Ben Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Hi All, I was sending tone from a bunch of 411s to my Nomad on a job last month and I noticed that the trim was different for all of them, like a +/- 9dB-ish spread. I chalked it up to rental wear and tear, or maybe it being the way physics works or something. It was only after I did some bedtime reading of the Nomad manual that I realized that it was because my inputs had not been calibrated. If you have a Nomad with serial # before 10688? 106*?*? something {Glenn?, Jack?).. Then you may want to do this. It is very simple and easy to do. And the instructions are very clear. It is not like it was a huge deal before I calibrated. It just makes things a little faster and easier. Just Remember. Firmware 6.01 or higher Page 50 of the newest (Oct. 2013) Manual That is All, Carry On- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 "Caution: If this procedure is not followed exactly it could make the input trims not function correctly and you may not be able to recover normal trim operations and your Nomad will need to be sent back to the factory to be re-calibrated which will not be covered under warranty." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 "Caution: If this procedure is not followed exactly it could make the input trims not function correctly and you may not be able to recover normal trim operations and your Nomad will need to be sent back to the factory to be re-calibrated which will not be covered under warranty." I live dangerously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Input trim calibration is quite simple to do - and actually even though the warning is there - it is quite difficult to mess up your trim.Though it is possible to do. But if you follow the directions exactly you will be fine. I don't know the exact serial number that Zaxcom started fine tuning the trim at the factory but I will find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldmixer Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmsalang Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Mine needs to be calibrated too. I am planing to do surround recordings, possibly 5.1 on my Nomad. Waiting for instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Mine needs to be calibrated too. I am planing to do surround recordings, possibly 5.1 on my Nomad. Waiting for instructions. See page 50 in the Nomad manual for specific instructions: http://www.zaxcom.com/instruction-manuals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 All Maxx recorders have their trim calibrated at the factory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 All Maxx recorders have their trim calibrated at the factory? Yes - you can verify by setting the same trim level on all the inputs and send tone to each input and you should see that all inputs will be withing a dB of each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Mitchell Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 I was so happy when they added the input trim calibration. The only problem I have is that one input is, like, one pixel off. Still works fine for what I need it to do but it makes me twitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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