Table Of Contents - Sound Devices 552 User Manual And Technical Information

Table of Contents

Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Front Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Rear Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Left Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . .13
Right Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . .14
Top and Bottom Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Input Setup and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Mic/Line Selection
Phantom Power
Gain - Trim and Fader Relationship
Input Trims
Input Faders
High-Pass Filters
Pan Control
Input Limiters
Input Polarity
Stereo Linking
Stereo Pair Linking
MS Pair Linking
Output Setup and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Direct Outputs
Master Gain Control
Master Outputs
XLR
Hirose 10-Pin
TA3
Tape Outputs
Mono Mic Outputs
AES Digital Outputs
Output Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
LIM vs LINK
Digital Audio Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Recording Media
Recorder Controller
Record Mode
REC LED
File Format
WAV
MP3
Bit Depth
Bit Depth and Dynamic Range
Sampling Rate
Sampling Frequency and Audio Bandwidth
Time Code
Playback
552 User Guide and Technical Information
Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Meter Ballistics
VU
Peak
Peak/VU -
Zoom Metering
Input Activity LED
Headphone Peak LED
Headphone Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Headphone Gain
Headphone Source Selection
Voice Navigation
Headphone Tones
Record Start and Stop Tones
Playback Navigation Tones
PFL (Channel Solo Monitor)
RTN A and B
Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Internal Battery Powering
External Powering
Voltage Metering
Power Consumption
Tone Oscillator / Slate Mic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Tone Oscillator
Slate Microphone
Talk Back Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Time of Day/Date Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Mixer Linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Linking 552 Mixers
Linking to Other Mixers
Linking to a 302 or 442
Linking to a MixPre
Accessing the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
User and Factory Settings
Setup Menu Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Front Panel Button Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Specifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Wave Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
CE Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Warranty and Technical Support . . . . . . . . . .47
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