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1. Line Line Line Line HPF Off HPF Off HPF Off HPF Off 46 Off 48Y Off 46 Off 46 Off Limiter Limiter Limiter Limiter 48 volts Caution Y high Pass Filter Adjust Clear All Dela High Pass Adjust Frequenc Trim Figure 24 Analog Input Control Menu Phantom Power Phantom power works in cooperation with the Mic Line Level settings If you have a channel set to Line Level you cannot turn on phantom power to that channel Setting Phantom Power To Set 48 v Phantom Power select the 48 Volts Caution button then select the buttons for the desired channels The 48 Volts button flashes red when activated When phantom power is enabled for a channel the 48V On indicator appears red Note Ifyou change a channel from Microphone input Mic to Line input Line 48V On is automatically disabled for that channel High Pass Filter Each analog input can have a high pass filter applied to it You can enable the high pass filter for both line and mic inputs Enabling the High Pass Filter Press the High Pass Filter button The button s LCD indicator flashes green when pressed 2 Set the High Pass Frequency Setting and changing the High Pass Frequency is outlined in the section Setting High Pass Frequency on page 69 3 Press the individual channel the High Pass Filter should be applied to The HPF indicator changes to purple with the high pass frequency indicated Ee
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3. R me Not Being L Recorded E Recorded J To build your own headphone mix from the Headphone Mix menu perform the following Press the button in the left or right headphone output to assign to that headphone output channel An X is placed in the button Invert Phase When building M S monitoring phase of one of the channels needs to be inverted Use the Phase Invert button to invert the playback phase of any channel The Deva displays indicating the channel is inverted Important Invert Phase only inverts the playback phase it does not affect the recorded audio in any way Camera Input The Camera Input button allows you to perform confidence audio monitoring from the camera using the camera connector on the right side of the Deva When you enable the Camera Input you will want to temporarily disable any other headphone channels being monitored otherwise you will hear the delayed audio from the camera on top of those channels Note The Camera Input on the Deva internally sums the camera mix to mono This summing occurs only on the return audio not audio sent to the camera Ba Building Your Own Presets In a lot of cases once you have setup monitoring options you don t need to change them that often But once changed the Deva allows you to with the push of a button restore those settings When stored these become known as User Presets Store User Presets The following section provides ins
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5. The MAIN MENU provides access to all the Deva operating functions Figure 6 Deva Main Menu Disk Mix DISK MIX selects the main routing menu This Menu includes the MATRIX that routes the 8 Analog and 8 Digital Inputs plus the Slate Mic and Tone Generator to the 10 Recording Tracks Output Mix OUTPUT MIX selects the output routing menu This Matrix routes the 8 Analog and 8 Digital Inputs to the 8 Main Outputs Faders Displays the four touch faders and allows you to assign and lock the inputs to the faders The touch faders operate the same way the hardware faders do You can either use your finger or PDA stylus to move the faders on the screen Time Code TIME CODE selects the Time Code feature window This sets all time code and user bit settings Deva Setup Deva SETUP sets the main operating parameters such as Sample Rate number of channels sync reference etc Input Control INPUT CONTROL sets the parameters of the Analog inputs This includes Mic Line level High Pass Filter ing Mic Powering Gain Trim and Digital Delay e My Deva MY Deva is similar to the Microsoft Windows convention My Computer This menu sets the parameters for all the recording devices including the internal hard disk the optional internal DVD drive and any external FireWire drives Cue Mode CUE MODE is the playback menu This allows you to select takes by Segment Index number Time Code or to just Fast Forward or Fast Reve
6. XTAL Use XTAL for Deva s Internal Crystal Use this source when recording AES AES for external reference from a digital source For recording leave this setting at XTAL even if you are recording from an external AES source such as Cameo If you are using Deva as a post playback machine which is locked to external AES set the TIMECODE REFERENCE to AES Toggle Timecode Type This selection toggles the settings for entering and jamming data between Time code and User bits This selection changes the display on the 2 buttons to its right JAM TIMECODE becomes JAM USER BITS and JAM TIME OF DAY and ENTER TIMECODE becomes ENTER USER BITS and ENTER TIME OF DAY JAM TIMECODE USER BITS This button manually jams an external Time code or User bits into the internal generator When set to JAM TIME OF DAY it will jam the time code clock to the time of day entered in the Deva SETUP CLOCK menu a Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Enter Timecode or User Bits This button opens a window that allows you to input Time Code or User bit data ENTER TIME OF DAY brings you to the CLOCK setup menu in Deva SETUP INC User Bits ON OFF Toggles between incrementing user bits On and Off When ON the Deva increments the last digit in the USER BITS each time you go into record Deva Setup Provides many of the recording and setup options Deva Setup STOP 48000 Internal Ref Off eee Reference Recor
7. Auto Load Deva transport controls are locked to an external recorder such as an HD camera When the camera goes into record The Deva also goes into the Record mode GPI Remote Roll Enables external transport control using a contact closure switch This button toggles through the three options off Rising Edge and Falling Edge OFF Normal Deva Operating mode Rising Edge Places the Deva into record when the contact is open Falling Edge Places the Deva into record when the contact is closed Serial Remote Roll Enables the control of the Deva using the Serial port Serial Port Mode Used in conjunction with the Serial Remote Roll it determines the serial port protocol The serial port can either be configured as a standard RS 232 or Standard RS 422 port Command Monitor Similar to Microsoft Windows DOS Prompt or the UNIX terminal it provides a command line to the Deva At this time the Command Monitor has not been implemented and should not be used Master Output Mode When the Deva MIX 12 is used the Master Output Mode selects if the playback switch of the output bus ses is enabled or disabled Slate Source The Slate Source toggles between the Deva internal mic and camera input as the source for slate Headphone Options _ Aq Opens a new window providing additional options for the headphones when monitoring Operating Mode STOP Normal Off Off Transport GPi1 Serial
8. Startup Screen Allows you to select the first screen you see after the Deva has been powered on The options are I Home Screen I Cue Screen JI Main Menu LI My Deva I Time Code Hold Key Time Allows you to set the amount of delay before the Deva keypad repeats a character The values available are 100 ms 200 ms 300 ms 400 ms 500 ms 600 ms 700 ms 800 ms 900 ms second 2 seconds and off Hint Pressing and holding menu key when in any screen eventually takes you back to the Home Screen When setting this button press and hold the menu button to evaluate the Hold Key Time setting False Start Allows you to toggle the delete option when pressing the False Start key The two options are Allow Delete and No Delete When set to No Delete the ability to delete a take is removed from the False Start dialog You can only mark a take as a false start or cancel the action Default STN Edit Position Toggles between editing the current Scene Take Note metadata and the next Scene Take Note metadata Color Theme Toggles between old and new color themes The new color theme makes most buttons and some back grounds have more of a white color to them You must restart your Deva for color theme changes to take affect Big STN Toggles between the normal Scene Take Note area on the home screen and a larger text area on the home screen When the big STN option is enabled the text of the folder name current segment num
9. 00 00 00 00 Generator U B Generator Free Run 3ONDF AES Time Code Time Code Out Run Mode Time Code Reference Frame Rate Inc User Bits OFF Toggle Time Code Type Jam Time Code Enter Time Code Figure 13 Time Code Screen Time Code Out Toggles between Generator and Disk Generator outputs TC from the internal generator Disk outputs TC from the hard drive or whatever disk is selected for playback Timecode Run Mode Timecode Run Mode toggles between Free Run Record Run C Jam All C Jam T C and C Jam UB 2 Free Run Time code runs continuously from either 00 00 00 00 or whatever valid time code number you enter you can also jam time code from the Deva s Time of Day clock Record Run Time code starts and stops as you Record and Stop C JAM ALL This mode Continuously Jams Time code and User Bits from an External Source C JAM T C This mode continuously jams only the time code The user bits can be set independently C JAM U B This mode continuously jams the User Bits while the time code FREE RUNS independently This mode allows a second time code to be input as user bits from an external source Frame Rate Toggles the desired time code frame rate of 30 NDF Non Drop Frame 30 DF 23 98 24 25 29 97 NDF and 29 97 DF Timecode Reference Sets the reference source for the time code generator The options are XTAL and AES
10. Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual 4 Repeat Step 3 for all channels to enable the high pass filter Note You can set different frequencies for each channel simply repeat steps 2 and 3 for each frequency Setting High Pass Frequency ee Analog Input Control STOP Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Line Line Line Line HPF Off HPF Off HPF Off HPF Off 46 Off 46 Off 46 Off 46 Off Limiter Limiter Limiter Limiter Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel Fi Channel g Line Line Line Line HPF Off HPF Off HPF Off HPF Off 4nv Nff ARY nt l anv nf L 46V Off Enter high pass frequency 70 Limiter P Adjust 49 me Clear All la volts Filter High Pass Adjust Frequenc Trim Figure 26 Changing High Pass Frequency To set the High Pass Frequency do the following Press the High Pass Frequency button You are prompted to enter the high pass frequency in Hz 2 Use the keypad numbers to the frequency The default frequency is 70 Hz the valid range is 30 Hz to 240 Hz 3 Press High Pass Frequency button This sets the frequency Note The frequency remains until the Deva is powered down or you change it again Mic Line Level To set the Mic Line input gain press the Mic Line button then select the individual Input Channels MIC appears in DARK BLUE LINE appears in BLACK Clear All This button provides a convenient way to clear all the settings an
11. Mirroring button The Mirroring button displays the status or the internal and external mirror drives Touching this button brings you to the My Deva menu CUR CUR shows the INDEX NUMBER of the current take either the take being recorded or played back This is also an active display button which takes you to the Internal Disk Folder Total Total shows the total number of takes in the current FOLDER Folder Folder is the name of the current folder The Folder is the hard drive partition currently being recorded onto Normally a new partition would be set up for each Sound Roll or each day s work The Folder Num ber would then be the equivalent of the Sound Roll Number You can also rename the folder without num bers and that name appears on the home screen and the folder when mirrored to a DVD RAM disc or external hard drive Currently a folder is set a 4 GB in size Future firmware updates will allow a folder can be any size up to the maximum capacity of the hard drive MetaData The bottom of the screen displays the User entered metadata This is information that can be entered regarding each take This can include Scene and Take numbers Wild Track numbers and brief notes up to l6 Characters This is an active display button which will take you to the SCENE TAKE NOTE menu Status Button Select the STATUS button STOP PLAY RECORD to go to the next menu Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Main Menu
12. The amount of prerecord time is shown in blue just above the Pre Record Time button The Pre record buffer is discarded after any of the following settings are changed I Sample Rate Reference I Sample Rate LJ Timecode I Userbits 1 Frame Rate Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 3 Setting the Tone Levels and Outputs _ YS HO The Deva provides a calibrated tone level which can be placed on any output channel or recorded track This tone level is used to calibrate cameras to the audio sent from the Deva and post production facilities to ensure all levels are correct LI Level Options 20 dB 18 dB 16 dB 14 dB 16 dB Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Tone Level o a A ca Figure 26 Tone level Button Perform the following to set the tone level Press the Deva Setup button on the Main Menu screen The Deva Setup Screen appears 2 Press the Tone Level button Each time you press the button the tone is increased 2 dB from it s previous setting When 16 dB is reached the tone level automatically cycles back to 20 dB The tone level is shown in blue just above the Tone Level button Setting Tone output Once the tone level is selected you have to set where the tone is placed Unless you set a record track or output channel tone is being generated but not used Main Menu gt Disk Mix Main Menu gt Output Mix Figure 27 Tone Selection on Disk Channel Mix menu and Output C
13. exceeds this limit the limiter automatically reduces the analog input while signal is above this limit There are no settings for the Deva limiter simply enable the limiter for the analog channel Enabling limiting on a channel From the Input Control screen Select the channel you want limiting enabled on 2 Select the Limiter button This toggles the limiting Equalization A AAA The Deva provides five bands of filters for equalization You get to pick the frequency of each band so if you want to create a notch filter or simply roll off some of the low end you can There are three types of filters available low pass high pass and peaking parametric When using a MIX 12 mixer with the Deva you can change the values to any setting within the range limits using the jog wheel However when using a keyboard or the keypad on the Deva you set the values using the number keypad Note The Deva is a very versatile recorder and allows you to set both the HP filter and change the EQ at the same time EO Range _I Level 24 dB to 24 dB I Frequency 30 Hz to 20 kHz 1 Q 0 5 to 9 9 Enabling the EQ From the Input Control screen Select the channel you want Equalization enabled on The Analog or Digital Input screen appears 2 Select the EQ button The EQ Screen appears 3 Select one of the bands Pressing the Band button toggles through the four choices off Low Shelf Hi Shelf and Peaking E Cha
