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A10-TX-US User Guide
User Groups
The User Groups feature allows for easy, intuitive naming of specic frequencies for each A10
transmitter used on set, and grouped together for faster tuning. The operator of an A10 receiver
may then easily switch between transmitters by choosing alphanumeric names, such as “Jack”
and “Jill”, instead of having to remember and manually tune to different, specic numerical
frequencies.
For instance, a producer or director may want to monitor several different actors’ wireless
transmitters. Rather than having to keep a list of all of their frequencies, each transmitter may be
pre-assigned a frequency and given an actor’s name. Then only those pre-assigned frequencies
that have been named will be available as possible options for tuning.
User Group les are created using SD-Utility—a Windows and Mac application available for
free download from the Sound Devices website.
https://www.sounddevices.com/download/?prod=sd-utility
Once created, the User Group les are uploaded to A10 transmitters and receivers.
To create a new user group:
1. Open SD-Utility on your computer.
2. Do one of the following:
• On a Mac, select User Group File > New.
• On a PC, select File > User Groups > Create a new le.
3. Name the new group.
4. Select a range of frequencies via the Band drop-down list. Options include A, B, C, D and
Any. This will automatically restrict users in the group to the frequencies within that band.
Selecting Any will make frequencies within all bands available for assignment to users in the
group.
ª All A10-TX-US will have the available bands listed on the printed label inside the battery
compartment door as well as displaying the frequencies capable of being generated by the
transmitter in Menu > System > Info.
5. Select OK. The User Group Editor screen appears with elds for the rst user (U1) available.
6. Enter a Name and Frequency for U1 in the elds provided. The A10-TX-US transmitter’s
serial number is optional.
Entry of ineligible frequencies (or characters) will cause the text in the eld to appear red.
SD-Utility automatically lls in .000 as the subchannel variable for frequencies entered
as a whole number. SD-Utility automatically follows the best-practice method of spacing
adjacent transmitters by at least one subchannel, preventing possible interference from other
transmitters.
7. Click Add (on a PC) —or the Plus (+) button on a Mac— to add the user to the group. This
also adds a new line for the next user (U2, U3, etc). Each user in a group can be given a name
and frequency, which after upload, will then be displayed on A10 receivers and transmitters.
Each group can have up to 32 users.
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