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Quick Start
Follow the instructions on this page to Quick Start your
new PMD671 Portable Solid State Recorder and begin
recording.
Note: Outside of the USA, a CF card is not included.
See page 49 for installing a CF card and page 21 to
format a CF card.
a. Plug the AC power pack
into household power.
b. Plug the power jack into the PMD671 at DC IN
15V.
2. Slide the POWER switch to the right and release.
On first power up, wait
for the PMD671 to
initialize.
A full display will
appear momentarily.
The display will change
to Loading then to
Reading.
The display will change
to BlankCard for a
newly formatted CF
card.
POWER
MARK
TRACK
TOTALTRACKTIME
REC REMAINkbps
A-B
L
R
-dB
PM
kHz
AM
INT
MIC
LINE
S.SKIP
-dB
over
0
26
12
20
40
00
L
R
-dB
over
0
26
12
20
40
00
-dB
MIC
TRACK
TIMETRACK
-dB
00 40 20 12 6 2 0 over
-dB
R
L
The Rec indicator (a)
will be lit and steady
while recording.
b
c
4. Push and release the STOP button to stop record-
ing and end the track (close the audio file).
REC
The display will
show the recording
time (b) of the
current track (c).
The display will
show the remaining
recording time at
current settings for
the CF
card.
a
MIC
-dB
00 40 20 12 6 2 0 over
-dB
R
L
REMAINREC
TIME
STOP
a. Plug the AC adapter in.
b. Slide the POWER switch to turn on.
c. Connect your microphones.
d. Slide the REC switch to start recording.
e. Push and release REC PAUSE when record-
ing is not necessary.
f. Slide the REC switch to resume recording.
g. Push the STOP button to stop recording.
POWER
CANCEL
STOP
REC
REC PAUSE
DC IN 15V
a.
b.
d. f.
e.
g.
Quick Start Basic Instructions
To transfer audio files to your computer:
transfer the CF card, see page 49,
or
connect via USB, see page 51.
MIC
-dB
00 40 20 12 6 2 0 over
-dB
R
L
Quick Start Detailed Instructions
The PMD671 comes with factory preset defaults for
MP3 recording using external microphones. These
settings are for recording a vocal or musical perfor-
mance. Quick Start ignores changing any of these
presets. Battery installation is not required.
1. Unpack the AC power pack, power cord and the
PMD671.
example shows 4 hours 21 minutes and 02 seconds
remaining
3. Connect your microphones (see p 53), then slide
the REC button to the right and release.
Recording begins.
3
COLD
2
HOT
2
3
1
2
3
1
1
GND
L
R
MIC
c.
DC IN 15V