User`s manual
Zaxcom Deva User’s Manual_______________________________________________________ Chapter 3
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Home page
Page purpose: This page displays the current status for the recorder and its major components.
How to get here:
Turn the power on and let the system initialize. If another page is designated as the start page, press the
MENU key a few times until this page appears.
Deva-16 view Deva-5.8 view
Figure 3-2 Home page
Page Notes
None
Page Level Shortcuts
Using the Deva front panel:
ENTER key – (hold for 2 second) Lock the touchscreen.
o MENU key – press to unlock the touchscreen.
F1 key – displays the Cue Mode page {p.127}.
F2 key – flags the currently displayed Take as a “CIRCLE TAKE”.
F3 key – (first press) displays the False Start dialog {p.139}.
(second press) closes the False Start dialog without doing anything to the dialog.
F4 key – (first press) displays the Timecode page {p.57}.
(second press) displays the Timecode Diagnostics page.
F5 key – displays the Scene Take Note page {p.131}.
F6 key – (first press, if Fader-8 assigned) displays the Headphone Volume page {p.138}.
(next press) displays the Headphone Mix page {p.75}.
(next press) return to previously displayed page.
Pressing a Recording channel for about 2 seconds – solos that channel to the headphones, the Headphone
button displays SOLO, the left and right headphone channels display the solo’d track and the
other track audio bars are grayed out.
o Pressing any other track SOLOs that track. The left and right headphone channels display the solo’d track’s #.
o Pressing the Headphone button, cancels the SOLO.
SHIFT key+Recording channel – arms / disarms the track that was touched. A disarmed track has a line
through it long wise and the bar indicating the audio level changes to Blue.
0 – 9 keys – opens the Enter Segment data entry field, {p.37}. Type the remainder of the number and press
the ENTER key. Once entered, the system attempts to move to the day’s recording, by the
segment # entered. If the number entered is too high, the last available segment is displayed.
o SHIFT / BACKSPACE key – deletes one character at the cursor and moves the cursor to the left one
character.
o MENU / ESC key – functions as the ESC key by discarding unsaved changes and closing the data
entry field.
o ENTER key – accepts the data, validates it and closes the data entry field.