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10. Marantz Recorder Settings

For Europeana 1914-1918 Roadshows

Summary of document:

- Instructions for Marantz PMD661 or PMD620 Professional Handheld Digital Audio Recorders.

You may use professional voice recorders during the submissions days to capture the contributors’

stories. If you do not have these then some mobile phones and some computers have voice recording

facilities which can give good enough results.

Instructions for Marantz Audio Recorders

These instructions are for the Marantz PMD661 Professional Portable Field Recorder. They apply, in

general, to the smaller PMD620 Professional Handheld Digital Audio Recorder:

Ensure this switch is set to ‘MIC’ ‘ON’

(This is the setting furthest to the left)

1. Ensure there is an SD Card in the memory slot (left hand side

of unit). The unit accepts SD and SD HC;

2. Attach the power supply to DC IN on left of unit or insert 4x AA

batteries via panel on bottom of unit;

Slide the power button on the right to toggle ‘ON’;

3. If using external boundary mic, click this into socket on back of

recorder (labelled MONO near green remote input) until clicked in

either Internal Mic or External Mic:

4. Press menu button > Presets (select with ENTER button);

5. With up/down arrows > 1 select INT MIC (Internal Mic) or

select EXT MIC (External Mic);

6. Check display on right shows INT MIC (Internal Mic) or MIC

(External Mic);

7. To monitor the sound through the microphone, attach

headphones to front of unit and make sure HP/SPK VOL is turned

up full;

8. Press REC PAUSE button. This will allow you to monitor the

levels on the meter. When speaking, this should be around 12/10

in the green light.

Do not let the meter go into the red.

9. When you are ready to record, press the REC button (it will be flashing red when monitoring and steady light when

recording);

10. When finished, press STOP.

The following numbers relate to the numbers on

the diagram of the recorder:

1 2

Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Summary of document:

10. Marantz Recorder Settings For Europeana 1914-1918 Roadshows Summary of document: - Instructions for Marantz PMD661 or PMD620 Professiona

Page 2 - Acknowledgements

10. Marantz audio recorder settings RunCoCo, University of Oxford http://runcoco.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ Feb 2012 2 Settings for Marantz Audio Recorder

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