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A10-TX-US User Guide
Copyright / Doc Rev History Info
Model A10-TX-US only. See separate documentation for A10-TX model.
Copyright © 2022 Sound Devices. All rights reserved.
Revision Date Description
1A Dec 2017 Initial Publication
1B Feb 2018 Added note re: Bluetooth remote range
1C Apr 2018 Edits made in sections: Specications and Certications
1D May 2018 Added v1.05 change (i.e. Orientation setting)
1E (2A) July 2018 Added v2.00 information about new recording feature
2B Nov 2018 Added v2.50 change (i.e. User Groups)
3A June 2018 Added v2.70 changes (Mute Button and Mute function)
3B Jan 2020 Added v2.80 changes (i.e. Locking/Power button changes)
3C Mar 2020 Updates for v2.90 (New RF overload indicator, conform to CSV)
4A Apr 2022 Updates for v5.00 (Modulation and SD-Utility)
4B June 2022 Update for v5.10 new Frequency icon
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Copyright / Doc Rev History Info . . . . . . . 2
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Digital wireless for today and tomorrow. . . 3
System Quickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
At the Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
At the Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
At the Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Connectors, Controls Description . . . . . . 5
Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Main Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Menu Control and Menu Selections . . . . . 7
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Audio Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Record / TC Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display Sub-Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Frequency Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Channel, Sub Channel, Frequency . . . . . 10
Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Audio Input and Control . . . . . . . . . . 11
Lavalier Microphones . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Balanced Microphones with Phantom . . . 11
Line-Level Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Audio Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Mute Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
File Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Timecode and Time-of-Day Clocks . . . . . 13
Time-of-Day Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
External LTC Jamming. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Timecode Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Loading User Groups onto A10 Transmitters 16
Firmware Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SD-Utility File Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Input Connector Wiring Diagram . . . . . . 22
Battery Runtime Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
FCC Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Declaration of Conformity. . . . . . . . . . 23
Minimize RF Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Frequency Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
X Frequencies (6 MHz Per TV Channel) . . 24
Y Frequencies (7 MHz Per TV Channel) . . 25
Z Frequencies (8 MHz Per TV Channel) . . 26
Channel Assignments by Region . . . . . . 26
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