14. volume slider Chapter 1 Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Left Panel Descriptions 10 lt Fs SERIAL GPI USB HME CODE gt OFF v 00 lt 9 lt On lt Un lt K lt NO 9 Figure 2 Deva Left panel Hard Drive Compartment USB Port This port is designed to connect Zaxcom approved keyboards Time Code Connector This is the standard 5 pin Lemo connector used for Time Code l O Lemo part number EGG OB 305 CLL Serial RS422 connector This 9 pin connector is used for controlling the Deva using an external device such as the Zaxcom Deva MIX 12 mixer Word Clock Output This BNC connector provides a word clock timing output generated internally from the Deva IEEE 1394 FireWire connector This is a FireWire 400 port which can be used with FireWire hard drives CD and DVD RAM drives If the external FireWire device requires power it can be turned on from the My Deva menu see My Deva Menu on page 71 AES Digital Input Connector Connect the supplied AES Digital input cable to this 5 pin mini sub D connector The cable provides four pairs of AES inputs AES Digital Output Connector Connect the supplied AES Digital output cable to this is a 5 pin mini Sub D connector The cable provides four pairs of AES digital output Power Switch and LED When the Deva is powered on the green LED illuminates o MA Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 1 I0 Battery Compartmen
15. Both allow you to see and use the Deva screen when viewing conditions are less than ideal Headphone Monitoring so B One of the strengths of the Deva is the flexibility in routing which is evident in the input output and recording options This flexibility is extended to the headphone monitoring area as well Many common headphone monitoring options come preset from Zaxcom You can add up to 12 custom presets in addition to the factory presets You can also simply build a headphone monitoring configuration on the fly without saving it as well as temporarily monitor a single channel The headphone audio you are listening to what is being placed onto the hard drive Check Sum Error Correction ensures that what is being sent to the internal hard drive is being recorded there Main Menu gt Headphone Mix Headphone Mix STOP ooon MFactory 1 18 3L 2R4R He de oii Bia Bee MEA Es Aas a Seri ti ees ert ace gt pameraj z e l EAT Input EURE Store Get Get Toggle On 3 Phase User User Factory Recorded Invert Presets Presets Presets Tracks Headphone Mix Menu There are two shortcuts to getting to the Headphone Mix menu I Press the F6 key on the Deva 1 Press headphone display area on the home screen Both of these bring you immediately to the Headphone Mix menu as long as fader number 8 is not assigned to a track Fader 8 Fader 8 serves two purposes on the Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 When no trac
16. Touching the status button or pushing the menu button does not change the mode the Deva is currently using It is safe to make either selection while recording Throughout this manual the following conventions are used L1 Toggle is used when the selection rotates through a number of possible selections For example File Resolution toggles between 6 Bits and 24 Bits 16 Bits 24 Bits File File Resolution Resolution Getting to Know Your Deva Recorder This section describes the physical features and location of items on the Deva recorder Figure Deva Front panel Front Panel Descriptions DVD RAM Drive 2 CompactFlash Slot 3 Slate Microphone 4 Slate Mic Activation 5 Color Touch Screen The touch screen display is the main interface of the Deva Most selections are made and displayed using it You can use either a PDA stylus or your finger to make selections 6 Numeric Keypad and Backspace Buttons These provide an alternative means of entering numeric data such as time code metadata and equalization values 7 Transport Control Buttons These three buttons provide the Record Play and Stop functions 8 Function Buttons Fl F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 MENU and ENTER Many of the function buttons are used for multiple tasks When the touch screen display shows the home screen the function buttons perform the function written above them In other menu modes the function buttons can be programmed to perfo
17. Zaxcom unless your Zaxcom Deva Product was purchased from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller Distributors may sell Products to resellers who then sell Products to end users Please see below for warranty information or obtaining service No warranty ser vice is provided unless the Product is returned to Zaxcom Inc or a Zaxcom dealer in the region where the Product was first shipped by Zaxcom Warranty Policy Note The Zaxcom Deva carries a Standard Warranty Period of one I year The warranty period commences from the date of delivery from the Zaxcom dealer or reseller to the end user There are no warranties which extend beyond the face of the Zaxcom limited warranty Zaxcom disclaims all other warranties express or implied regarding the Products including any implied warranties of mer chantability fitness for a particular purpose or non infringement In the United States some laws do not allow the exclusion of the implied warranties Return Material Authorization RMA No Product may be returned directly to Zaxcom without first contacting Zaxcom for a Return Material Authorization RMA number If it is determined that the Deva may be defective you will be given an RMA number and instructions for Product return An unauthorized return i e one for which an RMA num ber has not been issued will be returned to you at your expense Authorized returns are to be shipped prepaid and insured to the address on the
18. drive Internal Disk Utilities STOP Erase Current Play Current Folder All Folder Undo Folder Erase Delete last Rebuild Seqment Directory Format Drive Figure 30 Internal Disk Utilities Menu Erase Current Folder Pressing Erase Current Folder both erases and formats the currently selected folder Note While not shown in Figure 30 the name of the currently selected folder appears above the Current Folder button in blue text When you select the Erase Current folder button a confirmation screen appears This helps prevent acci dental deletions of material Delete Last Segment Erases the previous segment When you select the Delete Last Segment button a confirmation screen appears Format Drive deletes all data on the internal hard drive and prepares the drive to accept data This is a destructive func tion a warning screen appears to prevent accidental formatting of the drive Format Menu STOP WARNING Formating the hard disk will result in the loss of all folders and segments Exit this screen if you do not want this to occur FORMAT DRIVE Figure 31 Format Drive Warning Screen nn A Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Warning Current Folder Opens a directory of all the folders on the internal disk drive called Internal Disk Folders Internal Disk Folders 3 STOP EMPTY 4 By Name Sort EMPT Order Page Up EMPT Name Selected Ee i Page Fo
19. of the inputs to either the touch or hardware faders When assigning inputs to touch faders you should not assign any input that you will be riding the levels on use the front hardware faders for those inputs Fader Assign SIOP In 103 Ind Ins Inb Inf Indo o Int p til Digital Clear Y Enable enn Hee Toggle All LR Toggle Figure II Hardware faders Screen Preset You can preset up to five settings These are automatically saved as you toggle through to the next pre set Analog Digital Toggle Toggles between the analog and digital inputs You can assign any combination of digital and or analog inputs to the faders Clear All Clears all inputs on the screen Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Touch Faders Toggle Brings up an identical screen allowing the assigning of the touch faders Touch Fader Assign lt STP Ind Ind Ind In6 In In8 Ini In P pq Digital Clear Y Enable erate aie Toggle All LR aders Toggle Figure 12 Touch Fader Screen Time Code This group of Menus allows you to set all the Time Code functions The READER T C displays Time code from any External source coming into the Deva READER U B displays external User Bits GENERATOR T C and GENERATOR U B displays Time Code and User Bits being generated by Deva e Code T o a ST p 00 00 00 00 Reader T C 00 00 00 00 Reader U B 00 00 00 00 Generator T C
20. the Menu button to return to the Headphone Mix menu Time Code _ _am The Deva provides several time code options which are all available from the Time Code menu To get to the Time Code screen either press the Time Code button F4 or press the time code in the home screen Main Menu gt Time Code Timecode STOP 00 00 00 00 Reader T C 00 00 00 00 Reader U B 00 33 33 02 Generator T C 00 00 00 00 Generator U B Generator Generator Free Run 30NDF Timecode Timecode Timecode Frame Out AO Run Mode ss Enter Enter eens eal User Bits User Ha amr T C aamun U B JAM TOD same JAM Time Figure 37 Time Code Menu Static Time Code Settings Reader T C The Reader T C displays Time code from any External source coming into the Deva If no external source is present you may temporarily see three question marks These indicate that no external time code source is being sensed by the Deva When a source is connected the Reader T C also displays the estimated frame rate Reader U B Like the Reader T C the READER U B displays any external source s User Bits Generator T C The Generator T C displays the time code being generated by the Deva Generator U B Like the Generator T C the Generator U B displays the user bits being generated by the Deva Time Code Options Time Code Out Time Code Out toggles between Generator and Disk Generator outputs TC from
21. up 20 factory monitoring presets Store User Presets Allows you to create and store your own monitor presets Get User Presets allows you to recall these presets Phase Invert Reverses the phase of the monitored channel for use in M S monitoring This does not change the phase of the recorded channel it only reverses phase in the monitor METERS The Meters screen provides the options for metering This includes how many meters are shown on the home screen the orientation of the meters and their size Meter Menu STOP 10 Horizontal 0 0 Number of Meter Meter Home Screen Yertical Labels Meters Horizontal Display Outputs Figure 18 Meters Screen Display of Home screen Meters Toggles from 4 through 10 allowing you to select the number of meters to be displayed on any of the home screens Meter Vertical Horizontal Toggles between the following meter display formats Vertical Horizontal Big Horizontal Big Vertical Meter Labels Opens a window that allows you to enter text on any of the selected meters Meter Labels Menu STOP Meter 1 ommi mic Meter 6 Che Meter 2 shotgun Meter 7 Ch 7 Meter 3 wireless 1 Meter 8 Cha Meter 4 wireless 2 Meter 9 Ch 3 Meter 5 chs Meter 10 Ch 10 hdi il Figure 19 Labels Menu MA Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Selecting any button opens the following window Meter Labels Menu STOP Meter 1 Mete
22. 12 SNDA B 6 IN11 Lemo Connector Pinout COIN CN ECN CIC IC fe AES Digital Input The Deva uses a DB 15 connector for the AES digital input connnector MESE CE o fee fo fom oo CCC ETC CEC ETC EM ECON Neco e fem e oron ro fem ETC No Connect AES Digital Output The Deva uses a DB 15 connector for the AES digital outputs connnector ames AA CTN eh e CA e o CI ETC CI ETC ETC EX ETC CN CECI CO ETC Ce CECI CEIC comes Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 4 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 A 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 HD a2 6 40 tt Fetry 2 12 Stereo L 1 E Mirror status Cur Tot Folder 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 perfo
23. 31 Meter Labels Menu To change the meter labels perform the following Press the Deva Setup button on the Main Menu screen The Deva Setup Screen appears 2 Press the Meters button The Meters Menu screen appears 3 Press the Meter Labels button The Meter Labels Menu appears 4 Press the Meter number button that you want to label A keyboard layout appears 5 Press the letters to enter the label If you press the backspace key Bsp characters are removed from the label Using a PDA stylus external keyboard or the Deva MIX 12 with its built in keyboard increases accuracy and speed entering labels E Reever 5 8 and Deva 16 Owners Manual Changing the Appearance of the Meters Horizontal Vertical There are several adjustments that can be made to the Deva meters including brightness of meters and meter orientation on the home screen Meter Display Options Vertical Horizontal Big Vertical Big Horizontal Meter Color Schemes Normal Black amp White Bright Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Meters y Meter Menu STOP h Horizontal Normal ar of Meter e Color Yertical z Schemes Horizontal air os Se yeti ii a e q M tals il Figure 32 Meter Menu To set the set the meter orientation or color scheme of the meters perform the following Press the Deva Setup button on the Main Menu screen The Deva Setup Screen appears 2 Press the Meters button The Meters Menu s
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25. 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 3 JAM TIMECODE USER BITS This button manually jams an external Time code or User bits into the internal generator When set to JAM TIME OF DAY it will jam the time code clock to the time of day entered in the Deva SETUP CLOCK menu ENTER TIMECODE or USER BITS This button opens a window that allows you to input Time Code or User bit data ENTER TIME OF DAY brings you to the CLOCK setup menu in Deva SETUP INC USER BITS ON OFF This button toggles between incrementing user bits On and Off When ON the Deva increments the last digit in the USER BITS each time you go into record DUAL RATE TIME CODE A feature of the Deva allows it to sync to one time code frame rate and record another For instance you can input 23 98 time code from an HD camera and record 29 97 time code derived from it The 2 frame rates will be in perfect sync matching up at frame one of each second Deva will hold perfect time code sync even when cycling power Many other time code clocks can gain or lose a frame each time power is cycled Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Pinouts This section provides the pinouts for the connectors on the Deva The mating cable connector part num ber is also provided for the less common connectors Analog Out DB25 This is a standard DB 25 connector available at most electronic part stores Signal Signal Signal Description Description De
26. D oe L L CD ROM containing Owner s Manual in PDF format LJ A C power cable Note The size of the installed removable hard drive varies depending on what you ordered Options Available Contact Zaxcom for ordering details I Porta Brace case Six channel analog output cable Additional hard drives in caddy one ships with the Deva Empty caddy UU L L Zaxcom Deva Mix 1 2 Overview as The fault tolerant multi disk recording on the Deva with automatic file recovery ensures that you deliver every bit of recorded audio even up to the point of an unexpected power failure As an extra precaution power switches automatically from external to internal in the case of external power loss The Deva has three internal recording mediums ensuring you can always have a copy of your recorded audio on set allowing production to instantly reference previous recordings Disputes with post production facilities regarding recording issues can be immediately cleared up and extra copies of recorded audio can be produced in the case of lost damaged or stolen material The Deva is small and light enough to be comfortable in over the shoulder applications The display controls and eight hardware faders are mounted on the face of the unit making both over the shoulder and cart use convenient The color touch screen makes the Deva the most intuitive and powerful recorder available It is the most intuitive and flexible method to control a location
