Powering; Removable Li-Ion Batteries; Li-Ion Battery Charging; Menu And Navigation - Sound Devices PIX 220 User Manual And Technical Information

Powering

The PIX 220 and PIX 240 are powered from either removable, Li-ion rechargeable ba eries or ex-
ternal DC. One or two removable 7.2 V Li-ion ba eries can be mounted to the recorder and used
as either primary or backup power. The PIX automatically chooses the power source based on the
voltage level of the external power supply. If the external voltage falls below the level of a ached Li-
ion ba eries, the unit will transition to Li-ion power. The transition between external and removable
ba ery powering is seamless and has no a ect on recording or playback operation.

Removable Li-Ion Batteries

PIX recorders are compatible with Sony L-Series Li-ion rechargeable ba eries. Several power capaci-
ties are available in this ba ery type, ranging from 1000 mAh to 7000 mAh. Larger amp-hour ba er-
ies provide more run-time.
One or two L-Series ba eries can be a ached to the rear panel. When two ba eries are a ached, they
operate in parallel. A second ba ery increases run time and both ba eries will drain evenly. Ba eries
can be hot-swapped for continuous recording.
When powered by the removable Li-ion ba ery the LCD displays the ba ery voltage of each ba ery.
The nominal operating voltage for Li-ion ba eries is 7.2 V, with operating voltages ranging between
6.8––8.5 V. When the total voltage drops to 6.9 V, the voltage display on the LCD will begin  ashing
red and the power LED will also  ash red to warn that the ba ery is nearly depleted. When the volt-
age reaches 6.8 volts the recorder powers down——any recording in-process will automatically close
(stop).

Li-Ion Battery Charging

When power is supplied to the PIX recorder on pins 1, 2 (-), and pins 3, 4 (+) of the External DC Input
and the PIX recorder is powered o , the recorder will charge a ached Li-ion ba eries. The included
XL-WPH3 power supply will charge Li-ion ba eries when the recorder is powered down.
The optional XL-AB accessory cable can be used to power a PIX recorder from an Anton Bauer D-Tap
connector. The XL-AB will not charge a ached Li-ion ba eries. Make certain that the Anton Bauer
ba ery can supply enough power for both camera and the PIX recorder.

Menu and Navigation

Main View

The Main View displays the live or playback video and the On-screen Display. the Main View is the
default view which appears when no other views or menus are selected.
On-screen Display
The On-screen Display (OSD) provides information superimposed over the Main View. From the
Main View, the LCD bu on will toggle the OSD on and o . Items included in the OSD are con g-
ured with the Setup Menu option Display. When factory se ings are loaded from the Quick Setup
menu item, all OSD items are shown.
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