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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: fmouse on August 12, 2009, 08:27:03 PM
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I own a Marantz PMD-670 digital recorder and recently ordered a remote control for it. The best match I could find was the RC-600 remote which is described as "for the PMD series of recorders". I called D&M Professional's tech support and was told that the RC-600 was indeed the proper remote for the PMD-670, so I shelled out nearly $80 for the remote control, which I duly received a few days ago.
It turns out that the plug on the RC-600 is of a larger diameter than the remote jack on the PMD-670, so I can't even find out if it's pin-compatible (the plug is a small tip-ring-sleeve plug with 4 connections). I can find no references anywhere to a remote control specifically for the PMD-670 and am not sure where to go here. Do I need a different remote? Or perhaps an adapter for the plug?
I'll appreciate any help from anyone with experience who can help out.
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I own a Marantz PMD-670 digital recorder and recently ordered a remote control for it. The best match I could find was the RC-600 remote which is described as "for the PMD series of recorders". I called D&M Professional's tech support and was told that the RC-600 was indeed the proper remote for the PMD-670, so I shelled out nearly $80 for the remote control, which I duly received a few days ago.
It turns out that the plug on the RC-600 is of a larger diameter than the remote jack on the PMD-670, so I can't even find out if it's pin-compatible (the plug is a small tip-ring-sleeve plug with 4 connections). I can find no references anywhere to a remote control specifically for the PMD-670 and am not sure where to go here. Do I need a different remote? Or perhaps an adapter for the plug?
I'll appreciate any help from anyone with experience who can help out.
Is that the remote model# shown in the PMD670 owners manual? I have a 670 I use at home to transfer DATs, and I frankly cannot recall seeing a remote control option in my copy of the owners manual, but I might have just missed it.
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Is that the remote model# shown in the PMD670 owners manual? I have a 670 I use at home to transfer DATs, and I frankly cannot recall seeing a remote control option in my copy of the owners manual, but I might have just missed it.
It turns out that this is an RTFM issue! I didn't see a remote model number mentioned in the manual, so I went looking online, and the D&M phone tech with whom I talked gave me the wrong information! The remote for the PMD-670 is just a simple SPST switch on a wire with a 2.5mm tip-sleeve plug - something I can easily buy locally or make. The detaiils _were_ in the manual. Now I'll go iron my hands and get an RMA from B&H PhotoVideo where I bought it. :-\