Marantz Professional's PMD671 for one-touch, non-stop, PC-compatible recording. Marantz Professional unveils a new, upgraded portable recorder, the PMD671. This solid state device can record audio files to affordable and widely available Microdrives or Compact Flash cards with just the flip of a switch. Designed for compatibility with MP3, MP2, BWF and WAV formats up to 24bit / 96kHz. The PMD671 boasts an impressive 40 assignable quality settings as well as a File Allocation Table (FAT32) for future multi-gigabyte file capability. Features include: non-stop recording with 6 hours of battery life; menu-driven remote operation; and an EDL marking system for creating new files on-the-fly during recordings for easy file selection during playback.
Record Directly to Compact Flash Cards
Easy One-Touch Record
Portable Operation
No Moving Parts
MP3, MP2, WAV, and BWF Format Compatible
Over 40 Assignable Quality Settings
Security for Switch Settings and Media(Door)
16-96 KHz Sample Rate Selections
32-384 Bit Rate Selectable*
Menu Driven Contact Closure for Remote Operation: Start-Pause/Mark EDL/Unattended Power Up and Record/Create New file
Digital Input and Output
Balanced XLR Mic Inputs
+48 V Phantom Power
Unbalanced Line In and Out
USB (2.0)
Read after write monitor*
Shift time playback*
Monitoring without REC-MUTE
runs on 8 x AA batteries (not included)
or AC with mains PSU/charger provided
Optional NiCad and NiMh batteries (rechargeable on-board)
*Additional function from PMD670
Prices of PC Compact Flash cards: Maxell or Integral
More specs on Marantz own datasheet
Full Marantz price list
COMPACT FLASH CARD PLAYING TIME GUIDE: (hours:minutes:seconds)
in stereo mode:
| Card Size | MP2/48kbps | MP3/128kbps | 16bit/44.1khz | 24bit/96kHz |
| 128MB | 5:55:32 | 2:13:20 | 0:12:06 | 0:03:42 |
| 256MB | 11:51:04 | 4:26:40 | 0:24:12 | 0:07:28 |
| 512MB | 23:42:08 | 8:53:20 | 0:48:24 | 0:14:48 |
| 1GB | 47:24:16 | 17:46:40 | 1:36:48 | 0:29:36 |
| 2GB | 94:48:32 | 35:33:20 | 3:13:36 | 0:59:12 |