27. FireWire Port of the Deva Power on the Deva Place the disc with the firmware on it in the FireWire drive Go to the Main Menu Press Menu on the keypad Press 1967 using the numbered keypad Press the F5 function key on the keypad also labeled S T N The Debug Flag prompt appears Press 7 on the keypad This starts the RAW read process If you burned a UDF disk instead of a standard CD then you can use 6 instead of 7 However if you just use 7 it works regardless of if the disc is a UDF or standard CD Once the process is complete the Deva screen states it was successful 10 Power off the Deva The updated firmware is now installed on the hard drive 12 13 14 Press and hold the Menu key then power on the Deva This boots the Deva using the updated firmware burned on the hard drive Release the Menu key when the boot up screen has finished displaying its information Press the Menu key to get to the Main Menu Screen Enter 1967 using the keypad The debug screen is displayed Press the F5 function key on the keypad also labeled S T N The Debug Flag prompt appears Press 9 on the keypad The Burning to Flash ROM process begins Important Do not power down the Deva unit until the screen displays the completed the process message 7 Once the process is complete restart the Deva normally Do not hold down the menu key during the restart i Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Ch
28. Hard Drive gt Current Folder Depending on the size of your hard drive the number of folders or partitions varies To select a partition do the following Press the My Deva button on the Main Menu screen The My Deva Screen appears 2 Press the Internal Hard Drive button The Internal Disk Utilities screen appears 3 Press the Current Folder button the Internal Disk Folders screen appears 4 Press the folder name you want to record on The folder s button turns white The Internal Disk Folders screen also allows you to erase the contents within a section rename the folder and change the view order of the folders Setting the Pre Record Time Important Soe 2 be d Pre Record A Time E i From the point the Deva is powered on it is always processing data Any sound coming in from any input is always being processed When Pre Record Time is enabled the buffered sound is placed at the beginning of the segment LI Range 0 10 Seconds Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Pre Record Time thes A ra t o Figure 25 Pre Record Time Button In order to use the Pre Record Time you must use a sample rate of 48 08 kHz or lower To enable Pre Record Time perform the following Press the Deva Setup button on the Main Menu screen The Deva Setup Screen appears 2 Press the Pre Record Time Each time you press the button the time is increased one second from Off 0 to the maximum of 10 seconds
29. Input Control Menu Setting the High Pass Filter value To set the High Pass Filter value you must use the HPF button in the Input Channel menu Main Menu gt Input Control gt Input Channel 5 LIMITER 10 Figure 10 High Pass Filter Button Input Channel Menu Perform the following to enable the High Pass Filter Press the individual channel button 2 Press the High Pass Filter button a dialog appears 3 Enter the frequency using the numeric keys Frequency 80 de The valid frequency range is 30 Hz to 240 Hz Any value outside this range is place closest to most valid number with this range 4 Press the enter key on the front of the Deva to finish entering the HPF cutoff Note The HPF value last entered is used as the default value for the next HPF frequency Setting the High Pass Filter Frequency on Multiple Channels Once a HPF value has been entered you can use the High Pass Filter button on the Input Control menu shown in Figure 9 to quickly enable the HPF on multiple channels Use the following steps to enable the HPF on multiple channels Press the High Pass Filter button on the Input Control menu The LED flashes green indicating it is active 2 Press the channel you want the High Pass Filter applied to HPF indicator on the button changes to last HPF frequency used E 3 Press the High Pass Filter button again when all channels are enabled Hint To quickly disable the High Pa
30. L 4 30 On 10 Attack 25 f 3 ms 20 Delay 15 2 msec j 48 Off Copy Compress Decay Int 00 ms Attack 10 HPF Thresh 50Hz LIMITER 10 or q5 20 Dec Attack PPE pat gt ile 13 0006 Figure 7 Single Channel Analog Input Screen Switching Between Microphone and Line Input The Mic Line button on the Input Control menu allows you to toggle the analog inputs between the microphone and line input Main Menu gt Input Control Figure 8 Mic Line button To toggle between the settings perform the following Press the Mic Line button on the screen The LED on the Mic Line button flashes green indicating it is active 2 Press the channel button on the screen for channel you want change The channel button displays the current mic line setting You can continue toggling the Mic Line option to each channel as required without pressing the Mic Line Level button each time simply press the channel you want power applied to while the LED flashes on the Mic Line Level button If you press the Mic Line button without pressing the Mic Line button you open the Input Channel screen Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 Enabling the High Pass Filter HPFencounteredns encounted with microphones LI Range 30 Hz 240 Hz Main Menu gt Input Control runt Liner High gt y Pass ic Filter 5 Figure 9 High Pass Filter Button
31. Operation Remote Remote Roll Roll RS 232 ue Serial Port Command y Mode Monitor Figure 16 Headphone Option Screen Headphone Alarm Tone Toggles On Off any audible alarms Mute Unrecorded Tracks When enabled all tracks not being recorded are muted This enables you to have multiple inputs into the Deva still configured but monitor only those inputs that are currently being recorded o MA Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Headphone Mix Menu Note This button opens a new screen which displays the full Headphone Matrix Left Headphone Mix STOP 3 4 5 6 7 GE 9 Headphone monitors the RECORDED tracks ef e y gt Camere Right Headphone Mix _ UPM coe 2g E A Se Be Oe RS ec ae Factory 2 Store a User pas Factory Presets Presets resets Figure 17 Headphone Mix Screen This screen routes the Recorded Tracks to the headphones An audio channel can be placed in the left right or both headphone channels The monitoring is E to E You are listening to what is being placed onto the hard drive Check Sum Error Correction insures that what is being sent to the internal hard drive is being recorded there CAMERA INPUT When a 0 pin camera connector is attached to the camera port this button allows you to monitor the return feed The camera feed is a mono return while there are two camera return feeds they are internally summed to mono Get Factory Presets brings
32. Owner s Manual Deva 5 8 and Deva l6 High Resolution Digital Audio Recorders Revision 5160 001 Date March 2008 Zaxcom 230 West Parkway Unit 9 Pompton Plains NJ 07444 USA Tel 973 835 5000 Fax 973 835 6633 Fo Deva 5 8 Owner s Manual Change History Date Changes 2008 03 Initial Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 manual combined DEVA 5 8 Owner s Manual NS VV Nats IN DE DOK 2 62 4 oo sce iio rd rs OPuons AVANADIC ripear nad endemoniado ONCIVISW setos erp pase Gara O ae Nee eee oe oes poe oie ans gC ga ee ee ee ee ee sea 2 RHintso Using Your Devido ia isis hbo oe todas oh ed bao ag bd GAG aed be aw Gack Gal 3 Getting to Know Your Deva Recorder 1 0 0 ccc cee ee eee nee e eee e eee nn ees 4 Front Panel DescriptlOAS suecos pia oes ni ias ws 4 Left Panel Descriptions cece cee eee eee eee e eee rererere 6 Right Side Panel Description o oooooooooooorrrrroror rro oorrorr nn ne ene 7 POWER ee ee a See Eee eee 9 Internal Batteries sonoro 4 eoeh hE a Rage Ree ee KPO Eee Ree Sas 9 exter fal Batteries users ace ne ee eee aoe o pea ee paren S 9 Battery Display 3326 csc oes ci ey cu eee ated Gh ode ee be ood Be eee en oad 9 Battery Chemis iy creissen rper ora eee wena eed beeen eee 10 Setting the Battery Threshold o oooooooooooroomocrrrrrrroooooor o o 10 CUSCO raros arias is 10 AUOD PORO ONU oooh oe 4ot t Grip ee np ek 4 GS a be eo ee ass ok Be ees oe 10 Microphone Ana
33. RMA in an approved shipping container Your original box and packaging materials should be kept for storing or shipping your Product To request an RMA please contact Zaxcom by telephone There is an RMA form on the Zaxcom web site http www zaxcom com Please fill out the form and return it with the product for repair Zaxcom will return the warranty repair via 2nd day UPS or FedEx at their discretion If overnight service is required a FedEx or UPS account number must be provided to Zaxcom to cover the shipping expenses All Devas returned for warranty service must be returned with a Zaxcom disk drive carrier Warranty Limitations Zaxcom s limited warranty provides that subject to the following limitations each Product will be free from defects in material and workmanship and will conform to Zaxcom s specification for the particular Product Limitation of Remedies Your exclusive remedy for any defective Product is limited to the repair or replacement of the defective Product Zaxcom may elect which remedy or combination of remedies to provide in its sole discretion Zaxcom shall have a reasonable time after determining that a defective Product exists to repair or replace a defec tive Product Zaxcom s replacement Product under its limited warranty will be manufactured from new and serviceable used parts Zaxcom s warranty applies to repaired or replaced Products for the balance of the applicable period of the original warranty or thirty da
34. Setup gt Internal Sample Rate Ballistics are Peak Hold The Peak Hold Bar remains for 5 seconds The meter is calibrated in decibels Hint Pressing the backspace button on the Deva keypad while pressing the appropriate meter on the Home Screen toggles the recording of that channel Solo Mode You can Solo any input channel by touching the meter display for the desired track Touch and hold the desired track for 2 seconds The display will enter solo mode Then touching any other track instantly solos that track To exit solo mode touch and hold any track for 2 seconds Battery Display The battery Icon shows the current voltage of the power source Int or Ext that is powering Deva at that moment Deva will auto switch If external power is applied and a battery is inserted The Deva operates on the external power until it drops below 9 5v It then automatically switches to the internal battery Important The Deva does not charge the internal battery PRE PRE shows the selected amount of Pre Record In this case it is Off Deva has a memory buffer If the unit is on and audio is coming in Deva will record up to 10 seconds of audio PRIOR to the record button being pushed Note The Pre Record buffer works only with a sampling rate of 48 kHz or less Sampling Rate Adjacent to PRE is the SAMPLING RATE selected for recording to the internal hard drive A Time Code Frame Rate Next is the TIME CODE FRAME RATE
35. and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Output Mix Menu o entail eee The OUTPUT MIX MENU routes the inputs of the Deva directly to the outputs This can be used to feed monitors Video recorders Comtek transmitters Ear Wig feeds additional analog or digital recorders or any other device that accepts an output Important These settings apply only when the Deva is in the record or stop mode In the playback mode the tracks being played back are routed to their corresponding outputs Be aware that even though Deva has 10 tracks it only has 6 Analog and 8 digital outputs Hb 1 Output Channel Mix STOP Ini in2 In3 1n4 Fins In6 In In8 Slate Tone ra p ti ee In Pre Dehase Clear KESE Toggle Fader Invert All Figure 9 Output Channel Mix Screen In Figure 9 the mix of all eight Analog Inputs is routed to output 1 post fader and inputs through 7 are routed to Outputs 2 through 8 pre fader Faders The Faders screen contains the touch faders and fader assignment buttons Faders ay 3 STOP a 9 Ip 7 le 3 a ma ho pp E A 48 E a a 401 l Fader LOCK 1 0048 11 0046 33 0046 3 2598 Assign Faders Figure 10 Touch Fader Screen E Chapter 5 Hint Fader Assign Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual FADER ASSIGN opens a matrix that allows you to assign any of the 8 Analog and or 8 Digital inputs to any or all of the 4 faders You can assign any
36. apter A B and P Diagnostic Flags mss On very rare occasions a B or P may appear either during the recording process or mirroring process Both diagnostic flags stay on the Deva s screen until the unit is powered off If either of these diagnostic flags occur you should contact Zaxcom s technical support department B Flag The B flag means the Deva hit a breakpoint instruction This happens when the Deva comes across an error it does not know how to handle P Flag The P indicates the beginning of memory has been written to by some Task Normally the beginning of memory is not used by any task so if some non zero data winds up there it means a NULL pointer has been encountered Reading the Startup Screen _ When you power on the Deva the startup screen normally appears for only a very short period of time and there is normally not enough time to read any of the information on the screen However some important information is presented on the startup screen To read this information press and hold the Menu key after power up the Deva This pauses the startup sequence until you release the Menu key This allows you to read all the information on the screen Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter B Chapter B Zaxcom Warranty Policy and Limitations Zaxcom Inc values your business and always attempts to provide you with the very best service No limited warranty is provided by
37. available from the Internal Disk Utilities screen Enable DVD Playback If the Deva has an internal DVD RAM drive this enables you to playback mirrored data from the drive Sort Order This button toggles how folders are sorted Folders can be sorted either by Name or By Date Folder Contents Selecting the folder button brings up the Folder Contents display 1 65egs Folder 015 1 o i STOP 001 001001 10 120m 10Ch 44100 kHz MARF TC areia UB 00 00 00 00 002 001002 10 120m 10Ch 44100kHz man Page Enter TC e 00 00 UB 00 00 00 00 Up Seg pos 001003 10 120m 10Ch 44100kHz MARF TC 00 00 00 00 UB 00 00 00 00 aA Figure 33 Folder Contents Menu 004 001004 10 120m 10Ch 44100kH2 MARF TE 00 00 00 00 UB ee maa To go directly to a Segment you can either scroll through the directory with the UP and DOWN Arrows The PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons or you enter a Segment directly through the Enter Seg button Edit STN Scene Take Note The EDIT STN Scene Take Note button opens the data entry window Selecting any of the SCENE TAKE or NOTE buttons opens a data entry window You may enter up to 6 alpha numeric characters in the Scene and Take boxes and up to 16 alpha numeric characters in the Note box Notes can be saved in the 20 storage boxes Mirror Drive The Mirror Drive button provides the options for mirroring the data off the internal drive onto other me
