Nagra 5 owners manual

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Q UIC K STA R T 2 M ay 2003 T H IS QUIC K GUID E I S DIV ID ED IN TO TW O PA R TS : A quic k sta rt fo r a fir s t tim ere co rd in g on anew NAG RA V A ra pid exp la natio n of acce sso rie s, se ttin gs and th in gs to be aw are of upon re ce iv in g yo ur N AG RA V. A ll th e poin ts co vere d here are exp la in ed in gre at deta il in th e re fe r e nce m anual. F IR ST TIM E OPER ATIO N /R EC O RDIN G P O W ER IN G D ependin g on th e pow er optio ns availa ble , one of th e fo llo w in g m ust be done fir s t: - C harg e th e Lit h iu m Io n NV - L IB usin g th e NV - P SU ch arg er - In sta ll 8 D ce lls in to th e NA - B B8B batte ry box - C onnect a 12V su pply to th e 4 - p in XLR on th e re ar of th e m ach in e T H E DIS K I f deliv ere d by NAG RA,th e HDD in sid e th e DN - B O Y will a lr e ady be fo rm atte d and re ady to go. If purc h ase d e ls e w here , ple ase fo rm at th e dis k (c h apte r 4 Page 2). S lid e th e DN - B O Y in to th e slo t on th e rig ht sid e and m ove th e pow er /lo ckin g sw it c h of th e dra w er to th e O N posit io n. S W IT C H - O N M ove th e m ain fu nctio n se le cto r to th e TE ST posit io n. T he m ach in e will p erfo rm th e B O OT pro ce dure ( a bout 25 se co nds). O nce th e bootin g is co m ple te th e fr o nt dis p la y will in dic a te S ET LO ST m eanin g th at t h e defa ult fa cto ry se ttin gs are goin g to be re sto re d, P re ss S H IF T to re m ove th is dis p la y. S cro ll th ro ugh t h e cu rre nt se ttin gs of th e m ach in e by pre ssin g th e BATT sw it c h by th e m odulo m ete r br i e fly . T he defa ult f a cto ry se ttin gs are : M ASTE R R efe re nce fr e quency is th e in te rn alm aste r clo ck 4 8 KHZ S am plin g ra te se le cte d B W F24 R eco rd fo rm at and bit ra te on th e ca rtr id ge A N ALO G A nalo gue in put se le ctio n P O T OUT A ux IN /Lin e pot se le ctio n se t fo r L i n e Outp ut L E V AU TO M odulo m ete r se le ctio n in auto m atic (S in gle modulo m ete r m ach in es o nly ) L IN E OUT M onit o rin g via Lin e Outp ut S PK AU TO L oudsp eake r m ode se le ctio n in auto m atic I f th e BATT posit io n is pre sse d tw ic e th en th e LC D dis p la y will sc ro ll th ro ugh t h e Tim e Code s e ttin gs. T he defa ult T C se ttin gs are : 2 5 FP S S ele cte d Tim eCode fr a m era te I N T.G EN . R eco rd so urc e T C .E XT. R efe re nce fo r ch ase m ode F IX .C LK I n te rn alclo ck fo r sy n c m ode A fte r th is sc ro llin g th e m ach in e will b e in th e sta nd - b y m ode, and t h e dis p la y will in dic a te th e num ber of i n dexe s on th e dis k (0 00 in dexe s) on anew dis k . If any of th e above se ttin gs need to be ch anged, m ake t h e nece ssa ry ch anges in th e MEN U mode.

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Q UIC K STA R T 3 M ay 2003 I n th e TE ST posit io n all th e cir c u it s of th e m ach in e are pow ere d and le v e ls ca n be adju ste d. C onnect th e m ic ro phone(s ) to th e in put co nnecto rs and adju st th e pow erin g acco rd in gly . U sin g th e se nsit iv it y sw it c h es o n th e fr o nt panel, se le ct th e se nsit iv it y acco rd in g to th e m ic ro phone ty p e. A dju st th e le vels usin g th e p ote ntio m ete r s on th e fr o nt panel. T he pote ntio m ete rs ca n be ganged to geth er usin g th e m ech anic a lclu tc h i f needed. C onnect a pair of headphones and adju st th e le vel. R EC O RDIN G M ove th e m ain fu nctio n se le cto r to one of th e tw o re co rd posit io ns. If th e NV - L IM in te rn al lim it e rs are i n sta lle d th en th ey will b e activ ate d in th e fir s t re co rd posit io n only . O n m ach in es wit h out th e lim it e r optio n b oth re co rd posit io ns are th e sa m e. T he re co rd in g will b egin im media te ly and th e tr a ck /ta ke num ber w ill b e auto m atic a lly re co rd e d alo ng wit h t h e tim eco de fr o m th e in te rn altim eco de genera to r (if fit te d) S ele ct T E ST or S TO P at th e end of th e re co rd in g. P LA YB AC K S ele ct PLA YBAC K wit h th e m ain fu nctio n se le cto r and th e la st re co rd ed ta ke will im media te ly be pla ye d b ack. S ele ctin g R EC O RD again durin g pla yb ack will sta rt a new re co rd in g at th e end of th e fir s t ta ke wit h out d am age to th e tr a ck bein g pla ye d back. T he fo llo w in g is a quic k re fe re nce to th e re le vant lo ca tio n in th is m anualto ch ange /activ ate urg ent f e atu re s. A ll o th er s e ttin gs ca n be fo und as re quir e d once ace rta in exp erie nce wit h th e m ach in e is a cq uir e d: F ro nt paneld is p la y se le ctio n C hapte r 4 p age 4 A udio In puts se le ctio n and m atr ix in g C hapte r 4 p age 15 T im eco de /sy n ch ro niz e r se ttin gs C hapte r 4 p age 5 S am plin g f r e quency se le ctio n C hapte r 4 p age 14 F ile fo rm at se le ctio n C hapte r 4 p age 14 P re - r e co rd se ttin gs C hapte r 4 p age 17 R ealtim eclo ck se ttin gs C hapte r 4 p age 18