Sound Devices 788T - Manual (Page 150)

The Slate gain level can be adjusted from -40 to 6 dB in 1 dB increments. Follow these steps to adjust
the gain of the Slate Mic from the CL-9.
1. From the CL-9, press and release the Shift Butt on, the Shift LED fl ashes blue.
2. Slide and hold the Slate (RTN2) Switch to the right. This will activate the Slate Mic.
3. Turn the CL-9 Headphone Level Control to adjust the gain. The gain level is momentarily
displayed in the Sample Rate fi eld of the 788T Main LCD display.
4. Release the Slate Switch to deactivate the Slate Mic.
5. Shift Mode remains active, as indicated by the fl ashing blue LED. To deactivate Shift Mode,
press the Shift Butt on again.
Tone Oscillator
To activate the Tone Oscillator, press Shift, the Shift LED fl ashes blue, then slide the Tone (COM2)
Switch to the left. To latch Tone on, slide and hold the switch for two seconds or longer. The COM2/
RTN2 LED illuminates solid blue when Tone is active. When active, Tone signal overrides all pro-
gram to all tracks, outputs, and headphone monitors. Tone is setup using the 788T Setup Menu.
See
Tone Oscillator for details of Tone Setup.
Returns
The CL-9 has two active-balanced, line-level, XLR Return Inputs on the Rear Panel. These are used to
monitor external line-level audio sources. This is useful for monitoring the returns from a camera or
a return communication line from a Boom Op.
To listen to a RTN, slide the COM1/RTN1 or COM2/RTN2 switch to the right. Slide again to deac-
tivate. For momentary action slide and hold for one second or longer. Both RTN1 and RTN2 can be
activate at the same time. The COM1/RTN1 or COM2/RTN2 LED illuminates fl ashing green when
the respective RTN is active.
At factory default, the RTN1 is sent to the left headphone monitor and the RTN2 is sent to the right
headphone monitor. To send the RTN signals to both sides of the headphone monitor, activate the
RTN Mono Mode by pressing in on the CL-9 HP-Level Control. The RTN MONO LED illuminates
solid green when in RTN Mono Mode.
To set RTN level hold the respective RTN Switch, and turn the CL-9 Headphone Level Control. RTN
levels are controlled independently for each RTN. RTN levels can be attenuated from 0 to -40 dB.
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