Table Of Contents - Sound Devices 774T User Manual And Technical Information

Table of Contents

Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Powering the Unit
Menu Navigation Basics
Connecting Audio Sources
Routing Inputs to Tracks
Selecting Recording Parameters and File Destination
Time Code Setup
Recording
Playback
FireWire File Transfer to Computer
Front Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Panel Lock
LCD Display Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Left Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . . 11
Right Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . 12
Back Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Input Setup and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Input Source Selection
Analog Inputs 1 and 2
Input Linking (Stereo or MS Decoding)
Analog Inputs 3 & 4
Digital Inputs - AES3
Digital Inputs - AES3id (S/PDIF)
Signal Presence and Peak Indicator
Input Delay
Input-to-Track Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Routing
Selective Input Muting
Sampling Rate and Bit Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sampling Rate
Bit Depths
Word Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Clock Master
Clock Slave
Multi-Unit Linking Via C. Link
Outputs - Analog and Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Master Output Bus
Output Bus 2
Headphone Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting Headphone Sources
Setting Headphone Source Options
MS Stereo Monitoring
SoundField B-Format Surround Monitoring
Rotary Switch Behavior
Headphone Favorite Selection
Headphone Playback Mode
Headphone Warning Tones
Metering and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Output Meter
Meter Ballistics
Peak LEDs
Tone Oscillator
LCD Contrast & Backlight, LED Brightness
Record Indication
Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Frame Rate
48048-F Sampling Rate Mode
Time Code Modes
Jam Menu
User Bits
NTSC Standard Def Video Production
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Recording
Pre-Record Buffer
Failure During Recording
Display Options
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AutoPlay
Audio File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
.WAV
iXML
MP3 Files
File Naming / Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Scene Name/Numbering
Mono Track Name Designators
Duplicate File Names
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Folder Actions
File Viewer Navigation
File Viewer Screen
File Time and Date
File Size Maximum
Flag (Archive) Bits
File Copying Among Available Drives
File Deletion
False Take Control
Emptying the Trash and False Take Folders
Take Number Incrementing
Take List
Storage Medium - Internal Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 44
Formatting
Media Repair Utility
Drive Type
Drive Replacement
Drive Failure
Storage Medium - Removable Compact Flash . . 47
When to Use CF
Formatting
Speed Testing
CF Media Repair
Qualifi ed CF Cards
Storage Medium - External FireWire Drives . . . . 48
When to Use External FireWire Drives
Formatting
FireWire Bus Powering
Qualifi ed Drives
DVD-RAM Drives
File Transfer Using FireWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery
External Powering and Battery Charging
Time Code Clock Battery
Auto Functions with External Powering
Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Version Information
Upgrading Firmware
Setup Menu Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Built-In Presets
User Setup Data File
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Specifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Power Consumption Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recording Time Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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