Headphone Peak Led; Tone Oscillator; Lcd Contrast & Led Brightness - Sound Devices 788T-SSD User Manual And Technical Information

LED Color
Flashing Yellow Input type has been selected to digital but the input is not currently locked.
i.e. No digital input has been detected. All eight input activity LEDs will flash yellow when a video or
word clock reference has been selected but a valid source is not detected.
Solid Yellow The 788T Slate Mic is active (CL-8 only).
If a digital input has been selected and the 788T detects a valid digital signal, the Input Ring LEDs
will follow the normal red and green LED behavior. The Input Activity Ring LEDs can be defeated
by color in the Setup Menu option METER: INPUT LED RING MODE.

Headphone Peak LED

The headphone circuit has an indicator for peak overload. Monitoring without a visual indication
of headphone clipping may mislead the operator into thinking that the record or playback signal is
distorting.

Tone Oscillator

The tone oscillator can be used as an aid to lining up levels. Both tone level and frequency are user
selectable. Reference level is adjustable over a range of
TONE: LEVEL. The tone frequency is adjustable from 100 to 10,000 Hz in increments of 10 Hz from
the Setup Menu option TONE: FREQUENCY. Standard tone levels vary according to the practices and
needs of production and post-production, but are generally in the –20 to
The tone oscillator is activated by pressing the
latch on, pressing again will deactivate the tone signal. Tone is routed where specifi ed in the Setup
Menu option TONE: MODE. Routing choices include: Outputs only, Outputs and Tracks, Tracks only,
or no tone routing (disabled). When routed to Tracks, all selected record tracks will receive the tone
signal. Changes to tone oscillator settings made while tone is latched on do not take affect until tone
is turned off.
To record tone at the head of a take, activate the tone signal then press the REC key. From the factory,
subsequent presses of the TONE key are locked out to prevent tone from being inadvertently record-
ed. Tone can be activated while recording by following these steps.
1. Enter the Setup Menu option FILE: MARKER MODE and set it to disabled.
2. Press the REC key to begin the recording.
3. To record tone, Press and hold down the REC key then press the TONE key. To latch tone, press and
hold the Tone key for 2 seconds, press again to release. Once tone is generated the REC key can be
released.
The tone oscillator can be activated anytime during recording by setting the TONE: RECORD LOCK
feature in the Setup Menu. Press the Tone key anytime to generate a tone signal. Please note that
when enabled, any slight press of the tone key will generate tone and override any program material
where tone has been routed to, including record tracks.
LCD Contrast & LED Brightness
LCD contrast is controlled in the Setup Menu option LCD: CONTRAST. From the factory, the contrast
is set to 50%, suitable for most viewing conditions. Contrast can be adjusted from 0 to 100% in 1%
increments.
LED brightness is continuously adjustable from low to high. To adjust the LED brightness level, hold
down the LCD Backlight key then turn the Multi-Function Rotary Switch. In Stealth Mode the LEDs
are toggled On and Off with the LCD backlight key. Enable Stealth Mode in the Setup Menu option
METER: STEALTH MODE.
788T/788T-SSD User Guide and Technical Information
Description
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40 to 0 dBFS in the Setup Menu option
TONE key. Press and hold for two seconds to
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12 dBFS range.
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