Sound Devices 722 User Manual

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722 User Guide and Technical Information

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Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Powering the Unit
Menu Navigation Basics
Connecting Audio Sources
Routing Inputs to Tracks
Recording Parameter Setup
Recording
Playback
FireWire File Transfer

Front Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Panel Lock

LCD Display Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Left Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . . 11
Right Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . 12
Back Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Input Setup and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Input Source Selection
Analog Inputs
Input Linking (Stereo or MS Decoding)
Digital Input – AES3
Digital Input – AES3id (S/PDIF)
Signal Presence and Peak Indicator
Input Delay

Input-to-Track Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Routing
Selective Input Muting

Sampling Rate and Bit Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Sampling Rate
Bit Depths

Word Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Clock Slave
C. Link – Multi-Unit Linking

Outputs – Analog and Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Analog Output Bus
Digital Output Bus

Headphone Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Selecting Headphone Sources
Setting Headphone Source Options
MS Stereo Monitoring
Rotary Switch Behavior
Headphone Favorite Selection
Headphone Playback Mode
Headphone Warning Tones

Metering and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Output Meter
Meter Ballistics
Peak LEDs
Tone Oscillator
LCD Contrast & Backlight, LED Brightness
LCD Gain Display
Record Indication

24-Hour Time Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Recording
Pre-Record Buffer
Failure During Recording
Record Pause
Record Timer

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

AutoPlay

Audio File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

.WAV
.FLAC
.MP2
.MP3
iXML

Recording Time Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Uncompressed Recording Time in Track-Hours
MP3 Compressed Record Time in Hours

File Naming / Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Scene Name/Number
Take Numbers
Mono Track Name Designators
Duplicate File Names

Wave Agent Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Folder Actions
File Viewer Screen
File Time and Date
File Size Maximum
Setting/Clearing Flag Bits
Automatic Flag Clearing
File Copying Among Available Drives
File Deletion
False Take Control
Emptying the Trash and False Take Folders
Take Number Incrementing
Take List
Take Status

Storage Medium – Internal Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Formatting
Drive Type
Drive Replacement
Drive Failure

Storage Medium – CompactFlash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

When to Use CF
Formatting
Testing
Qualified CF Cards

Storage Medium – External FireWire Drives . . . . 48

When to Use External FireWire Drives
Formatting
FireWire Bus Powering
Qualified Drives
DVD-RAM Drives

File Transfer – FireWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery
External Powering and Battery Charging
Time of Day Battery
Auto Functions with External Powering
Power-up Messages
Power Consumption Variables

Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Version Information
Upgrade Process

CL-1 Remote Control and Keyboard Interface . . . 55

Connecting the CL-1
Logic Inputs and Outputs
Logic Inputs
Logic Outputs

Setup Menu Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Built-In Presets

Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Front Panel Button Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
CE Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Limitation of Liability

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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