Sound Devices 788T - Manual (Page 102)

After recording to an external drive has stopped, it may take several seconds for the 788T to fi nish
“housekeeping” on drive. This is especially true when recording to DVD-RAM disks, which generally
have slower throughput than hard drives.
When preparing to disconnect a FireWire drive, always observe the activity LED labeled EX. If it is yel-
low, wait until it turns green before disconnecting the drive. If the drive is disconnected while the LED is
yellow, there is a possibility of fi le or FAT corruption.
FireWire Bus Powering
The FireWire 400 and 800 ports on the 788T provides power for bus-powered FireWire drives. The
following conditions should be observed when connecting to bus-powered drives.
• Bus powering a drive requires external DC powering of the 788T, however, the 788T can bus-
power select lower power devices such as a CF card reader from Li-ion power. Sound Devices
recommends using the supplied XL-WPH3 in-line power supply when bus-powering external
storage media such as hard drives and DVD-RAM burners.
• While hot-swapping FireWire cables is possible, Sound Devices recommends making connec-
tions to bus-powered drives with the recorder turned Off.
The 788T does not require the XL-1394 FireWire Power Conditioning Cable accessory used with the 702,
702T, 722, and 744T recorders. The power conditioning circuitry is integrated into the 788T’s design.
Qualified Drives
External FireWire storage volumes that can be formatted and addressed as FAT32 can be used with
the 788T. These include:
• External hard drives, bus-powered or mains powered. Drives as large as 2 TB can be ad-
dressed,
• FireWire CompactFlash card readers,
• DVD-RAM drives.
DVD-RAM Drives
DVD-RAM drives, such as the XL-DVDRAM, are essentially optical hard drives. The 788T supports
recording to and playing back from DVD-RAM drives when formatted as FAT32 volumes.
When recording to DVD-RAM drives in real time, it is important to note the following:
1. Record to polyphonic fi le formats.
2. Use DVD-RAM drives and media that support 5X recording speeds.
3. Only record to a DVD-RAM drive when it is on a stable surface. Unpredictable results may
occur if the DVD-RAM drive is moved while in operation.
4. Avoid recording to DVD-RAM when recording higher track counts.
5. Keep sampling rates at or below 48048.
File Copying Among Available Media
Audio fi les can be transferred between the 788T’s internal drive, CF, and external drives. File transfer
is initiated from the Setup Menu option FILE: COPY
FILE S
The File Copy menu has numerous options for each media type:
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