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2007-02-11

Inital release.

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Summary of Contents for ZFR100

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual ZFR100 Fault Tolerant Recording System 230 West Parkway Unit 9 Pompton Plains NJ 07444 USA Tel 973 835 5000 Fax 973 835 6633 Rev ision 100 002 Date February 2007...

Page 3: ...8 Gain Menu 8 Time code menu 8 Lock Menu 8 Locking the ZFR100 8 Unlocking the ZFR100 8 HIGH PASS FILTER Menu 9 Limiter Menu 9 Transport Buttons 9 Record button 9 Play button 9 Stop Button 9 ZFR100 Rec...

Page 4: ...g System Owner s Manual ii STA100 Stereo Adaptor 21 Installation 21 Setting Levels 21 Power connector 22 Audio Output Connector 22 Time Code Input Connector 22 Operation 22 Zaxcom Warranty Policy and...

Page 5: ...de audio output and an external power input o TCA100 Zaxcom Time Code Adaptor The TCA100 provides a secondary time code input In the standard configuration time code is jammed to the ZFR100 through th...

Page 6: ...ode Jam Cable for Zaxcom ZFR100 o Lemo 5 pin to Lemo 3 pin Time Code Jam Cable for Zaxcom ZFR100 Two Wire Microphones The following table provides a list of tested two wire microphones for the ZFR100H...

Page 7: ...of battery used operate from 10 to 20 hours For the longest battery life use Lithium or rechargeable NiMH Any other battery chemistry including Alkaline and Ultra batteries have a substantially reduce...

Page 8: ...o the unit due to non Sandisk media voids the warranty Only use SanDisk normal speed MiniSD card media These cards have been tested to ensure they have an acceptable write delay time Do not use SanDis...

Page 9: ...128 MB to 2 GB The following table shows the approximate amount of time each card can record audio before recording over previously recorded audio NOTE All times are calculated using 48 kHz 24 bit re...

Page 10: ...Chapter 1 ZFR100 Recording System Owner s Manual 6...

Page 11: ...the ZFR100 There is a loop mode and a conventional mode Loop Mode The loop mode provides a way to continuously record audio Once the media card is filled current audio replaces the previously recorde...

Page 12: ...over a range of 36 dB The gain should be set so that the meter is peaking between 20 and 10 dB This is about half way between 20 dB and 0 dB on the meter Time code menu Access Press the menu button un...

Page 13: ...high for the gain setting it is clipped and results in distortion and popping The limiter is used to prevent clipping by beginning to engage around 10 dB from clipping When using lavaliere microphone...

Page 14: ...icrophone input When time code is connected it takes the ZFR100 about 3 seconds to recognize the time code input The display shows TIME CODE when the code is recognized and the word Jammed a second la...

Page 15: ...is located on the left side of the display The current transport time code is displayed When in this menu it is possible to stop the ZFR100 from recording and to play back recorded material Pressing...

Page 16: ...Chapter 2 ZFR100 Recording System Owner s Manual 12...

Page 17: ...iles to WAV files Using ZaxConvert When you use ZaxConvert you must first assign an output folder Next add your source folder The following buttons contain additional options that are available when t...

Page 18: ...Post Production facility is using a DV40 you can force a 48K stamp to be used on the output files Time Code This menu allows you to pull up or pull down time code or leave the time code as it was set...

Page 19: ...file size of the audio tracks This is useful when trying to place audio on media or when trying to limit the file size Many audio applications can only handle files that are 2 GB or smaller due to lim...

Page 20: ...Chapter 3 ZFR100 Recording System Owner s Manual 16...

Page 21: ...dB to 24 dB Microphone Power 3 3 VDC 10 mA max High Pass filter 18dB per octave High Pass Filter frequency 30Hz to 220Hz Output file type WAV Output resolution 16 or 24 bits selectable Output sample...

Page 22: ...Chapter 4 ZFR100 Recording System Owner s Manual 18...

Page 23: ...1 2 View from outside the TRX900 900AA ZFR100 1 J2 XLR Female J2 XLR Female 3 Pin LEMO 3 3V Gnd Audio 3 1 2 1 Parts in XLR 3 2 R2 10 0 K 40 dB Pad R1 100 Use a shielded cable Length 2 Feet Gnd 2 2 1...

Page 24: ...Chapter 5 ZFR100 Recording System Owner s Manual 20...

Page 25: ...the two until the stereo adaptor and the transmitter recorder are tightly connected Caution Do not to over tighten the screws Setting Levels 1 Connect the TA5 male connector to a suitable line level...

Page 26: ...functions of its host unit The audio or time code output depends on the operation mode of the host unit Time Code Input Connector The time code input is used to jam the time code generator of the hos...

Page 27: ...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...

Page 28: ...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 inspect...