Sound Devices 702T - Manual (Page 35)

702T User Guide and Technical Information
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Things to consider when using Time Code Hold Off:
• This feature only applies in EXT TC - AUTO RECORD and EXT TC/ CONT - AUTO RECORD.
• If Pre-Roll is set, it will be applied. Pre-Roll will only capture audio from the initial detection of
a time code signal. If no Pre-Roll is selected, the file will begin after the Hold Off time expires.
It is best practice to set Pre-Roll, in the Setup Menu option REC: PRE-ROLL TIME, to a value
greater than the selected Hold Off value. This ensures that audio is captured from the moment
a time code signal is detected and unintentional files triggered by short bursts of time code are
not generated.
Jam Menu
Time code setup is done from the jam menu selection, TIMECODE JAM MENU. Pressing and holding the
drive button then the menu button enters the jam menu. In this menu, the top of the display
shows the value of signal present on the time code input and the bottom of the display shows the
currently set time code value. In addition, the 702T displays the frame rate of the incoming time code
and the current frame rate setting of the 702T.
current 702T timecode/u-bit value
menu
selection
external time code/u-bit value received by 702T
press to jam
The 702T time code generator can be set in three ways.
Jam RX TC
When the JAM RX TC menu item is highlighted in the jam menu, the external time code, user bits,
and frame rate are shown at the top of the LCD screen; the 702T internal generator, user bits, and
frame rate are shown at the bottom of the screen. To jam the 702T from an external value, press soft
button next to the jam button or the Rotary Switch button. The screen will display JAMMING. Once
the 702T is jammed to the external time code, the external and internal numbers will match and run
in sync.
no valid time code is connected
Make certain that the external time code source appears in the time code jam menu. If the 702T does
not receive valid time code from the sending source the jam menu displays lines in place of numbers.
Identical to the Ambient Recording series of time code products, the 702T time code generator can “cross
jam” select frame rates. The 702T will cross jam time code at the top of the second for phase-accurate (the
00 frames will match) time code at the set frame rate.
Jam Zeros
This menu selection resets the internal generator to zero.