38. ber and total number of segments on the home screen are also enlarged and the headphone output matrix is removed from the home screen Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 MIX 12 wA When a Deva MIX 12 is used with the Deva a new MIX 12 button appears in the Deva Setup The MIX 12 screen sets the following options I Mix 12 support _J Meter Brightness _I Tone Button Assign Mix 12 Support When a Mix 12 is connected to the Deva you must toggle this button to the On position Note After turning on Mix 1 2 support you need to toggle the power on the Deva Meter Brightness This sets the LED brightness on the MIX 12 console The brightness can be set from dim to 8 bright est Tone Button Assign Sets the action of the tone button on the Mix 12 console The options are I Escape Assigns the Tone button to goes back one screen on the Deva JJ Play Assigns the Tone button to Play LI Unassigned Disables the Tone Button I Tone Leaves the Tone Button assigned to the Tone function LI Home Assigns the Tone button to go to the Home Screen Input Control Menu The eight analog inputs parameters are set from the input control menu Analog Input Control STOP Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Mic Mic Line Line HPF Off HPF Off HPF Off HPF Off 48Y On 46 On 48Y Off 48Y Off Limiter Limiter Limiter Limiter Channel 5 Channel Channel 7 Channel 8
39. ces If you have phase reversed a channel you do not have to phase reverse the headphone monitor It is already reversed Toggle On Recorded Tracks Automatically selects all tracks that are being recorded Scene Take Note This menu opens up the Meta Data entry windows It can also be accessed using the STN button on the Front Panel 1 6 Segs Scene Take Note STOP ae se jeje y o h e Figure 38 Scene Take Note Screen Scene Opens the Data Entry screen Select the SEGMENT and touch the SCENE button Enter the information on the keypad and press Ent The TAKE auto increments when you press the Record button If there is a false start you can press the False Start button on the front panel F3 This deletes the previous take and take Inc Scene Increments the scene number by one Take Use Take to enter the take number It opens up an ENTER TAKE window Use the Deva number pad or the pop up alpha numeric display to enter your take Reset Take Resets the take number to Note Open the alpha numeric data entry screen You can enter any note up to l6 characters in length Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Store Note Allows you to store custom notes To store a note do the following Press Note to open the Note entry area 2 Press Store Note 3 Press the Note box you want to store the note in Stored notes can be used in for any segment and folder Clear Note Allow
40. creen appears 3 Press Meter Vertical Horizontal or Color Schemes to change the meters appearance on the home screen The current setting of the meter is shown in blue above the button Continue pressing the button until the correct setting appears 80 40 30 20 15 10 5 a 557 P_ 48000 30NDF Pre Of a tal Cur Tot Folder 46 40 LEO orizonta 001 010 2000 46000 S0NDF Pre Off Working Preset Mirror status Cur Tot Folder 001 610 000 sil Td WW Good STOP_ COED 48000 30NDF Pre Off Bi Cur Tot Folder g Working Preset 001 010 2000 Vertical A8000 NOF E Pre Off Working Preset L 1 Or Mirror status Cur Tot Folder 001 010 000 5 1 Til WW Good Figure 33 Meter Types a Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 3 Note Only meters displayed in the horizontal orientation display labels on the home screen due to space restrictions Changing the Meter Orientation from the Home Screen A shortcut is available on the home screen allowing you to toggle the meter orientations quickly Next to the status mode is the view V button Pressing the view button toggles through the meter orientations woe M Figure 34 View Button Highlighted Meter Color Schemes The Bright and Black amp White settings were designed for using the Deva in full sunlight
41. d Pre Record p Select Channels Time Rate 20 dB Tone and EE Reference Oper atOg Meters Headphone Mode Options Setup Clock Memory A E 3 Interface Figure 14 Deva Setup Screen Internal Sample Rate Note Selects the sampling rate being recorded to Deva s Hard Drive You should select the highest sampling rate that will be used on any device when selecting a sampling rate Except for when recording at the pull up or pull down sampling rates where you can mix and match any of those sampling rates among any of the drives use the highest sampling rate that will be used on any device For example if you want to write a FireWire DVD at 96kHz than this setting must be at least 96kHz All other sampling rates will be extrapolated from this one If you record at 48K on the hard drive but wish to mirror a DVD RAM at 48 048 that is perfectly acceptable But when using two vastly different sampling rates set the hard drive for the higher of those rates Reference Select Toggles the reference source for the Internal Sampling Rate The options are Internal Reference and Auto Internal Reference This locks the Deva to its own internal reference Select this mode when recording using the analog inputs AUTO In this mode Deva chooses whether it is getting an external reference or not Record Channels Selects the number of desired recording channels from through 10 Two Track The TWO TRACK but
42. d put the Analog Input Control screen back to the factory default settings Adjust Delay Opens a window allowing you to set digital delay to any of the analog or digital inputs Analog Input Delay STOP Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 3 3 0 0 ms ms ms ms Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Channel 8 0 O 0 ms ms ms ms Digital Input Delay Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 0 o O o ms ms ms ms Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Channel 8 0 O 0 0 ms ms ms ms Figure 27 Adjust Delay Screen More Delay i Less Delay Enter Delay el el i Ee Clear Delay EEES del Hl Adjusting the Delay Press the channel you want adjust the delay in The button changes to white indicating it is the selected channel 2 Select either More Delay Less Delay or Enter Delay Note When using Digital Radio Microphones which have an inherent 3 ms delay you can minimize phasing anomalies between digital and analog radio mics by adding 3 ms of delay to the analog radio mic inputs 3 Repeat steps amp 2 until all channels have been adjusted Clear Delay Clears all the entered delays Adjust Trim Opens a menu that allows you to individually adjust the gain on each of the 8 analog inputs and the camera return input Analog Input Trim STOP Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Camera Trim 0 dB Slate Trim 0
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44. de Less More Clear Select Gain Gain Trim All Figure 28 Analog Trim screen a Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 To adjust the trim select the desired input display and select MORE GAIN or LESS GAIN You can add or subtract 20 dB of gain CLEAR TRIM deletes any changes you ve made My Deva Menu The My Deva menu gives you access to all the internal and external recording drives hy Deva STOP Pia Internal Ready Enabled HD drive Mirror status had Mirror a e Drive 1 Firewire 1 Mirror Drive Firewire Select Power Figure 29 My Deva Main Screen The selections for the Internal DVD drive or the External Fire Wire Drives allow you to set options inde pendently of the Internal Hard Drive settings You can set different options for all of the drives You an use the external FireWire device with either a DVD RAM drive or FireWire Hard Drive Important There are some known limitations using FireWire hard drives with the Deva 5 8 e FireWire drive must have the Oxford 91 Chipset other chipsets may not work e FireWire hard drives are currently limited to mirroring 8 GB before they start corrupting the data Mirroring is done after recording Currently six tracks can be mirrored to DVD RAM in real time at 24 bit resolution with a 48K sampling rate Internal HD The Internal HD button opens the Internal Disk Utilities menu which provides options for managing fold ers and files on the internal hard
45. de stamp pull up Pulls up time code on mirrored audio This option is used in conjunction with the file type _1 Time Code stamp pull down Pulls down time code on mirrored audio This option is used in conjunction with the file type File Resolution Allows you select 16 or 24 bit resolution for the mirroring process Sampling Rate Opens a window that allows you to select any sampling rate Options are 44 1 47 952 48 48 048 96 96 096 and 192K You should always record your audio at the highest sampling rate you intend to write to any of the external or DVD RAM drives Erase Disk Erases and formats the disc this button A dialog appears asking if you want to format a UDF or FAT 32 disc The UDF format is required for discs destined for a DV40 you should use FAT 32 unless your disc is going to a DV40 device You will be asked for confirmation before proceeding DVD RAM discs come pre formatted as UDF 2 0 While deva can write to these discs many computers cannot read UDF2 0 discs Always format discs using the Erase function in the Deva before using them The Deva displays Non Deva in the mirror status button when the Deva sees a disc that it did not format Mirror Mode Enables the Mirroring process which writes the audio to the selected drive Important You must set the mirroring parameters before you turn on mirroring Do not change folders while mirroring is on Doing so can cause the mirroring proces
46. dia through the FireWire port or the optional Internal DVD RAM drive cl Mirror Drive1 STOP Wav Poly 24Bits D File File Sample Rate pe Resolution Conversion gs Sa RO EE File Sample Erase Mirror Rate Resolution f Disk Mode i Conversion Mirror status Tracks to mirror Figure 34 Mirror Drive Screen Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Note Note Important File Type Allows selection of file type to be written to the mirrored device These include LI WAV MONO files BVVF M This creates a separate WAV file for each track recorded When using this option with UDF formatted DVD RAM discs the files and discs may not be readable on Mac OS computers LI WAV MONO F files This format is a custom format to ensure recorded audio will playback correctly on Fostex DV40 equipment LI WAV POLY BWF P files This creates a single file combining all the tracks recorded I Wav Poly F files This format is a single file combining all the tracks recorded with the custom changes necessary to playback correctly on a Fostex DV40 The Wav Poly F mode always stamps the WAV file at 48000 Hz even if the file was recorded at 48048Hz Selecting this mode when recording at 48000 hz has no effect JJ ZAX Files This format is a custom non lossy format Creates ZAX files which require the use of Zaxcom s ZAX File Utility to convert to standard broadcast wave or MP3 files JJ Time Co
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48. e enabled for all 10 tracks Analog Digital Toggle To select either Analog or Digital inputs use the TOGGLE button Selecting a box once enables it selecting it again disables it Pre Fader Post Fader The PRE FADER button allows you to choose whether each selection is Pre or Post fader For example you can record the microphone on one channel of the Deva post fader and on another pre fader so it is unaffected by the mix m Pre Fader A or D appear in white on the matrix screen I Post Fader A or D appear in black on the matrix screen Preset The PRESET button allows you to save and recall up to five saved settings Saving is performed automati cally by simply pressing the preset button This moves to the next preset Any changes performed with the matrix are saved to that preset E Phase Invert PHASE INVERT reverses phase of the selected input A reversed phase input appears with a bar over the letter A or D Clear All CLEAR ALL removes all selections and empties the screen EP rile A MT g fe aa TE La q Ama ae E o Disk Channel Mix Ini In2 In3 In4 In5 In6 In In6 Slat wa Tap a Ela a AA a E EE Figure 8 Disk Channel Mix Screen Example Figure 8 above shows the Deva set up to record 2 Analog inputs on Tracks and 2 and 6 Digital inputs on tracks 3 8 The reference tone goes to tracks and 10 the Slate mic goes to track 10 A mix of 8 analog inputs also goes to Track 10 Deva 5 8
49. e numbers Two FOUR TRACKS ALL TRACK TRACK MIXED TO TRACKS Tracks to Record ere tion ee eon LITRO ean ye 3 pS pS x x x x x x q 10 ir 12 13 14 15 16 Figure 18 Record Tracks menu Any track that has an input assigned to it displays blue in the Record Track menu You can record any combination of tracks however you must have at least one track enabled for recording Four buttons are available which enable you to quickly setup the number of tracks recorded Perform the following to enable tracks for recording Press the button below the track An x is placed in the button indicating it is enabled for recording _ len al A 2 amp x Track Enabled Track Disabled Once a track is enabled for recording pressing the button again disables recording of that track Hint Pressing the backspace button on the Deva keypad then pressing the appropriate meter on the Home Screen toggles the recording of that track Setting Sampling Rate For Recorded Tracks Note Sampling Rate Options 44 1 kHz 47 952 kHz 48 kHz 48 048 kHz 88 2 kHz 96 kHz 96 096 kHz 192 kHz Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Internal Sample Rate Internal FONI Rate STOP 44100 J 46000 96000 ie 197000 88200 ml 4795 JE 96096 I ET Bda Tene Custom 32000 Figure 19 Internal Sample Rate Menu Setting the sampling rate on the Deva consists of simply pressing the button for the sampling rate req
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51. e to misuse improper installation alteration including removing or obliterating labels and opening or removing external covers unless authorized to do so by Zaxcom or an authorized Service Center accident or mishandling while in the possession of someone other than Zaxcom I The Product was not sold to you as new I Non Zaxcom supplied parts including Disk Drive Carriers being used internal to the Deva case Additional Limitations on Warranty Zaxcom s warranty does not cover Products which have been received improperly packaged altered or physically abused Warranty of Deva hard drive disk carrier shall be year from date of purchase The internal hard disk is under warranty by Zaxcom for a period of 30 days After that period the internal disk drive is covered by the warranty of the hard disk manufacturer and must be returned directly to that manufacturer for war ranty service Zaxcom s warranty does not cover use of non Zaxcom disk drive carriers or any device or material excluding batteries internal to the Deva that can connect to internal circuit boards
52. eadphone output is available using the camera connector When used the audio from the camera can be monitored using the Deva Assigning Inputs and Outputs to Tracks SS Oo The flexibility of the Deva is highlighted in the way it handles the routing Routing on the Deva allows you to assign any combination of inputs to any combination of channels and outputs This section describes how to assign both inputs and outputs Assigning Inputs to the Recording Tracks Input Options Analog Input Digital Input Pre fader Post fader Phase Inverted A single digital or analog input can be assigned to any number of recording tracks including sharing the same recording channel using the Disk Channel Mix matrix Main Menu gt Disk Channel Mix Disk Channel Mix l ST OP Ini in Ind Ind In5 In6 In Ind Slate Tone Preset 1 23 era MORE y Figure 16 Disk Channel Mix Matrix Each track can have an input be pre or post fader or have the input s phase inverted This can be done for both analog or digital signals Since there are many options some of the steps listed in the following steps can be skipped To assign an input to a track perform the following Press Analog In Toggle or Digital In Toggle to change the input source you are assigning z i log 1 he E E ital I o ti Togale fi cl Tecde Fi The button changes indicating which input is currently active 2 Press Post Fader or Pre Fader to change what type o
