
Chapter 1____________________________________Zaxcom Miniature Digital Recorder User’s Manual
8
User Manual Conventions
Throughout this manual, the following conventions are used:
STAxxx
– refers to the STA100 and STA150.
Cycle the power
– refers to turning power to the unit „OFF‟, waiting a few seconds and then turning the power
„ON‟.
{p.##}
– refers to the page number on which the item can be found.
MiniSD card
– refers to any approved card in
System Features
Fault tolerant broadcast quality recording
96 hours of audio directly on a 16 GB removable MiniSD card
Audio recording at 24 bits/48 kHz
Supports both record/stop and continuous loop recording
Backlit graphic liquid crystal display
Frequency selectable highpass filter
Selectable peak limiter
Lightweight rugged design
Integrated TC reader/generator accurate to 1 frame in 6 hours
Efficient keypad for one-handed operation
Integrated timecode reception (ZFR100 only)
RF remote control of recorders (ZFR100 only):
o
Audio gain (Raise/Lower)
o
Recording (Start/Stop)
Battery runtime:
o
ZFR100
– up to twenty hours on two AA Lithium batteries
o
ZFR800
– up to ten hours on one CR123 battery
o
IFB100
– no internal batteries, always runs on external power
Size and weight: (H x W x D – while looking at the screen)
o
ZFR100
– 3.31” x 2.3” x 0.65” –
84 mm x 58 mm x 17 mm – 4.0 oz
– 113g
o
ZFR800:
Body
– 6.12” x 1.5”
– 155 mm x 38 mm
– 8.2 oz – 232g
Capsule (ex.)
– 3.0” x 3.0”
–
76 mm x 76 mm
– 4.9 oz
– 139g
o
IFB100
– 3.44” x 3.88” x 0.9”
–
87 mm x 99 mm x 23 mm – 6.0 oz
– 170g
Menu System
The user interface for each unit consists of a Liquid Crystal Display with 3 keys, as follows:
MENU
– Menu page/function select: press once to move to the next menu page.
INC
(up arrow)
– Increment the current parameter selected by the
MENU
key.
DEC
(down arrow) – Decrement the current parameter selected by the
MENU
key.
Each menu has several pages allowing you to change configuration settings. All of these settings are stored in Flash
ROM immediately after making the change.
Figure 1-1 ZFR100 Front View