Chapter 3 - Recording Audio Using The Miniature Digital Recorders; Recording Format; Recording Mode; Media Capacity - Zaxcom ZFR100 User Manual

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Chapter 3 – Recording Audio using the Miniature Digital Recorders

Recording Format

The media card is formatted using the FAT32 file system. While recording, the unit places all recorded audio in a
single file on the media.
The FAT32 file system can be read on both Windows and Mac OS computers. However, the single file generated
by the recorder can only be understood by the Zaxcom ZaxConvert program. It converts the file into a format
(Broadcast Wave Format = BWF), that is useable in Post. This utility is available to anyone for free from the
Zaxcom website.

Recording Mode

The audio can be recorded in LOOP RECORD mode or NON-LOOP RECORD mode.
In LOOP RECORD mode (indicated by
eventually loops back to the beginning of the card and records over the oldest material. To prevent audio from
being erased, do not exceed the recording length of the media (see
{p.34}).
In NON-LOOP RECORD mode (indicated by
card is full, recording ceases and the screen displays

Media Capacity

You can use MiniSD / MicroSD cards (as appropriate), ranging in size from 128 MB to 16 GB. A 16 GB card
records a single track of audio for 96 hours without erasing any recorded audio on the card. Available recording
times are as follows:
IMPORTANT: The unit will NOT record onto the card if it was not present when the unit was powered up, if
it was removed while the power was „ON‟ or if the LOW BATTERY page {p.18} is being displayed. If the
card was ejected while the power was „ON‟, the card must be reinserted before its power is cycled, in order
to resume recording.
LREC
in the Transport Control page
REC
in the Transport Control page
FULL
.
Available
Media Size
Recording Time
128 MB 45 minutes
256 MB 1.5 hours
512 MB 3 hours
1 GB 6 hours
2 GB 12 hours
4 GB 24 hours
8 GB 48 hours
16 GB 96 hours

Table 3-1 Available Recording Time

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Table 3-1 Available Recording Time
{p.21}), as soon as the