Sound Devices 722 - Manual (Page 3)

722 User Guide and Technical Information
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Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Powering the Unit
Menu Navigation Basics
Connecting Audio Sources
Routing Inputs to Tracks
Recording Parameter Setup
Recording
Playback
FireWire File Transfer
Front Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Panel Lock
LCD Display Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Left Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . . 11
Right Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . 12
Back Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Input Setup and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Input Source Selection
Analog Inputs
Input Linking (Stereo or MS Decoding)
Digital Input – AES3
Digital Input – AES3id (S/PDIF)
Signal Presence and Peak Indicator
Input Delay
Input-to-Track Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Routing
Selective Input Muting
Sampling Rate and Bit Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sampling Rate
Bit Depths
Word Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Clock Slave
C. Link – Multi-Unit Linking
Outputs – Analog and Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Analog Output Bus
Digital Output Bus
Headphone Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting Headphone Sources
Setting Headphone Source Options
MS Stereo Monitoring
Rotary Switch Behavior
Headphone Favorite Selection
Headphone Playback Mode
Headphone Warning Tones
Metering and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Output Meter
Meter Ballistics
Peak LEDs
Tone Oscillator
LCD Contrast & Backlight, LED Brightness
LCD Gain Display
Record Indication
24-Hour Time Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Recording
Pre-Record Buffer
Failure During Recording
Record Pause
Record Timer
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AutoPlay
Audio File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
.WAV
.FLAC
.MP2
.MP3
iXML
Recording Time Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Uncompressed Recording Time in Track-Hours
MP3 Compressed Record Time in Hours
File Naming / Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Scene Name/Number
Take Numbers
Mono Track Name Designators
Duplicate File Names
Wave Agent Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Folder Actions
File Viewer Screen
File Time and Date
File Size Maximum
Setting/Clearing Flag Bits
Automatic Flag Clearing
File Copying Among Available Drives
File Deletion
False Take Control
Emptying the Trash and False Take Folders
Take Number Incrementing
Take List
Take Status
Storage Medium – Internal Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Formatting
Drive Type
Drive Replacement
Drive Failure
Storage Medium – CompactFlash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
When to Use CF
Formatting
Testing
Qualified CF Cards
Storage Medium – External FireWire Drives . . . . 48
When to Use External FireWire Drives
Formatting
FireWire Bus Powering
Qualified Drives
DVD-RAM Drives
File Transfer – FireWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery
External Powering and Battery Charging
Time of Day Battery
Auto Functions with External Powering
Power-up Messages
Power Consumption Variables
Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Version Information
Upgrade Process
CL-1 Remote Control and Keyboard Interface . . . 55
Connecting the CL-1
Logic Inputs and Outputs
Logic Inputs
Logic Outputs
Setup Menu Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Built-In Presets
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Front Panel Button Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
CE Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Limitation of Liability
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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