53. ed from Zaxcom as an option or through many retailers A wiring diagram is also provided in this manual if you want to manufacture your own break out cable The six outputs can be assigned from any combination of channels Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 Digital Outputs _ gt gt Y The Deva comes with an AES digital output cable This cable connects to the left side of the Deva using DB 15 connector There are eight digital outputs available using this connector The AES cable fans out to four separate XLR style outputs Each output is a stereo pair Output 1 2 Output 3 4 Output 5 6 Output 7 8 You can use any combination of these outputs with your Deva The output channel number is written on each cable You can assign these outputs to any channel or combinations of channels Camera Connector OOOO Hint The Camera Output connector is located on the right side of the Deva It is a 10 pin Hirose connector Only output channels 5 and 6 can be used through this connector These channels are summed into a mono feed Because the audio output of this connector is summed you cannot use this output to feed audio and time code to a camera using separate channels To do this use the analog output for the timecode channel Break out cables are available from retailers and pinout diagrams for the connector are available in this manual if you want to make your own cable A return input from the camera h
54. ee ee ee eee ee ee eee 65 TMNT VO A Bre cone Guided are ei ee aoe te ped nth bp ree Be oe eee 65 Date MOJE 4 nat cakes cee ios pad chee doc teenie ee hones baa cee 65 E 22 67 e a ares eee ne Sue tee ee eons uae eerent econ eee eeeeeeahan aes anon 65 Restore Factory Defaults oc iienceecnnerddeaesoan sods eae e 65 SAVE Dova State ask ch bec e hee eRe een III 65 Restore Deva State sueca bd doe eae see toral adi dia 65 sel INT nacos constatada dret ae oe eG hearer opa di da 65 ri A II 66 Hold oy TIME asas ate oe bre acess aparato sa poes 66 o gn atone e ew eae eee dank eee a a oat ne ae teers 66 Default STN Edit Position 2 0 4 405 c20h46icbae0d nsbnse rbd iia 66 Color THEME PRO a eae ee eee eas ae cee heres E A abe eae eae eas 66 BIS SUN see cee hes an hee eee on pe ees ee een a ee ees ee oan eee 66 y A ls AP OMA Po ede ood bo seed pe eee ahaa essa ae oaed R a en nee ae 67 DA PES AA e II 67 iS A o II Behe eee oh acme Bea lt 67 Tone Button ASSEN esrsiaras a dhe debe cen eo OS eee Dat a A ae RSE SEA des 67 INPUE Control MENU serrat sis para ainda todas E a a a 68 PANON MOWED cima o can nee dia daa tabs a aa aoe 68 Setting Phantom POWE lt lt eicas4 8e c8 aei be dt oddone bhaw dddeeeres eu Sele T A 68 PASM ASS TIET case hd oe nih tna idea Goer ea Soy oa beet ain baa See 68 Enabling the High Pass Filter oooooooooooooororooomorrrrnrnrr ross 68 Setting High Pass Frequency cece cece cee ee rr 69 a a 4
55. eys to set the time and push Enter Time again to enter the new time Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Set Date To set the date you do the same thing using the Set Date button Time Mode Toggles between a 2 hour and a 24 hour display For Time Code purposes leave this setting at 24 HR Date Mode Toggles between USA month day year and Europe day month year Important When using Time of Day to jam AATON systems set the Date Mode to Europe Memory mSS While many of the configuration items on the Deva have their own save option so they can be recalled later some do not The Memory screen allows you to save and recall every setting that has been previously saved After performing firmware updates you will sometimes be required to perform a factory reset The instructions for the firmware update will usually state if a factory reset of the settings is required Note Not all firmware updates require a factory reset of the settings Restore Factory Defaults Resets all settings to the factory original Save Deva State Saves your current settings for future recall Restore Deva State Restores your personal settings User Interface eet A The Deva interface is very flexible The User Interface screen allows you to configure the following parts of the Deva s operations J Startup Screen Hold Key Time False Start Default STN Edit Position Color Theme Big STN C C L L
56. f signal you want recorded tE K oro 1 oe ae PF The button changes indicating what type of signal you want assigned Pre fader signals are not affected by any changes made using faders however all EQ Trim and delay settings made to a track are used 3 Press the square on the matrix where you want the signal assigned The top row lists all the inputs and the column on the right lists all the disk channels In Figure 16 channel has a post fader digital signal from input a post fader signal from input 2 and a post fader signal from input 3 assigned to it Channel 2 has the pre fader signal from input assigned to it channel 3 has the pre fader signal from input 2 assigned to it and channel 4 has a pre fader signal from input 3 assigned to it 4 Press Phase Invert to invert the phase of a signal t Phase Tome 4 Phase Invert Invert jaf r Invert J The LED changes to green when the Phase Invert in active Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 5 Press input you want change the signal phase inverted on You can invert the signal on both digital and analog inputs Figure 17 Sample Routing combinations Setting the Number of Tracks Recorded Once the routing is assigned you have to enable the tracks to record This is done in the Record Tracks menu Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Record Channels Record Track Select STOP Select disk mix tracks to record Tracks mixed to_are shown with blu
57. g any analog input to the Deva you should ensure the Microphone Analog Line Input Connectors are setup correctly in the Analog Input Control menu When connecting microphones you should always connect them with the power off on the Deva Setting Up the Analog Inputs The Input Control menu contains the settings for LJ toggling the connectors input options line and microphone LJ toggling the connectors power options 48 VDC and None Toggling the High Pass Filter options On and off L Adjust Delay of any available channel Adjust trim of any available channel Assigning output routing Equalization EQ Enabling the input limiter LD O L L L Enabling and adjusting the compression settings The Input Control menu is accessed from the Main Menu Main Menu gt Input Control Analog Input Control STOP Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 i i i Line HPF Off 46 Off Limiter Off Channel 8 Line HPF Off Adjust Clear All Dela High Pass Adjust 0 Hz Trim Figure 6 Analog Input Control Screens Pressing the Stop button in the upper right corner or menu key on the keypad brings you back to the main menu Pressing any of the channel buttons displays the Input Channel menu for that channel All functions for a single input channel can be adjusted from within the Input Channel menu B Main Menu gt Input Control gt Input Channel Analog Input Channel 1 STOP LINE Trim Compress LEVE
58. gs and where they are found in the menus There is no one way to setup a Deva correctly nor do any of the settings described here have to be done in any certain order Storing the Data mSS The size of the hard drive determines how much data can be stored Formatting a Drive A new drive must be formatted before it can be used Drives shipped from Zaxcom are pre formatted for the Deva however it is a good idea to format all drives again before using them When you format a drive it does a high level format of the drive If a copy of the Deva firmware is installed on the hard drive it is not erased Main Menu gt My Deva gt Internal HD Drive gt Internal Disk Utilities gt Format Drive Figure 24 Internal Disk Utilities Menu Format Drive Button highlighted To format or initialize the internal hard drive perform the following Press Format Drive button The format menu warning appears Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 3 2 Press the Format Drive button A dialog appears which request you to confirm the formatting of the internal hard drive ARA tet ESE S ARE YOU SURE BE al OK to FORMAT the drive te OK Cancel 3 The formatting status menu appears Format Menu STOP WARNING FORMATTING a Please wait until format is complete Do not remove power from the deva until the formatting process is complete Selecting a partition Main Menu gt My Deva gt Internal
59. hannel Mix menu Setting the tone on the recording track and output channel are identical Perform the following to set the track or channel Open the Disk Channel Mix menu or Output Channel Mix 2 Press the record track or output channel you want tone placed on an x appears on tracks and channels selected E Enabling Tone Tone is enabled from the main menu by pressing the tone button It is placed on those tracks and channels previously selected Main Menu ps oe Hite ta y o PRE pa Tone On Figure 28 Tone Button disabled off and enabled on Home Screen Meters acl A You can have up to l6 meters displayed on the home screen Each of these meters can be labeled and the label information stored in the metadata of the audio file Setting the Number of Meters Range 4 to 16 Deva 16 4 10 Deva 5 8 You can have up to 16 meters shown on your home screen Any track meter shown on the home screen that is not being recorded on displays with a line through it Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Meters gt Number of Home Screen Meters Number of Home Screen Meters Figure 29 Home Screen Meter Button Important Make sure to have at least the same number of channels displayed on the home screen as you are recording It is possible to record and mix tracks which will have no meter shown on the home screen To set the set the number of meters perform the following Press the Deva Setup b
60. ht corner of the screen or using the Menu key on the keypad exits the Adjust Analog Trim screen and brings you back to the Analog Input Control screen Adjusting Individual Trim Levels Using the Analog Input Channel menu Main Menu gt Input Control gt Input Channel Figure 13 Individual Input Trim Fader The input trim fader works a real fader on a mixing board You use the Deva touch screen to move the trim fader up and down Perform the following to change the trim on an individual channel Press the individual channel button on the Input Control menu 2 Slide the fader to the desired position Adjusting The Delay LI Range 0 to 40 ms The delay in the Deva provides a way to monitor various input sources that may come into the Deva at slightly different times For example most wireless microphones typically require 2 to 3 ms of delay to avoid phasing associated with using wireless and wired microphones on a mix track The delay does not affect the input signals actual time code it simply allows the signal to come into alignment with other sources that are mixed with it Both analog and digital inputs can have delay added to them There are two ways to adjust the delay on channels lf you have multiple inputs the Analog Input Delay menu allows you adjust all channels from a single screen However if you are making individual adjustments to channels the delay can be adjusted using the delay button in the Input Channel
61. io world in 3D Flexible headphone monitoring including M S matrix decoder numerous factory presets personal presets and a Soundfield decoder let you listen to what you need to hear The eight digital outputs can be individually switched between output bus configuration and direct digital out The direct digital outputs allow input channels to be seamlessly routed to feed external backup recorders Features OO 10 track recording on built in hard disk DVD RAM or CompactFlash media Deva 5 8 l6 track recording on built in hard disk DVD RAM or CompactFlash media Deva 16 8 hardware faders 8 Analog mic line inputs with 48V phantom power Deva 5 8 8 Analog mic line inputs and 4 line balanced inputs with 48V phantom power Deva 6 8 Digital inputs 8 digital direct outputs Built in l6 channel mixer EQ notch filter compressor and delay on each channel Mix to disk or outputs pre or post fader Record to an external FireWire drive without an additional computer COUCOU C O L L L Full metadata entry directly on Deva Direct to hard disk recording with backup to DVD is the most reliable way to record location audio The Deva recording system gives you peace of mind knowing that temperature humidity motion and environmental contamination have no affect on the recordings you will make to a sealed hard disk recorder E MA Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 1 _1 Deva allows you to keep your recorded audio on
62. k is assigned to fader 8 it functions as the headphone output volume control However when a track is assigned to fader 8 it functions as a normal fader To adjust the headphone volume when fader 8 is assigned a Headphone Volume menu is used F6 gt Headphone Volume Headphone Yolume STOP 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 Figure 35 Headphone Volume Menu Fader 8 assigned To adjust the headphone volume with fader 8 assigned perform the following Press F6 on front of the Deva 2 Use the slider to adjust the volume Loading a Factory Preset To load a Factory Preset perform the following Press F6 the Headphone area on the home screen or Headphone Mix on the Main Menu The Headphone Mix menu is displayed 2 Press Get eens Presets Get AS Factory Re ts _Presets BECS The Factory Preset Screen Appears 3 Press the preset button you want to use Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 3 Main Menu gt Headphone Mix gt Get Factory Presets pea Get Factory Presets STOP id a pd d Preset 1 Preset Preset 3 Preset 4 Preset 5 18 3L RdA A Preset 15 134L 234R Figure 36 Get Factory Preset Menu Building Your Own Headphone Mix Working Preset On the Headphone Mix menu all tracks marked for recording are displayed in blue All other tracks have a red slash through them This is shown in the following figure Headphone Mix STOP urng press E amera Input
63. lder Down Erase EMPTY Current y Folder Figure 32 Internal Disk Folder Menu The Internal Disk Folders is where you manage all folders directories on the internal hard drive Do not change folders while mirroring is on Doing so can cause the mirroring process to skip files or cause the Deva to stop responding While not shown in Figure 32 Each folder button contains information about the contents of each folder This includes the name of the folder number of Segments in the folder and total size of all Segments You can scroll up or down to display all the folders on the drive In most cases Folder numbers are equiva lent to your sound roll numbers Each Folder button displays the folder name the number of segments recorded size of the folder and its file format always MARF You can navigate through all the folders on the disk by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys or the Page Up or Page Down buttons You can sort the folders using the Sort Order button to sort by name or date When it comes time to delete folders you can sort by date to easily select the oldest folder for deletion Name Selected Folder Opens a text entry screen so you can apply an alpha numeric name to the current folder This name will usually be the sound roll number This is currently limited to 4 characters Erase Current Folder This is a destructive command that deletes the contents of the folder It is identical to the Erase Cur rent Folder button
