Sound Devices 552 - Manual (Page 31)

552 User Guide and Technical Information
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Record Mode
The REC LED illuminates solid red while recording. The start of a recording is indicated audibly in
headphones by a single, 440 Hz tone. When a recording is paused, one 220 Hz tone is heard in head-
phones and the REC LED flashes red. See Record Pause for details. When recording is stopped, two 220
Hz tones are heard in headphones. The Setup Menu is locked out while recording.
The 552 can be set to automatically start and stop recordings according to the incoming time code
signal. See Time Code for details.
If the internal batteries drop to extremely low voltage levels while recording, the recorder will au-
tomatically close the file that it is recording to prevent it from being lost. The recorder is locked out
until the power source is switched to external or the 552 is powered down and batteries are changed.
Record Pause
When Record Pause is enabled in the Setup Menu, the recordings can be stopped then continued
without creating a new file. Record Pause is useful for reporter interviews or any application that can
benefit by stopping and starting recording without generating a new file. To use the Record Pause
feature:
1. Enter the Setup Menu. Press and hold the Battery Check button then press the Headphone Controller.
2. Navigate to the Setup Menu Function Record Pause (-18 LED on the Left Meter). Turn the Headphone
Controller to move through Setup Menu Functions. SVEN announces each function as you step through
the menu.
3. Enter the Setup Menu Function Record Pause (-18). Press the Headphone Controller to select a function.
4. Navigate among the available options. SVEN announces each available routing as you step through the
available options.
5. Select On (-24). Press the Headphone Controller to select an option. This will exit the selected Setup
Menu Function.
6. Exit the Setup Menu. Press any key other than the Headphone Controller to exit the Setup Menu.
7. Press the REC key to begin recording.
8. Pause the recording at any time by pressing the STOP key once. When paused the REC LED flashes red.
9. Press the REC key again to continue recording.
10. Press the STOP key twice to finalize the recording. At this point, the file is available for Playback and the
next press of the REC key begins recording the next incremented take.
Please note that the Record Pause behavior will vary depending on the set Time Code mode. When
Time Code is set to Stamp File or Stamp File Auto Record, the Record Pause feature is ignored. This
prevents the event of offsets in time code. Record Pause is available when Time Code is set to Re-
place Left and Replace Right. This allows linear time code to be recorded to one of the audio tracks.
When set to Auto Record Replace Left or Auto Record Replace Right, the 552 begins recording when
the time code signal advances. When time code becomes stationary, the 552 stops and closes the file.
If the recording is manually stopped by pressing the stop button the recording is paused. If time
code is stopped then started again the recording continues recording. Press Stop twice at anytime to
stop and close the file. See Time Code for details.
Time Code
Time Code Mode is set to off at factory default. When Time Code Mode is set to off the 552 stamps a
start time code value that is derived from the time-of-day clock to the “BEXT” chunk of the recorded
WAV file and no frame rate information is written. When Time Code Mode is off, no time code infor-
mation is written to the “iXML” chunk of the recorded WAV file. MP3 files will have the start time