Zaxcom ZFR800, Owner'S Manual

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Chapter 1 ZFR800 Handheld Recording Microphone Owner’s Manual
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About the ZFR800
The ZRF800 is revolutionary in it s features and design. A true broadcast hand held that includes
SMPTE time code. The code is jammed from the internal wireless receiver so it is always frame
accurate.
The miniSD card is instantly removable. Flash memory has a finite life due to memory burnout.
With a removable card you will always be ready to go. Instantly hand off recorded audio without
handing off the recorder. When larger memory cards come out you are ready to go. Just plug it in.
The Handheld can record continuously so you will never miss a thing. Markers are instantly set
with the push of a button to identify key points in memory for fast transfer of recorded material.
The Handheld is made from lightweight aluminum for a professional look and feel. The uniform
diameter body is at home in the hands of a rock star or a news journalist alike. There are no visual
distractions of different buttons or colors or company logos to get in the way of the performance
being given or the story being told. Because the handheld body is a uniform tube the talent will not
distracted by the feel of buttons or display.
Use the microphone capsule you are used to. The handheld will accept screw on heads from
Shure“. This gives you the sonic profile that your Artists or Journalists demand.
The ZFR800 has two recording modes, continuous and traditional record/stop. In continuous mode
the handheld records from the moment it is switched on. This provides a continuous recording that
may be instantly marked and identified to aid in transferring just the audio you want while
providing an infinite Pre-Record buffer.
The Handheld records full resolution and bandwidth files at all times. If an MP3 type file and a full
bandwidth file are both needed, the included PC/MAC conversion utility can generate both after
the recording has been made. Any sample rate can be output from the transfer utility as well.
The recording file system used in the hand held is the Zaxcom Mobile Audio Recording Format.
This is a fault tolerant system that eliminates the possibility of lost audio files due to the data
centric nature of FAT32 file system. If power is lost during a recording no audio will ever be lost up
to the point of the power disruption. The file system has been optimized for flash memory to avoid
flash memory burn out due to the file system writing the directory in the same location over and
over again as it would on a typical hard disk storage system.