Re: V2.0 good reason for a 702 instead of 722 ... (?)

["Tim Nielsen" supernielsen]

>

Sound Devices is saying that on battery, the 722 will not provide bus
power, even to a hard drive, I believe. There is a post about it on
the SD website, but maybe I read it wrong.


> One other thing, the firewire port will not power an external
> firewire DVD
> while running on lithium batteries (8.3 volts or less). It should have
> enough to power an external hard drive (laptop variety only) as a
> backup,
> but a DVD writer needs a 12v supply to the recorder before the
> firewire port
> will power the writer. Or use an externally powered writer.
>
> And if you want to use the firewire port you need to send the
> recorder to a
> service center for a hardware modification. Only those recorders
> manufactured in the last few weeks are "V 2.0 Ready".
>
> Bruce Wilson KF7K
> http://science.uvsc.edu/wilson