well with the deck while 4gb card doesn't; is there a firmware update for the 660 you haven't installed yet?

[T-90]

I used sandisk ultra II 4 gig cards with no probs....sometimes the card needs to get formatted through disk manager on the pc to work correctly in the deck, I ran into that several times.

[Bloomer]

What firmware update for the 660 are you talking about?

[flipp]

I was asking if there was one.

I don't own a 660, nor any other marantz gear, so have spent no time on their website. Some other brands had updated firmware available in their support>downloads area and one that I'm aware of (M-Audio Microtrack2496) had a firmware update that addressed an issue with file size - 2gb max to 4gb max. Thought maybe marantz had issued an update that might fix the issue you're having.

If T-90's suggestion of formatting in the computer first doesn't help, you might want to see if there is a firmware update available.

[larrysellers]

There has not been a firmware update since 2010 but you can download it here if you need it. It looks like the update did address an issue with Sandisk cards: (Resolved format freezing issue when using SanDisk Ultra II series cards).

http://usa.d-mpro.com/DocumentMaster/US/FW_PMD660117_20100604.zip