User`s manual
_________________________________________________________Zaxcom Deva User’s Manual
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................. 17
TABLE OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................... 18
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 19
OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
USER MANUAL CONVENTIONS ................................................................................................................................................................ 19
SYSTEM FEATURES ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Deva-5.8 Specific ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Deva-16 Specific ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Common Features ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
WHAT’S INCLUDED WITH THE DEVA-5.8 ................................................................................................................................................ 20
Deva-5.8 Options ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
WHAT’S INCLUDED WITH THE DEVA-16 ................................................................................................................................................. 21
Deva-16 Options ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
DEVA SOFTWARE RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 21
MEDIA / ACCESSORY RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 21
Hard Disk Drives ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
CompactFlash Cards ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
FireWire Devices ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Harddisk Drive ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
CompactFlash Reader/Drive ................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Keyboards .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22
ANALOG INPUTS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
ANALOG INPUT LIMITER ............................................................................................................................................................................ 22
DIGITAL INPUTS ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
MIXING ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
RECORDING ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
CAMERA / LINE IN CONNECTOR.............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Deva-5.8 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Deva-16 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
METERING ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
FIREWIRE PORT.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
RF INTERFERENCE PROTECTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 23
TIMECODE .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
INPUT SAMPLING-RATE CONVERSION ..................................................................................................................................................... 23
SEQUENCE OF DEVA COMPONENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 23
PRODUCT SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
CHAPTER 2 – EXTERIOR DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................... 25
FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 25
LEFT SIDE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27
RIGHT SIDE DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 29
CHAPTER 3 – SOFTWARE GUIDE .................................................................................................................... 30
BOOT-UP SEQUENCE PAGE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Page Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Page Level Shortcuts.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 30
Boot Keys ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
MENU NAVIGATION .................................................................................................................................................................................. 31
INDEX OF NOMAD PAGES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
INDEX OF DEVA SCREEN OBJECTS ........................................................................................................................................................... 32
HOME PAGE ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 35
Page Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Page Level Shortcuts.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 35










