Sound Devices 970 - Manual (Page 57)

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Setup Menu Options
The Setup Menu controls a wide range of parameters for the 970. The parameters are organized into
categories, making the Setup Menu easy to navigate. The following tables show the parameter name,
a description, options available, and the factory default setting where applicable.
Default settings can be altered. ( See “Setup Management and Firmware Upgrades”, page 48 )
File Storage
# Parameter Name Description Options
1 Drive Record/Network Mode
A sub-menu with 4 items representing each drive slot.
Options presented here are available for each of the 4
drive slots. Read Only: Drive is not used for record-
ing, but is available for playback. Record: Drive will
be written to during recording and is unavailable for
network file transfer. Ethernet File Transfer: Drive is
available for network access via Samba and unavail-
able for recording and playback. Switch to Network
upon Full: Drive is effectively in Record mode until it
becomes full, at which point it is effectively in Ethernet
File Transfer mode.
• Read Only
» Record
• Ethernet File Transfer
• Switch to Network upon Full
2 Wave File Split Every
Choose the file size limit of .wav files. When the limit
is reached, the 970 will create a new .wav file (labeled
sequentially with an alpha character) and continue
recording.
• 2 GB
» 4 GB
3 File Name Format
The format for file names as they are written to the
drive.
» Drive-Reel-Clip
• Reel-Clip
• CamID-Reel-Clip
• Reel-Scene-Take
• Scene-Take
• Reel-Scene-Take_Track Name
4 File Name Prefix
Text to be placed before all other charac-
ters in each file name. 970 Name is set in
[Network - This 970's Name]
• Off
» 970 Name
5 CamID An identifying character for a camera
» A
(single alpha to “Z”).
6 Reel Format
Customize format for naming Reel folders with any
alphanumeric value or set this parameter to Daily for
automatically generated names with a value derived
from the system’s date, using the format YYMMDD.
» Custom
• Daily
7 Reel
Current Reel number. When the Reel number is
altered, the Clip number is reset to 1
• 1
(multi alphanumeric)
8 Clip
Current Clip number. When the Reel or Scene is
altered, the Clip number is reset to 1
» 1
(numeric)
9 Scene/Shot
Current Scene name. When the Scene name is
altered, the Take number is reset to 1.
» “Scene 1”
(multi alphanumeric)
10 Take
Current take number. When the Scene name is
altered, the Take and Clip number is reset to 1.
» 1
(numeric)
11 Scene Increment Mode
The method used to increment the Scene/Shot value
when Stop+Fast Forward is pressed on the Main View.
• Disabled
» Numeric
• Character