Sound Devices 970 - Manual (Page 9)

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10) Fast Forward button
When Stopped, press to cue up the next
file for Playback. During Playback or
Pause, press once to jump to the next Cue
Marker or next file, press and hold to in-
crease playback speed. Continue to hold
for faster speeds.
11) Record Button
Begins recording. Optional: Splits the
recording and begins writing a new
file when pressed while recording
([System - Rec button File Split])
12) Rewind Button
When Stopped, press to cue up the previ-
ous file for Playback. During Playback
and Pause, press once to jump to the
previous Cue Marker or beginning of the
file, press and hold to reverse playback
speed. Continue to hold for faster reverse
speeds.
13) Headphone Volume Knob
Adjusts the overall volume of the head-
phones. NOTE: the headphone output is
capable of ear-damaging levels. Take care
when adjusting among signal sources.
14) Headphone Output 1/4”
TRS stereo headphone connector. Can
drive headphones from 8 to 100 ohms to
very high headphone levels.
15) USB Keyboard Input
USB A female connector to connect a USB
keyboard. Keyboards can be used to navi-
gate, control, and enter metadata into the
970. Keyboards with integrated USB hubs
are not compatible.
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1) Secondary DC Power Input (XLR 4-pin)
Accepts 10–27 volts DC. XLR 4-pin con-
nector is wired pin-1 ground, pin-4 posi-
tive (+).
2) Primary DC Power Input (XLR 4-pin)
Accepts 10–27 volts DC. XLR 4-pin con-
nector is wired pin-1 ground, pin-4 posi-
tive (+).
3) MADI I/O (SC Optical)
Input (top) accepts up to 64 channels of
MADI (AES10) digital audio. Output
(bottom) provides MADI (AES10) digital
audio. MADI connections use multimode
fiber and networks.