Panasonic 744T User Manual

744T User Guide and Technical Information 

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firmware v. 1.04 

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The setup menu controls a wide range of parameters for the 744T, including all audio routing, 
recording settings, and time code options. The setup menu is a single, fl at architecture with no sub-
menus, easing navigation. Each setup controls a specifi c parameter with several selections. The chart 
below shows the setup number, a description of the control, and the menu options available. 

1 

Allows the user to quickly apply default 
menu setups and save/retrieve user 
setups to disk or CF. 

• Load Factory Settings 

- restores the factory default settings 

• Load Film Settings 

- applies typical setups for film production 

• Load Music Settings 

- applies typical setups for music recording 

• Load User from INHDD 

- applies settings saved by user to hard disk 

• Load User from CF 

- applies settings saved by user to CF 

• Save User to INHDD 

- saves present state to file on hard drive 

• Save User to CF 

- saves present state to file on CF 

2 

Sets the audio sampling frequency of the 
744T 

• 32 kHz
• 44.1 kHz 
• 48 kHz 
• 48.048 kHz 
• 88.2 kHz 

• 96 kHz 
• 96.096 kHz 
• 174.4 kHz
• 192 kHz 

3

Sets the bit depth of the 744T recordings.  • 16 bit, 

• 24 bit 

4

Selects the file format type recorded to 
the selected medium. WAV and BWF files 
are identical, the only difference is the 
file extension. 

• .WAV poly 
• .WAV mono 
• .BWF poly 
• .BWF mono 

• .MP3 – 64 kb/s • 96 kb/s • 128 kb/s • 160 kb/s 

• 192 kb/s • 256 kb/s • 320 kb/s 

5

Selects the media used for recording. All 
media are selectable even if not present. 

• IN HDD Only 
• CF Only 
• IN HDD and CF 

6

Reset-able numeric counter that incre-
ments every time record is pushed. Used 
to create unique file names. 

<number> 

7

Numeric scene number used for file 
naming. 

<number> 

8

Selects the amount of pre-roll time the 
744T will add to the beginning of each 
file. 

0–10 sec. @ 48 kHz 
0–5 sec. @ 88.2–96.096 kHz 
0–3.5 sec. @ 192 kHz 

9

Selects whether to dither is added to 24 
bit digital signals while recording 16 bit 
files. 

• Off 
• On (16 bit only) 

10

Sets a specific start time/date for unat-
tended recording. Unit must be powered. 

<enter time, date>