Sound Devices 664, User Manual

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TIMECODE AND SYNC
2. Turn and press the Headphone encoder to select TIMECODE/SYNC > Set
Generator TC.
The Set Generator TC screen appears with four fields representing hours
(HH), minutes (MM), seconds (SS), and frames (FF).
3. Navigate the screen’s fields by doing the following:
X
Turn the encoder to move orange highlight from one field to the next.
X
Press the encoder to select a field. Chosen fields appear blue.
4. Turn and press the encoder to change each field’s value.
5. When finished with your edits, turn the encoder to highlight Done and press
the encoder to save your new timecode value.
Setting User Bits
By default, you may customize the user bits with a four-field format, delineated
by colons, such as UU:UU:UU:UU, where U represented a user-definable value.
Often, the first three fields in the format are manually reset daily using two-
digit numerical values for the date, such as MM:DD:YY:UU or DD:MM:YY:UU.
The User Bits mode lets you configure the device to automatically populate the
first three fields with values derived from the system’s date.
A fourth mode allows user bits to be derived from an external source. If that
mode is to be used, ensure the external source for timecode user bits is at -
tached to the 664 via the 5-pin LEMO connector on the mixer’s right panel be -
fore setting the mode.
To set User Bits mode:
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Turn and press the Headphone encoder to select TIMECODE/SYNC > Set
Generator UBits.
3. Press the encoder again to select one of four mode options:
◦ UU:UU:UU:UU — four, two-digit, user-definable fields (the default)
◦ MM:DD:YY:UU — first three two-digit fields represent month, day, year
◦ DD:MM:YY:UU — first three two-digit fields represent day, month, year
◦ Use External — After the values are received from the external source, it
may be disconnected from the mixer. The 664 will retain those values for