64. log Line Input 2 0 0 cece cence ee eee eee ennees 1 Setting Up the Analog Inputs 0 0 0 ec eee teen ene eee eeee 1 Switching Between Microphone and Line Input 0 eee eee eee 12 Enabling the High Pass Filter HPFencounteredns encounted with microphones 13 Setting the High Pass Filter Frequency on Multiple Channels o o o 13 Enabling Phantom Power 48 VDC 0 0 ccc cee teen eee e eens 14 Adjusting eres sera rrema r E RA EA ENEA 5 Adjusting the Trim using the Analog Trim Menu 2 eee eee eee eee 5 Adjusting Individual Trim Levels Using the Analog Input Channel menu 16 Adjusting The Delay o ooooooooocoorrrrrrrrrrrro eee eee a 16 Adjusting the Delay Using the Input Delay Menu 00 2 eee eee 7 Adjusting Delay Using the Analog Input Menu 0 cece ee ee eee eee 18 DISICarlAputs suse ed e pra Doa ee EEA EA 18 ANIOS IUDIS soc dudo ooo dato ooo pola a nee popa ira eee eoenesuees 18 Diao OT no 010 A cetacean sone A eta ooace was E E A seo a ane oone nue eae ERE 19 Camera CONNECCION rr prada rro aa rada 19 Assigning Inputs and Outputs to Tracks o oo ooooooococcocorcro oro 19 Assigning Inputs to the Recording Tracks o o oooooooococoooroorooooorrr omo 19 Setting the Number of Tracks Recorded 0 cece eect e eee eee 21 Setting Sampling Rate For Recorded Tracks
65. menu shown in Figure 7 Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 Adjusting the Delay Using the Input Delay Menu Main Menu gt Input Control gt Analog Input Delay Analog Input Delay STOP Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 O oO 3 3 ms ms ms ms Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Channel 8 O oO oO 0 i ms ms ms ms More Less Enter Clear Delay Delay Delay Delay Figure 14 Analog Input Delay To adjust the delay of multiple channels using the Analog Input Delay menu perform the following Press the Adjust Delay button on the Input Control menu sn iris ay p Adjust T e iPass Adjust The Adjust Delay Screen Appears You can adjust delays on both Analog and Digital inputs 2 Press the channel you want to add delay into The button changes to white 3 Press More delay to add delay If Delay has been added to a channel the Less Delay button is active and can be used to reduce the amount of delay A maximum of 40 ms of delay can be added to each channel Repeat Steps through 3 for each channel as required As an alternative to pressing the More Delay or Less Delay buttons you can press the Enter Delay and manually enter the delay using the keypad Pressing either the STOP button in the upper right corner of the screen or using the Menu key on the keypad exits the Adjust Delay menu and brings you back to the Analog Input Control menu Adjusting Delay Using the Analog Inp
66. mount properly F5 then 2 Copy currently running program to FireWire or internal DVD disc This is called DevaProgFile bin F5 then 3 Copy currently running program to internal hard drive This allows you to startup from the hard drive This is useful for using multiple versions of firmware on your Deva F5 then 4 Reserved Not currently used F5 then 5 Prints debug information and puts a boot record on the internal disk for PC access Zaxcom use only F5 then 6 Copy DevaProgFile bin from UDF formatted disk to memory Used when updating the firmware F5 then 7 Copy DevaProgFile bin from non UDF formatted disk to memory Used when updating the firmware F5 then 8 Prints debug information and prevents the Deva from mounting UDF discs F5 then 9 Burns the currently running program into ROM Chapter A Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Updating the Firmware Use the steps listed to place the updated firmware on your internal hard drive The procedure for upgrad ing the firmware places it first on the internal hard drive then flashing it to the ROM This is the safest way to upgrade the firmware since you will always be able to boot the Deva should something go wrong during the firmware update process l 2 o pi A N Download the updated Firmware Burn the DevaProgFile bin on a CD DVD or DVD RAM disc You can also place the firmware on a FireWire hard drive Connect a CD ROM DVD ROM DVD RAM drive to the
67. nnector to the headphones Note This is a mono feed If two tracks are being sent from the camera they are summed into a mono signal in the headset If two tracks are being sent from the camera they will be summed to mono in the headsets Working Preset Shows the selected Pre set Hint Using the Setup fHeadphone Options you can toggle head phone alarm tone or Mute Unrecorded Tracks If the Soundfield option is purchased you can also turn on the surround field monitor for monitoring the B format produced by the SoundField microphone Te Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Store User Presets You can set and name up to I2 user pre sets for headphone monitoring The name is limited to 8 charac ters Store User Presets STOP Preset 2 Preset 3 Preset 4 Preset 7 Preset 9 Preset 10 Preset 11 Preset 12 Figure 37 Store User Presets Screen Preset Pressing any Preset button brings up a new screen allowing you to save your headphone configurations Get User Presets Allows you to select any of the 2 presets you have previously stored Get Factory Presets Allows you to quickly access 20 commonly used headphone configurations These are pre programmed into the Deva and are always available Phase Invert To reverse phase on any monitored track select this button and then select the desired track Note The phase invert follows any previous phase adjustment done in the recording matri
68. ocess gt gt FFWD Operates the same as the REW button but in the other direction Enter TCode ENTER TCODE opens a window that allows direct entry of a time code starting point Not enabled at this time Folder Button Pressing this button takes you to the Internal Disk Folders Screen See Current Folder on page 73 for additional information S T Button Pressing this button takes you to the Scene Take Note screen Tone A Turns the reference tone generator ON and OFF The settings for the Tone level are found on the Deva Setup menu The routing for the Reference Tone can be set on the Disk Mix and Output Mix menus Headphone Mix Selects the basic headphone matrix Left Headphone Mix STOP see Satan Eee reat alt ERE y Headphone monitors the RECORDED tracks Camera l eN t Right Headphone Mix init pk 2 a a b f I2 g 10 A Factory Store Get Get D ohase 12 User User Factory eert Stereo Presets Presets Presets Figure 36 Headphone Mix Screen Left Headphone Mix Select the tracks desired for the left side of the headphones In this menu you are monitoring the audio being recorded Right Headphone Mix Same as the Left Headphone Mix except for the right channel Note Jo monitor a single channel in both the left and right headphone mix press the channel in both the left and right mix Camera Input Sends the audio from the camera return using the 10 pin Camera co
69. pter 6 Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual A Select Entry Mode button Pressing the Entry Mode button toggles through the four choices off Level Frequency and Q 5 Use the number keypad on the Deva or keyboard to change these values When in the Level entry mode use 0 to enter negative numbers 6 Press ENTER on the Deva when finished 7 Repeat steps 3 through 6 for all bands you want to change Compression pt o l As part of the EQ package on the Deva compression is available adding another tool for you to use on location to help capture and mix the best sound available All the standard compression options are avail able on the Deva attack decay threshold ratio and gain The second meter on the Analog Digital Input screen shows you the result of your compression settings The Deva allows you make compression changes to one channel and copy those settings to other channels Enabling Compression From the Input Control screen Select the channel you want Compression enabled on The Analog or Digital Input screen appears 2 Select the Compress On OFF button The Compress On Off button toggles between on and off 3 Select the compression option you want to change 4 Use the Increment and Decrement buttons to change the compression value 5 Use the meter on the right of the Analog Digital Input screen to check the result of your compression changes Copying Compression Settings Once you have se
70. r 6 ch 1 Meter label text Ch 1 Space Bar Ent 2 Bo09000088 Figure 20 Meter Label Menu Enter the text using your finger or a stylus Touching SHIFT capitalizes the first letter than reverts to lower case Selecting ENT Enters the text on the selected meter Display Inputs Shows all the Deva s inputs including 8 Analog ins 8 Digital ins Camera return input and the internal Slate Mic i Input Meter Menu Ioel EET O EEU Digital ee asistencia Figure 21 Input Meter Menu Any of these inputs can be SOLO d in the headphones by selecting its meter display Selecting it again turns off the SOLO feature Display Outputs Shows all the Deva s outputs Deva has 6 analog outs 8 digital outs and headphone output The SOLO feature is also available in the output menu Output Meter Menu SIOP Analog pan ts Co o Digital HeadPhone 1 HeadPhone 2 Figure 22 Output Meter Menu CLOCK A AAA This opens up the Deva s master clock setting menu This is the time and date stamp placed within the metadata of each recorded track it is also the clock which can be used to jam Time Code with Time of Day Note Daylight Savings Time is not currently implemented Deva Time Date STOP 05 19 31 03 23 05 24 HR Off Enter Set Time Date a pavion Time Date mode mode aia Figure 23 Date and Time Screen Enter Time To Set the time push the Enter Time button Use the number k
71. r is for the included cable allowing you to use analog channels 9 through 2 Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 Setting Up the Power and Audio Connections This section describes how to connect external microphones line devices and the proper settings on the Deva required to make these connections work Deva 5 8 has factory default presets so you can power up the machine and start recording When you power on the Deva it takes 3 5 seconds to start up The default setting has the home screen appear once the Deva has finished its startup sequence however you can change this using the User Interface Settings Power ps An external A C power supply comes with the unit if you are going to use the Deva in a situation where there is no power an internal or external battery can be used Internal Batteries The Deva uses a single NP style battery All types of NP batteries can be used including newer style lithium ion batteries Important The Deva does not charge the NP I battery when a battery is installed and external power is used External Batteries The Deva can also use external batteries as long as they supply the proper voltage of 9 5 18 VDC External batteries are connected using a four pin XLR and the power input connector on the left panel of the Deva Whenever the power input connector has an adequate power source connected it is the source of power for the Deva Hint If you need to run on batte
72. recorder Large high resolution color meters provide a precise indication of recording levels not available on any other recorder With pre record you ll never miss the start of a take With pre record enabled the Deva records up to 10 seconds of audio before the record button is pressed Time code is automatically recalculated to assure sub frame accuracy Deva offers direct Avid and Protools compatibility saving a tremendous amount of time loading files in post production Scene Take Note and roll number metadata can be entered into the Deva using the color touch screen display the Deva Mix 12 or an external PS2 keyboard This data becomes part of the file and is automatically imported into the Avid post production system All metadata is easily edited on the Deva to assure post gets the correct info for each take Circle takes and false starts can be quickly noted with dedicated hardware keys Infinitely flexible internal 16 input and 20 bus digital mixer is a must for surround recording Analog input limiters provide protection against harsh digital clipping Each channel on the Deva is equipped with EQ notch filter compressor and delay The Deva incorporates the necessary phase coherent digital mixing and fader master capability to successfully record surround in the field 3D sound reproduction is very dependent on time phase and amplitude A surround microphone and the Deva is all that is necessary to capture the aud
73. rm additional tasks The MENU and ENTER button always perform only those functions Q Fl CUE Displays the Cue or Playback Menu on the touch screen Q F2 C TAKE Marks a take as a Circled Take in the metadata file This button can be pushed either during record or after the take has been recorded but before the next take has started o MA Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 1 Q Q F3 FALSE START Marks a take as a False Start in the metadata file When this is done the segment number does not incre ment when placed into the record mode the next time This button can be pushed either during or right after the false start record F4 TIME CODE Displays the Time Code menu on the touch screen F5 S T N s Displays the SCENE TAKE NOTE menu F6 HEADPHONE Displays the HEADPHONE matrix menu or the headphone volume if fade 8 is assigned MENU Advances the screen to the next menu This is the same as touching the status button in any menu ENTER Confirms data entry Faders through 8 There are sight hardware faders They can be assigned to any channel or combination of channels in your Deva Software faders are available for channels not assigned to the hardware faders Headphone volume Fader 8 When Fader 8 is not assigned to a channel the fader becomes the headphone volume When assigned to a channel the headphone volume is adjustable using the headphone button and the touch screen
74. rms 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 lt 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 TIME CODE Button Figure 5 displays 00 00 00 00 takes you to the TIMECODE menu Headphone Button 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 Mirror Status The Mirror Status button takes you to the My Deva menu a Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 CUR Total Folder The CUR TOTAL FOLDER button opens the INTERNAL DISK FOLDERS menu providing access to the disk directory and labeling functions Scene Take Notes The bottom button opens the SCENE TAKE NOTES metadata Entry menu View V The V button cycles between four different HOME SCREEN layouts these are shown in Figure 33 on page 32 Meters Depending on the model Deva either 8 or 10 tracks can be displayed Tracks which are shown but not being recorded to have a line through them on the display Individual tracks can be shown or hidden using the Display of Home screen Meters Main Menu gt Deva
75. rse When you playback on Deva you do not have to re cue to where you where You can hit record at anytime without fear of erasing a previously recorded take Tone On Off The TONE On Off button toggles the Reference Tone On and Off Headphone HEADPHONE selects the monitor matrix Scene Take Note SCENE TAKE NOTE allows you to enter and edit metadata About Deva Shows the serial number hardware revision options installed hours the Deva has been powered on and current software version Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Disk Mix Menu EE The DISK CHANNEL MIX matrix routes the 16 inputs the Slate Mic and the Reference Tone to the 10 recording tracks This matrix provides a great amount of flexibility for recording Disk Channel Mix ST Int In In3 In In5 In6 In Ing Slate Tone Pre Fader Figure 7 Disk Channel Mix Screen In the disk channel mix screen the top line shows all your Input Channels plus the slate mic and the refer ence tone generator The vertical line on the right shows your 10 available recording tracks The bottom row of buttons control the parameters of the matrix selections Figure 7 shows Deva set up to record 8 Digital inputs for example from a Cameo or other Digital Board to tracks through 8 on the Deva and an Analog mix from the mixer routed through analog inputs and 2 to tracks 9 and 10 on the Deva The SLATE MIC and the TONE generator ar
