Home Screen; Time Code Button; Headphone Button; Mirror Status - Zaxcom Deva 5.8 Owner's Manual

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Chapter 5

Software Guide

The Deva is a very sophisticated recording device. The heart of the system is the software used to operate

the device. This section of the manual describes each screen on the Deva and the functions within each

screen.

Home Screen

This section describes the Home Screen. The Home screen is where you spend most of your time when

working on the Deva. It contains the timecode, headphone status, scene, take, note information, the status

of the device, battery levels, and signal levels.

Figure 5 Home Screen

The Status bar on the top of the screen displays Run, Stop and Play. Pushing this button from the Home

Screen takes you to the next menu. From any other menu, pressing the Status button takes you back one

menu or level within a menu or screen Pressing the Menu button on the front panel performs the same

function.

Note: Pushing the status button does not change the state of the Deva. It only brings you back one menu or level with a

menu or screen. It also displays the current status.

The HOME SCREEN is an active screen. Touching any of the following buttons with your finger or a stylus

takes you to its corresponding menu.

(Figure 5 displays 00:00:00:00) takes you to the TIMECODE menu.

The button with the Headphone icon takes you to the headphone menu. This area of the home screen

shows tracks are being monitored in the headphones.

Note: Individual tracks can be monitored in a solo mode by touching and holding the meter display for that track.

The Mirror Status button takes you to the My Deva menu.

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