SONOSAX SX-R4 (Firmware v3.1) - Manual (Page 2)

User manual SONOSAX SX-R4 Page 2 of 53
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 4
2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................. 4
2.1 MAIN FEATURES .............................................................................................................................................. 4
2.2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.................................................................................................................................. 5
3. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS .......................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 BATTERY POWER ............................................................................................................................................ 6
3.1.1 Opening the battery compartment ........................................................................................................................ 6
3.1.2 Closing the battery compartment ......................................................................................................................... 6
3.1.3 Battery Low alarm ................................................................................................................................................ 6
3.2 EXTERNAL DC POWER SUPPLY .................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 SWITCHING ON THE UNIT ............................................................................................................................... 7
3.3.1 Switching Off the unit ........................................................................................................................................... 7
4. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS.............................................................................................................................. 8
4.1 LEFT SIDE PANEL ............................................................................................................................................ 8
4.1.1 Inputs [ IN1 to IN4 ] ............................................................................................................................................. 8
4.1.2 Phantom power [ 48V ] ......................................................................................................................................... 8
4.1.3 Pre-LF Cut Filter [ LF Cut ] .................................................................................................................................. 9
4.1.4 Input Attenuator [ PAD ] ....................................................................................................................................... 9
4.1.5 Phase reversal [ Ø ] ............................................................................................................................................. 9
4.2 RIGHT SIDE PANEL ........................................................................................................................................ 10
4.2.1 Headphone output [ PHONES ].......................................................................................................................... 10
4.2.2 Stereo/dual-channel Line Input [ STEREO IN ] ................................................................................................. 11
4.2.3 Subsidiary Stereo Output [ SUB OUT ] ............................................................................................................. 11
4.2.4 External Sync [ SYNC IN ]................................................................................................................................. 11
4.2.5 Sync Out [ WCKL OUT ].................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2.6 External DC input [ DC IN ]................................................................................................................................ 11
4.2.7 Timecode Connector [ TC ] ................................................................................................................................ 12
4.2.8 Digital Input [ ACCESSORY ] ............................................................................................................................. 12
4.2.9 USB2 connector [ USB ] .................................................................................................................................... 12
4.3 FRONT PANEL ................................................................................................................................................ 13
ANALOG SECTION [ IN1 to IN4 ]..................................................................................................................... 13
4.3.1 Input Gain control [ LO-HI ] ................................................................................................................................ 13
4.3.2 Channel Linking [ LINK ]..................................................................................................................................... 13
4.3.3 Led's Peakmeters............................................................................................................................................... 14
4.3.4 Input Limiter........................................................................................................................................................ 14
4.3.5 Red LED [ OVD LINE] ........................................................................................................................................ 14
5. USER INTERFACE .......................................................................................................................................... 15
5.1.1 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION............................................................................................................................. 15
5.1.2 ARCHITECTURE - AUDIO PATH ...................................................................................................................... 16
5.2 TRACK MONITORING..................................................................................................................................... 17
5.2.1 Adjusting the headphone level ........................................................................................................................... 17
5.2.2 Solo Monitoring .................................................................................................................................................. 18
5.3 CONTEXTUAL MENUS ................................................................................................................................... 19
5.4 MONITORING .................................................................................................................................................. 20
5.5 LINE OUT......................................................................................................................................................... 21
5.6 LAST TAKE ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.6.1 PLAYER Mode ................................................................................................................................................... 23
5.6.2 Mode SEARCH................................................................................................................................................... 24
in SEARCH mode => FORWARD..................................................................................................................................... 24
in SEARCH mode => REWIND......................................................................................................................................... 24
5.6.3 Contextuels menu in Player mode ..................................................................................................................... 25
5.7 UNIT STATUS.................................................................................................................................................. 26
5.8 SETUP (CONFIGURATION'S MENUS) ........................................................................................................... 28
5.8.1 MENU's Tree Structure ...................................................................................................................................... 29
5.8.2 ROUTING SETTING .......................................................................................................................................... 30