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BLACK
BOX
RECORDER
- User Manual v2.2
Normal operation
Whenever you power up the BBR it first checks the date against its internal
real-time clock. If it’s the first time the BBR has been powered up today, it
will create a folder on the drive named \YYYY-MM-DD.bbr and make this the
current folder where YYYY is the year, MM is the month and DD is the date.
[The real-time clock will have been set up at the factory but you will need to
adjust it to your local time – see page 27]
It does this so that all today’s recordings will be kept together in one folder.
If you happen to be recording a late concert which goes on past midnight,
the BBR will not create a new folder until the next time it’s powered up so all
the song recorded during a typical concert will still be kept together.
The controls are all touch sensitive. Just place the flat part of your finger
firmly on the panel over the control – the area your finger covers is more
important than the pressure you apply.
Recording
On power up, the BBR is ready to record within seconds of logging the drive
– just press the REC button and it will begin recording. The record button
flashes to show that it’s opening the files
and then turns solid once in record.
Once the unit is recording, the STOP button
must be held down for a couple of seconds
to end the recording. This is to prevent
someone brushing against the controls and
accidentally dropping out of record.
However, if you want to mark the end of one Song and the start of another
you can just press the REC button again. You can also set MARKS by pressing
the MARK button which will enable you to create loops easily for Virtual
Sound Checking.
