Sound Devices 744T - Manual (Page 31)

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Rotary Switch Behavior
The action of the Rotary Switch during recording and playback is set from among the three available
options:
• Disabled: pushing the Rotary Switch has no effect.
• Selects Favorite Mode: places the headphone source into the mode selected in the HP Favorite
menu.
• Headphones to C/D meters: shows the level of the headphone output on the C/D track me-
ters.
• Playback/Monitor Drive Select: pressing the Rotary Switch toggles between Internal Hard
Drive, CompactFlash, and External Hard Drive for playback and monitoring while recording.
Headphone Favorite Selection
If “ SELECTS FAVORITE MODE” is selected from the choices above, pushing the Rotary Switch selects
the assigned “Headphone Favorite” source. This feature is helpful to quickly return to a selected
headphone monitoring selection while recording or playing. One of the available headphone selec-
tion can be selected as the headphone favorite.
Headphone Playback Mode
A single headphone source can be set to automatically activate upon playback. All headphone moni-
tor combinations are available for the Headphone Playback Mode, as well as “No Change”, which
makes no change to the headphone selection during playback. Headphone Playback Mode is select-
ed in the setup menu.
Headphone Warning Tones
The 744T can generate an audible beep, or warning “bell”, in the headphones when an error has
occurred. The specific error will be reported on the LCD. The output level of the warning bell can be
selected from off or –20 to –12 dBFS in the setup menu.
Recording Start and Stop Bells
If the Setup Menu option HP: RECORD/STOP BELL is enabled, the 744T will generate beeps to alert
the user of the recorder’s current status. These beeps are only sent to the headphone monitor, these
beeps are not present in the recordings or at the analog outputs.
7-Series Status HP: Bell
Recording One 440 Hz beep
Paused (if using Rec: Record Pause) One 220 Hz beep
Stopped
Two 220 Hz beeps
Low Battery Warning
When either the attached battery or external power supply voltage reaches their low warning levels
(6.5 V for the attached Li-ion, 11.0 V or user-selectable for external) warning tones are played in
headphones. The warning tone is a three pop note of 880 Hz every 20 seconds.
If all warning tones are turned off, no tones are sent to headphones, including low battery warning
tones.