76. rsion of the signal while channel 6 receives a post fader version of the same signal along with both a tone signal and post fader analog signal from input 3 Channel 3 receives a pre fader version of input 2 while output 5 receives a post fader version of input 2 along with a tone signal Like the recording matrix any combination of signals can be assigned to a vast number of output possibilities Overview of Input Signals ma The Input Meter Men provides a quick overview of all input signals Because of the flexibility of the routing you may run into situations where you need to try to determine if a signal is actually coming into the Deva Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Meters gt Display Inputs Input Meter Menu STOP Analog Digital Figure 22 Input Meter Menu Overview of Output Signals The Output Meter Menu provides a quick overview of all output signals This allows you to see where routed signals are going Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Meters gt Display Outputs Output Meter Menu STOP Digital Analog Left HeadPhone Right HeadPhone Figure 23 Output Meter Menu Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 Note Settings for Recording Once the input cables are connected there are many setup decisions to be made In the previous section the basic settings for the input and output channels were explained and setup This section describes additional recording settin
77. ry power for an extended period of time and need to record during this time connect an external battery to Deva when the internal battery is low When an external power source is used the Deva automatically switches to this power source This enables you to continue recording while you switch out the internal battery Battery Display The home screen displays the source of power and voltage Home Screen 46 40 GAT Ext 30NDE Pre Off pa 2 12 Stereo me Figure 4 Home Screen When the voltage of any internal or external power source drops below the custom defined threshold the battery indicator changes to red When the voltage of the power source drops below 9 5 volts the Deva powers itself off Warning When the Deva shuts itself off due to power loss or insufficient power The audio tracks are left in the open state When the unit is turned back on it automatically scans these files and close them However this process can take several minutes Battery Chemistry When using newer chemistry batteries such as lithium ion you must be aware of their unique power curve Up until the point where these batteries are exhausted they show a full charge When using these types of batteries it is best to test how long it normally takes for the battery to discharge fully and use this time as your guide along with the battery meter Setting the Battery Threshold The Battery Menu is accessed by pressing the battery indica
78. s to skip files or cause the Deva to stop responding You must turn off mirroring to change any of the parameters When mirroring is ON all the other buttons are disabled until the mirroring process has completed Folder to Mirror Selects which folder you want to mirror Start Seg Allows you to select the first segment to mirror This setting is automatically updated when a disc is inserted If the Deva sees segment 5 is already on the disc the StartSeg is set to 6 Hint A quick method to ensure your disc readable is to eject and re insert your mirrored disc after you are fin ished mirroring Then check that the Deva recognizes the format and the Start segment is set to past the last recorded segment End Seg Allows you to select the last segment to mirror In most cases the End Seg can be left at 999 Tracks to Mirror Select the tracks you wish to mirror Cue Mode Menu This is the main playback screen It is used to select Cues for playback Figure 35 Cue Mode Screen i Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 5 Prev Seg Selects the next previous segment for playback Next Seg Advances the next segment for playback Enter Seg Opens a window to enter in any segment number for playback lt lt REW Similar to the rewind function on a tape deck Touch it once and it rewinds at 3x speed Touch it again and it fast rewinds at Ox Press the Stop button on the Deva to stop the rewind pr
79. s we Re aed oe OE ae hee Bae eee eS 56 Timecode Reference osos roo oi ed a SUR Aa OS OS OR SS 56 ATAC a to oo a aaa Ree a ened ae nas ae ees 56 AES ace orice ese G4 es BA Gare Se a oe A 56 Toggle Timecode Type ercer canada aaa a 56 JAM TIMECODE USER BLUES anomia pies od ree 56 Enter Timecode or User Bits ooooooooooororrooroororrrrrr nooo 57 INC User Bits ON OFF ora raciocinio edad 57 DEVA SUP Neira ramo api aaa piel ey er eee 57 Internal Sample Rate ooooooooococrcrccoror rro ee ee eee e eee e eee naes 57 Relerence SClICCE serranas ia a ds oia ora bea RaeS 57 Internal Reference A E Po 57 AUTO ranas a ea ee aida 58 Record E yl o CC seoran kia ees dea eee a bce aces GEA bre a Se a 58 TWO ds gis 6 oy eg SS hrs aia Gen aa 58 e AAA o ae Od Bee as oe a awe ee Ge ae ees 58 Traci MICE TO pierdes a OOOO BG aria as daa aid aos 58 il A A de dw EE GE ota a eo oo Bw oe 58 Tone and Reference Setup ccc cc cece eee ee eee eee eee o 58 Operating Mode sgte o el ead dh Gat bees Se ees east e 59 Transport Operation coronando unde eae ao 59 MOA gt reo cate eee ea Ge ara 59 fF DEVA 5 8 Owner s Manual AS 4 ou Antlers eae ope oe Bee A es eee he Ge ae aoe ea eee ee eee 59 o 6 cise pao 4s wee airi ke hs Shee E nese bee Rhee eed eeew se eka 59 GPIREMOtCO Roll scores pr ae 4a o mbards Meee eee weno Ei ae 59 0 ee es ee seca as as eee ees eee ee eee ee ere Te 59 RISING PPP PP e II be ek hat eeu
80. s you to clear any custom notes You cannot clear any of the default notes stored in Note boxes through 8 Stored Notes Pressing any of the Note boxes places the note into the segments metadata The up and down arrows allow you to scroll through all 20 notes Segment Allows you to select any previous segment to enter data Data can be edited at any time You have two options if you wish to edit Metadata after the fact You can use a re writable media such as DVD RAM or a FireWire hard drive after you have finished editing your Metadata Arrows Right Arrow Advances the data display to the next available segment Left Arrow Advances the display to the next previous segment About Deva ii EEE Displays the current hardware and software information The information includes current firmware ver sion installed serial number options installed Mix 12 EQ etc total number of hours the unit has been powered on hardware revision and memory information Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Limiting Equalization and Compression The Deva 5 8 comes with a built in limiter that is available on all channels and EQ and compression enabled on channels and 2 As an option you can enable EQ and compression on all channels Contact Zaxcom for details on enabling EQ an compression Limiting m The limiter on the Deva prevent the analog input signal from clipping or exceeding 0 dB When the signal
81. scription oe ee CEC DIC OC E oe fe ow a o oe p ee e fae fe CC E OMC CE CC COCO LC IC oi fie OCN NC Oo oO 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 OO000 0 000000 0 When building an analog cable use the balanced XLR signals ES Signal Description ka Signal Description Camera Connector 10 Pin Deva 5 8 On the Deva 5 8 a Hirose 0 pin connector is provided as a camera output and a camera return into the Deva 5 8 recorder Balanced analog outputs channels 5 and 6 on pins 4 Camera returns and 2 on pins 5 and 7 these are summed to mono in the Deva EIC Fees EXI HENO EXI CTO 4 5 Camera return Summed to mono with camera return 2 Camera return 2 Summed to mono with camera return Power Connector The Power Connector on the Deva is a standard 4 pin XLR connector A4F available at most electronic stores The Deva requires a power source of 9 5 to 18 VDC I A NS Signal Description rr asenewoco 195 w 18 VDC C Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 4 Time Code Connector The Time Code connector on the Deva is a Lemo 5 pin connector The LEMO part number is EGG OB 305 CLL Signal Description 02 Os i noun gt Time Code In Ad 03 O4 os a Analog Input Channels 9 through 12 Deva 16 On the Deva 16 analog input channels 9 through 2 use a 10 pin LEMO connector These channels are line level and the cable is provided NS Signal Description 1 10 GNDA j IN9 2 9 IN
82. ss Filter press the High Pass Filter button on the Input Control menu and then press the channels you want to disable Enabling Phantom Power 48 VDC Some microphones require power to operate The Deva supplies the full power and current allowed by the phantom power specification 48 VDC up to 1 0 A The Deva does not supply 12T power which is required by some older microphones If you use microphones requiring 12T power check with your local audio dealer for phantom to 2T power converters Main Menu gt Input Control gt Input Channel MIC LEVEL b 30 25 0 48 On a Delay 557 Figure I1 Phantom power button on the Input Channel menu To enable phantom power perform the following Press the channel on the Input Control menu you want phantom power applied to The Input Channel menu appears 2 Press the 48 V Off button The 48V button changes to red and changes to 48V On indicating it is active 3 Press the channel you want phantom power applied to 48 V on the button turns red and changes to 48 V On to indicate 48 VDC is applied to that channel me LINE i rs la LEYEL LEVEL be asyo asyon e a i 2 1 152 perlar Delay uf Phantom off Phantom on Important To protect equipment from damage the Deva does not allow you to apply power to any channel set as a Line input Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 Adjusting the Trim Note LI Range 20 dB to 30 dB There are two
83. sso oa a dad pre a E eoeu 87 O e o In 87 PP E ean ee eho neasaen nae ee ease E eaaeneen eee 87 Reading the Startup Screen o oooooooooooororrrrrrrr eee eee eee een eee e eee ennees 87 Warranty o o ecru eye UE Gk eigen ok dade RN Sane a 89 Return Material Authorization RMA 0 ccc een e eee e eens 89 Warranty LIMICACIONS gccceecca net odin dt ada peehsanaebuoua idad ada tne 89 Limitation OF Remedies 2 44 i0 lt cceateteaeneeneyad rra aaa 89 Limitation of Damages esr asea aeiaai a aa a a E ea a a a dora pas 90 No Consequential or Other Damages 0 0 cece ce ce tence rreren 90 Your Use ofthe TOdUCt4 4455c bidet cay ranita Soe ee ee 90 Additional Limitations on Warranty 0 0 cece eee eee eee e eens 90 Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The Deva is a hard disk audio recorder deigned for film and television production The Deva 5 8 has 10 channels while the Deva 16 has 16 channels available for recording Both units come with eight hardware faders a built in hard drive DVD RAM and Flash memory slot All these make the Deva a complete solution of recording mixing and effects in one package Note Throughout this manual Deva is used to describe both the Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Where there are differences individual names are used What s in the box J Deva unit AES digital input cable AES digital output cable Four channel 9 12 input cable Deva 16 only L
84. t The black knob rotates to lock the battery compartment door Use NP type batteries with the Deva You can safely use Li ion and NiMH NP I batteries in the Deva as long as their maximum voltage does not exceed 18 VDC Power Input Connector Standard 4 pin XLR connector for 9 5V 18VDC Amp input Note At this time the REF connector does not function Right Side Panel Description CAMERA F HEAD 5 Oo v O lt Z lt LINE N 9 12 ANALOG OUT 1 8 3 gt Deva 16 1 Figure 3 Deva Right panel Mic Line Inputs through 8 Each balanced input is internally padded to handle either mic or line level signals The signal level is selected using the Input Control screen Line Input Impedance is 4 KQ Note Note 2 Headphone Output 4 in Stereo Jack optimal 100 Q impedance Lower headphone impedances result in louder headphone output levels 3 Analog Outputs l 6 25 pin connector outputs 6 channels of line level audio You can select the channels assigned to these outputs from the Deva menu 4 Camera Connector Deva 5 8 only This is a standard 0 pin Hirose ENG type camera connector It outputs Channels 5 and 6 to the camera and returns the monitor feed from the camera The two return monitor feeds are summed to mono 5 Battery Ejection Pin This pin ejects the NP I battery from the battery compartment 6 Analog 9 12 Input Connector Deva l6 only This 10 pin Hirose ENG connecto
85. t up the compression on one channel you can quickly copy those compression setting to any other channel on your Deva From the Input Control Menu Select the channel you want to copy the compression settings to The Analog Digital Input screen appears 2 Press the Copy Compress button 3 Enter the channel that you want to copy the compression settings from at the prompt using the keypad 4 Press Enter to complete the copy process Repeat these steps for all channels you want the compression settings copied to Ta Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter A Appendix There are some features in the Deva designed to help troubleshoot with the Zaxcom staff These items have been placed in areas of the Deva that are not usually accessed This section of the manual covers those items Diagnostic Menu sn AA a The Deva 5 8 contain a diagnostic mode which allows you to upgrade the firmware and perform some basic diagnostic routines Getting to the 1967 Menu To get to the diagnostic menu perform the following steps Goto the Main Menu 2 Press 1967 on the numeric keypad The Deva goes into the diagnostic mode Important If you enter the 1967 mode and want to exit you can either power down the Deva or press the menu key Commands Available in 1967 Menu All commands in the 1967 menu are proceeded by pressing the F5 function button on the Deva F5 then 1 Restart the Deva This can help some FireWire drives
86. the internal generator Disk outputs time code from the hard drive or the disk which is selected for playback Time Code Run Mode Time Code Run Mode toggles between Free Run Record Run C JAM ALL C JAM T C and C JAM U B modes Free Run In the Free Run mode time code runs continuously from either 00 00 00 00 or whatever valid time code number you enter since you can also jam time code from the Deva s Time of Day clock Record Run In the Record Run mode time code starts and stops as you Record and Stop C JAM ALL The C JAM All mode continuously Jams Time code and User Bits from an External Source C JAM T C The C JAM T C mode continuously jams only the time code The user bits can be set independently C JAM U B The C JAM U B mode continuously jams the User Bits while the time code FREE RUNS indepen dently This mode allows a second time code to be input as user bits from an external source Frame Rate The Frame Rate button toggles the between all available time code frame rates Available frame rates include 30 NDF Non Drop Frame 30 DF 23 98 24 25 29 97 NDF and 29 97 DF Toggle Time Code Type This button toggles the settings for entering and jamming data between Time code and User bits This selection changes the display on the 2 buttons to its right JAM TIMECODE becomes JAM USER BITS and JAM TIME OF DAY and ENTER TIMECODE becomes ENTER USER BITS and ENTER TIME OF DAY Bn Deva 5
