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XL-SATA User Guide and Installation Instructions

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Installing the XL-SATA

1.  Place recorder upside down on a steady fl at, non slip surface.

2.  With a #1 Phillips head screwdriver remove the screws in the following order. The fi ve long black oxide screws will no 

longer be needed. The two smaller screws (#4 and 5) will be needed for reassembly. 

Attention: Remove screws in this order to avoid stripping.

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33

11

22

66

55

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3.  Gently remove the bottom panel. As you remove the bottom panel be careful of the internal AA battery wires as they will 

remain connected to the internal circuitry and the bottom panel.

4.  Loosen the screw of the small green circuit board holding down the hard drive ribbon cable.

Summary of Contents for XL-SATA

Page 1: ...hard drives draw more current reducing battery run time Higher speed drives may be used with the 7 Series Record ers however they will not significantly improve performance They will slightly increase transfer throughput with the penalty of increased current draw and reduced battery run time The 7 Series can address drives with capacities up to 2 TB Replacing the Internal Hard Drive The internal h...

Page 2: ... will no longer be needed The two smaller screws 4 and 5 will be needed for reassembly Attention Remove screws in this order to avoid stripping 4 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 6 6 5 5 7 7 3 Gently remove the bottom panel As you remove the bottom panel be careful of the internal AA battery wires as they will remain connected to the internal circuitry and the bottom panel 4 Loosen the screw of the small green circu...

Page 3: ...ribbon head mating connector from the circuit board 7 Remove the old hard drive and attached ribbon cable from the recorder 8 Place the old hard drive assembly and the five 4 40 x 1 75 Black Oxide Phillips head screws off to the side as these are no longer needed DO NOT DISCARD THE TWO SMALL BLACK OXIDE PHILLIPS HEAD SCREWS 9 Remove the XL SATA Drive Interface from its packaging ...

Page 4: ... 11 With the ribbon face up attach the two new small nylon screws included using a 1 Phillips head screwdriver 12 Slide the two new pink protective foam rings included over the new hard drive assembly to cover the mounting screw areas 13 Connect the XL SATA ribbon header mating connector to the 7 Series circuit board connector ...

Page 5: ...l to the all around panel 17 Make sure all the tabs on the all around panel fit correctly in the bottom panel grooves 18 Attach the bottom panel using a 1 Phillips head screwdriver the original two small Black Oxide screws 4 and 5 and the five new Black Oxide screws included Install screws in the order defined in the illustration below This may require holding the bottom panel down firmly to the a...

Page 6: ...XL SATA 2009 Sound Devices LLC Printed in U S A ...

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