Sound-devices 722 User Manual

722 High Resolution Digital Audio Recorder User Guide and Technical Information firmware rev. 2.67Sound Devices, LLC E7556 State Rd. 23/33 • Reedsbu

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722 User Guide and Technical Information9LCD Display Descriptions 1 8 7 6 5 4 2 3 9 10 1) Battery Level Indicator Shows the voltage level of the

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722 User Guide and Technical Information11Left Panel Connectors and Controls 1 8 7 2 3 4 5 61) XLR Input 1/AES3 Input 1&2 Dual function input

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722 User Guide and Technical Information13Back Panel Descriptions 132 4 1) Security Slot Compatible with the Kensington® Secu-rity Slot specificati

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722 User Guide and Technical Information15limiters will prevent unusually high input signal levels from clipping the analog input stage of the preamp

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722 User Guide and Technical Information17Switch is pressed or or the check mark is selected. The amount of delay available is dependent on the sampl

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722 User Guide and Technical Information19Sampling Rate and Bit Depth When recording the 722 generates uncompressed PCM audio WAV files in the Broadca

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722 User Guide and Technical Information21C. Link – Multi-Unit Linking The proprietary C. Link (control link) connection allows multiple 702, 702T, 7

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722 User Guide and Technical Information23Headphone Output The 722 headphone output is a flexible tool for monitoring audio in the field. The 722 allow

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722 User Guide and Technical Information25Headphone Favorite Selection If “Selects Favorite Mode” is selected from the choices above, pushing the Rot

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722 User Guide and Technical Information27Peak LEDs input signal present LEDs input peak LEDs headphone peak LED In addition to the main LED output

722 User Guide and Technical Information1Quick Start Guide ...3Powering the Unit Menu Navigation Basics Connecting Audio Sou

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722 User Guide and Technical Information29 24-Hour Time CounterBy default, the 24-Hour Time Counter is displayed below the big A-Time. The position o

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722 User Guide and Technical Information312. Press the REC key to begin recording.3. Pause the recording at any time by pressing the STOP key once.

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722 User Guide and Technical Information33.MP2 MPEG-1 Layer II is a lossy compression algorithm often used for speech recording. What to consider whe

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722 User Guide and Technical Information35PCM Audio Uncompressed digital audio is expressed numerically by two measurements, bit depth and sampling

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722 User Guide and Technical Information373. The Rotary Switch or the soft keys are used to choose characters/numbers. Press the Controller or hit

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722 User Guide and Technical Information39A hierarchical view of files generated by the 722 is below. 722 1 FALSETAKES 1 SOUNDDEV 1 TRASH 1 TOP-LEVEL

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722 User Guide and Technical Information41Setting/Clearing Flag Bits Pressing the tone key in the File Viewer display opens the “Set or Clear Flag Bi

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722 User Guide and Technical Information43Take Number Incrementing To advance to a higher take number hold the STOP button and press FastForward. The

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722 User Guide and Technical Information45Formatting The drive installed in the 722 is formatted at the factory as a single-partition FAT32 volume. I

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722 User Guide and Technical Information47If the recorder is used in applications subject to extreme motion, Sound Devices recommends recording to CF

722 User Guide and Technical Information3Quick Start Guide The 722 is an extremely powerful and flexible portable audio recorder. Before recording, fa

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722 User Guide and Technical Information49722 will prompt the user to format the drive. If the drive is already formatted as a FAT32 volume the drive

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722 User Guide and Technical Information51To disconnect the 722 from FireWire: 1. Make certain that any software applications that reference the 722

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722 User Guide and Technical Information53In addition to the internal record timer, the auto functions (power on/begin record/power off) can be used

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722 User Guide and Technical Information55CL-1 Remote Control and Keyboard Interface The CL-1 Remote Control and Keyboard Interface is an available h

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722 User Guide and Technical Information572. Select an unassigned shortcut number for programming. If a duplicate key sequence is selected the low-

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722 User Guide and Technical Information59722 Presets Factory Preset Film Preset Reporter Preset Music PresetRec: Pre-Roll Time 2 Sec 2 Sec 2 Sec

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722 User Guide and Technical Information61Setup Menu The setup menu controls a wide range of parameters for the 722, including all audio routing and

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722 User Guide and Technical Information63# Setup Name Setup Description Setup Options 29Line Input 1,2: Gain Control When inputs 1 and 2 are in L

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722 User Guide and Technical Information65# Setup Name Setup Description Setup Options 62HP: Favorite Mode Selects the audio source monitored when

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722 User Guide and Technical Information67Front Panel Button Shortcuts To speed navigation the 7-Series has numerous navigation “shortcuts”. For comb

722 User Guide and Technical Information5FireWire File Transfer Sound Devices strongly recommends shutting down equipment before connecting to or fro

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722 User Guide and Technical Information69Specications System Sampling Frequency internal: 32, 44.1, 47.952, 48, 48.048, 88.2, 96, 96.096, 176.4, 1

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722 User Guide and Technical Information71Accessories Included Accessories The accessories below are included with the 722: • Universal In-Line Powe

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722 User Guide and Technical Information73CE Declaration of Conformity According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 Sound Devices, LLC 300 Wengel Drive Reedsburg,

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722 User Guide and Technical Information75Limitation of LiabilityLIMITATION ON SOUND DEVICES’ LIABILITY. SOUND DEVICES, LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO TH

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722 User Guide and Technical Information710) Power Key Press and hold to power up the 722. Press and hold to power down. 11) Charge LED Indicates