87. the set allowing production to instantly reference previous recordings Disputes with post regarding recording issues can be immediately cleared up and extra copies of recorded audio can be produced in case of lost damaged or stolen material J Output 4 types of AES 31 Broadcast Wave files to post I Deva offers direct Avid and Pro Tools compatibility This saves a tremendous amount of time loading files in post production I Scene Take Note and Roll Number Metadata can be entered into the Deva using the touch screen display Mix 12 Cameo mixer or external keyboard This data goes directly into the Avid post production system All metadata can be easily edited on the Deva to assure post gets the correct information for each take _1 The Deva supports the FAt 32 disk format so DVD RAM disks and FireWire hard drives created by the Deva are directly readable on both Macintosh and Windows computers without using third party software drivers Hints on Using Your Deva A A AAA The Deva uses a high resolution PDA style touch screen to access software functions In most cases you can use your finger to make selections however you may also any brand of PDA stylus There are two ways to navigate from menu to menu One is to push the menu button on the front panel The other is to touch the status display in any screen The status display in the upper right corner of the touch screen shows whether Deva is in stop play or record mode Note
88. ton enables tracks one and two Four Track The FOUR TRACK button enables tracks one through four Tracks Mixed To The TRACKS MIXED TO button automatically enables any tracks that are selected in the DISK MIX menu For most uses you can leave this setting in the TRACKS MIXED TO mode Note You can also manually select the tracks to record by selecting any or all of the 10 track buttons Pre Record Time Toggles between 0 and 10 seconds This means that the Deva using a memory buffer begins recording a set number of seconds before the RECORD button is pushed This eliminates pre roll problems at video transfer houses and is invaluable in documentary recording where events are non predictable Important Pre Record Time is only available when recording at 48 kHz and below It is not available at higher sampling rates Tone and Reference Setup This cycles between 12 and 20 db Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Operating Mode This button opens up the Operating Mode Main screen Operating Mode STOP Normal Off Off GPil Serial i bolo ike Remote Remote Ope Roll Roll RS 232 Serial Port Command Mode Monitor Figure 15 Operating Mode Main Screen Transport Operation This button toggles through three transport options normal T C Chase and Auto load Normal All functions are controlled by the main transport buttons T C Chase In playback mode Deva chases external time code
89. tor on the Home Screen Home Screen gt Battery Menu Battery Menti STOP 10 0 7 Battery type External ped Reset Yoltage 12 0 Battery Grah Yoltage P Yoltage Ys Time Powered On 160 1 o Y 2 er a a a tl 60 120 180 240 300 360 40 480 Time Minutes Figure 5 Battery Menu The graph shown in the Battery Menu displays the voltage and how long the battery has been used The curve is unique for each type of battery used lION NiMH To change the threshold when the battery indicator changes to red on the Home screen do the following Press the Low Battery Voltage button Using the keypad enter the threshold voltage 2 3 Either Press the Low Battery Voltage button again or Press the Enter key on the keypad 4 Press Stop to return to Home screen Current Draw The Deva draws approximately 900 mA while recording This current increases if powering an external FireWire drive or when mirroring to the optional internal DVD RAM drive Audio Input w The Deva supports both analog and digital audio inputs The right side of the Deva has eight analog XLR inputs The AES digital input connector is on the left side of the Deva and requires the breakout cable supplied by Zaxcom ES Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 Microphone Analog Line Input mlse The eight analog input connections can be used with either microphones or with a line level analog input Caution Prior to connectin
90. tructions on storing monitoring presets You can have up to 20 presets To store a preset perform the following Setup the monitoring matrix 2 Press the Store User Presets The Store User Preset Menu appears 3 Press any preset button Preset i ak 4 Eal The on screen keyboard appears 4 Enter the name for your headphone preset eN Store User Presets STOP 3 a Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 3 Preset 4 Tur Call MA Nun AAT Preset name Decc Tr_ elle a Cape Space Bar lt gt You use up to eight 8 characters for your preset name Press the Enter key when finished Note The preset name does not immediately appear on the button However the next time you go into the Get User Presets or Store User Presets menu the name will appear on the button 5 Press the menu button to return to the Headphone Mix menu Headphone Mix User 1 Dece Tr 1 The name of the preset appears above the headphone assignment buttons A Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 3 The preset name and User Preset number also appears on the home screen in the headphone monitoring area Changing Preset Get User Presets The Get User Presets allows you to recall any of the presets you previously stored To change to a different preset perform the following Press the Get User Preset button on the Headphone Mix menu 2 Press the button with the preset you want to use 3 Press
91. uilding Your Own Headphone Mix Working Preset 0 0 cece eee ee eee eee 35 MIVERE POSS ecards alrededores es 35 Camera DpUC ceira saa aa rea rl done de dia 35 Building Your Own Presets 0 ccc cece ccc cee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee nnaes 36 Store User Presets rra neo aoe ee a 36 Changing Preset Get User Presets o oo oooooooomommncnroro romo rro 37 MIME COS aa iaa E Ga ae S 37 Static Time Code Settings ta ccc organi 37 A A E o 37 Reader U B aan arre ao aia GR ha a dia 38 Eo edo e A SANO o Agr ee A ee A ee ee eee sce ee ae 38 Time Code Ostions s2 ncaccangnncareseenena iban ee a 38 Time Code QUE iria ads e dadas 38 Time Code Run Mode ooooooooo ee ee cece ee tee teens 38 RCS SU ane fos esos ia ee ht ne ee E 38 Record Run sn ig 0 4 co op wud ncee GRR Ghee RA Ee ee hh naa eR 38 COPA Alin srta eae ace sa Bea ree eae eae 38 CAAT Case aah see eee nent ee ee eee eee en eee Sa eeaes 38 TAPU Ao ee E ee eee eee 38 FLAME RIE ua sta in hae ee Ga wa ae ok Ace Sa Se ea 38 Toggle Time Code Type 4 c666 ido di a o 38 JAM TIMECODE USER BITS coi rarna direis barras 39 ENTER TIMECODE or USER BITS eco postasioiad s Hera eo Bad ae ace 39 INC USER BITS ON OFF 26 hc tari pce aed at tlt hee td op wud bh ANA hoa dedica 39 DUAL RATE TIME CODE ue zii hoo rd bea awa le wd owed ne deen SR ee as 39 Analog Out DB25 unas ot ia acaba a Geren bona eee eS imei ee 4 Camera Connector 0 Pin Deva 5 8
92. uired After changing sampling rates timecode may need to be re jammed Setting Up 192 kHz Recording Recording at 192 kHz requires large amounts of the Deva s processing cycles Because of this you must enable it when powering on the Deva Zaxcom recommends that you reduce your recording channels to two turn off any EQ and unneeded routing when recording at 192 kHz To enable 192 kHz perform the following Power down the Deva 2 Press and hold the 9 on the Deva s number keypad 3 Power on the Deva The startup screen will indicate that 192 kHz recording is now enabled 4 Goto the Internal Sample Rate menu and you can now enable 192 kHz Once enabled you can change the number of tracks recorded up to eight tracks r no e in arni de ea EE s 197000 197000 l a eS eS oe eee a a Not Enabled Enabled Figure 20 192 kHz recording button Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 2 Assigning Inputs to Output Channnels Assigning the audio inputs to output channels is identical to assigning audio inputs to recording channels They use the same style matrix and have all the same settings Main Menu gt Output Mix Output Channel Mix i STOP Ini In m3 Ind In5 In6 In Ing Slate Tone P t1 mE In Opos phace Clear ese Toggle Fader Invert All Figure 21 Output Channel Matrix In Figure 21 Input is a digital signal assigned to two different outputs Output channel receives a pre fader ve
93. ut Menu Main Menu gt Input Control gt Analog Input Channel Figure 15 Delay Adjustment on Analog Input Menu Perform the following to adjust delay on individual channels Press Delay on the Analog Input Channel menu A dialog appears requesting the amount of delay 2 Enter the amount of delay using the keypad on the Deva 3 Press Enter to complete entering the delay amount Pressing either the STOP button in the upper right corner of the screen or using the Menu key on the keypad exits the Analog Input Channel menu and brings you back to the Analog Input Control menu Digital Inputs m ISO The Deva comes with an AES Digital Input cable This cable gets connected on the left side of the Deva see Left Panel Descriptions on page 6 for the location of this connector The AES cable fans out to four separate XLR style inputs Each input is a stereo pair Input 1 2 Input 3 4 Input 5 6 Input 7 8 You can use any combination of these inputs with your Deva The input number is written on each cable You can assign these inputs to any channel or combinations of channels No special settings other than delay is available for digital inputs See Adjusting The Delay on page l6 for instructions on adjusting the delay Analog Outputs mSS The Analog outputs on the Deva go through a DB 25 connector located on the right side of the Deva There are six outputs available through this connector A break out cable can be purchas
94. utton on the Main Menu screen The Deva Setup Screen appears 2 Press the Meters button The Meters Menu screen appears 3 Press Number of Home Screen Meters to change the number of meters that appear on the home screen The number of channels that appear on the home screen changes and is shown in blue above the button Continue pressing the button until the correct number of tracks appears Bn Deva 5 8 and Deva 16 Owner s Manual Chapter 3 Setting the Meter Labels Note Hint Range Labels can be a maximum of 6 characters Meter labels on the Home Screen do more than just provide an easy reference of what is on each track when meters are displayed horizontally This information is place into the metadata of the broadcast wave file This information can be used in automated sound reports used by post production and audio software to label tracks When the maximum character limit has been reached any additional character is placed in the 6th character position Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Meters gt Meter Labels ine tne ters T y Y Meter Labels Figure 30 Meter Labels Button Main Menu gt Deva Setup gt Meters gt Meter Labels gt Meter Labels Menu Meter Labels Menu STOP Meter Labels Menu STOP Meter 1 Meter 4 Meter 1 Meter 4 Prod Mix Boom Prod Mix Boom Meter Label 1 text Prod Mix_ Meter 2 Meter 5 nm TR 900_1 Meter 3 Meter 6 TRX900_2 Space Bar Figure
95. ways to adjust the input trim on channels If you have multiple inputs the Analog Trim Screen allows you adjust all of them from a single screen However if you are making individual adjustments to channels the trim can be adjusted using the on screen fader in the Input Channel menu shown in Figure 7 Adjusting the Trim using the Analog Trim Menu Main Menu gt Input Control gt Adjust Trim Analog Input Trim ee STOP Trim 5 dB Trim O dB Trim 4 dB Trim 0 dB o Trim dB 0o Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Trim 0 dB Camera Trim 0 dE Slate Trim 0 d6 Less More Clear Select Gain Gain Trim All Figure 12 Analog Input Trim Menu Press the Adjust Trim button y i En al All Dela a Pass Adjust Y Hz Trim The Analog Trim menu appears 2 Press the meter for the channel you want to adjust When a channel is activated Trim changes from black to Blue 3 Either Less gain or More gain to adjust a channel Repeat steps through 3 for each channel All Trim settings can be reset to 0 dB by pressing the Clear Trim button A dialog appears after pressing the Clear Trim button requesting confirmation that you want to clear all the trim settings If all channels are going to be set at the same level you can save time by changing them at the same time Press the Select All button then any change made to the levels are applied to all channels at the same time Pressing either the STOP button in the upper rig
96. we cea 59 alg el eo re ee ee ee ee da aaa E eee 59 Serial Remote ROl errs 055 0er a eeead AAA Aa 60 Serial Port Mode aero errdesasrosnadda es a bras pos Ae eee 60 Command Monit r 2 6 ron oran c lidas bec Gus eva soda aa dba da 60 Master Qutput Mode ov oe pee hee ok caso iaa da Oe BR E 60 Slate SOURCES praia dnd bicis bajes ne hho he Hous 30 e 60 Headphone DDC ONS secas eya iads niina aa aa a A AE a E A a panas a a dada 60 Headphone Alarm Tone cece eee ee eet eee eee e eee neaes 60 Mute Unrecorded Tracks ccc ccc cee eee ete eee ete roo 60 Headphone Mix Menu session dd pee anaes 6 CAMERA INPUT aa cco nae ara cansan a ae Saree eae oe oe es 6 Get Factory Presets soriana dads heen schedodde ra hina 6 Store User Presets ocres ee tah dees hanna hads edades 6 Get User Presets sarro tapas Ghar seen Sabet be dond tds 6 Phase i gt cr en a oe ee ee ee ee ee ee ere eee eee ee ee ere 6 METERS citada s tas poros carito pane neeacne nee oe Sona capi 62 Display of Home screen Meters o o oooooooooocrrrrror ooo morroo ennees 62 Meter Vertical Horizontal y idad dead dret ir ds 62 MetemLabels essa add 6568 aoe pda pia o as ee a aes aoe 62 Display MPU asno abs nadas dba ache ee kom cs ee as 63 Display QUEDUES ssia gani eee e enn bo ore eae Baye ooo ee ee ee 64 SOS AR ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee a a 64 ENTOr MIMO yace Aon eee ces ee eee ak oe ee ees oe oe ee A eee eee 64 o IB A o po o ee era
97. ys from the date of shipment of a repaired or replaced Product whichever is longer Ce Limitation of Damages Zaxcom s entire liability for any defective Product shall in no event exceed the purchase price for the defec tive Product This limitation applies even if Zaxcom cannot or does not repair or replace any defective Product and your exclusive remedy fails of its essential purpose No Consequential or Other Damages Zaxcom has no liability for general consequential incidental or special damages These include loss of recorded data the cost of recovery of lost data lost profits and the cost of the installation or removal of any Products the installation of replacement Products and any inspection testing or redesign caused by any defect or by the repair or replacement of Products arising from a defect in any Product In the United States some states do not allow exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential dam ages so the limitations above may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state Your Use of the Product Zaxcom will have no liability for any Product returned if Zaxcom determines that I The product was stolen from Zaxcom LJ The asserted defect is not present 2 cannot reasonably be fixed because of damage occurring when the Product is in the possession of someone other than Zaxcom or 3 is attributabl

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