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A10-RX User Guide
Table of Contents
Copyright / Doc Rev History Info . . . . . . . 2
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Quickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
At the Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
At the Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
At the Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Connectors, Controls Description . . . . . . . 5
Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Channel Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Channel Power LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Main Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Two-Channel View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Single-Channel View . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mute Function on the Transmitter . . . . . 8
RF Signal Indicator LEDs . . . . . . . . . 8
RF Overload Indication. . . . . . . . . . . 8
Display Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
GainForward Input Menu (A20-Mini only). . . 9
Input Menu (A20-Mini only). . . . . . . . . 9
Selection Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Outputs Sub-Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Settings Sub-Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display Sub-Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System Sub-Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Frequency Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting Channel, Sub Channel, Frequency 13
Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Frequency Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Partial Scanning, 25 MHz Increments . . . 14
Full Scan, 224 MHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
User Group Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Audio Output and Control . . . . . . . . . 14
Analogue Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
AES Digital Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Antennae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sending and Loading User Groups onto A10
Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Loading User Groups on A10-RX . . . . . . 18
Firmware Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SD-Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Updating A10-RX from Sound Devices Mixer-Re-
corders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Converting Between XLR and SL Mounts. . . 22
A-15PIN Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A-RXMON Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A10-RX-SL DB-25 Connector Pin Assignments
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Industry Canada Conformity . . . . . . . . 25
FCC Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Declaration of Conformity. . . . . . . . . . 25
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Frequency Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
X Frequencies (6 MHz Per TV Channel) . . 26
Y Frequencies (7 MHz Per TV Channel) . . 27
Z Frequencies (8 MHz Per TV Channel) . . 28
Channel Assignments by Region . . . . . . 28
Copyright / Doc Rev History Info
Model A10-RX.
Copyright © 2022 Sound Devices. All rights reserved.
Date Description
Dec 2017 Initial Publication
Mar 2018 Edits made in sections: Audio Output and Control, Specications,
and Certications
July 2018 Revised Firmware Update procedure for A10-RX-SL
Nov 2018 Added v2.50 change (i.e. User Groups)
June 2019 Added v2.70 changes (A10-TX Muted, and Standby Mode displays)
Jan 2020 Updates for v2.80 (green and red LED indications)
Mar 2020 Updates for v2.90 (New RF overload indicator, conform to CSV)
Feb 2021 Updates for v3.00 (Support for A-15PIN accessory)
July 2021 Updates for v4.00 (Support for A20-Mini)
April 2022 Updates for v5.00 (Modulation menu and Q-meter)
June 2022 Updates for v5.10 (Q-meter display options)
