Sound Devices 302 Production Mixer User Guide

							302 Compact Production Mixer 
User Guide and Technical Information page 21 
SETUP MENU (V 1.0.3) 
Below is the chart of setups for the 302. See Setup Menu on page 15 for instructions on how to enter and 
navigate the setup menu. 
Meter 
Pos. Setup Setting (value on R meter) 
[factory default bold/underlined]  Description 
–30 XLR Attenuation Level Line-level (0), add the indicated values on left and right 
meter for attenuation amount Selects the amount of attenuation from Line level on the 
XLR Outputs. 
–26 Output Limiter 
Threshold Adjustment 1 dB increments from +4 to +20 dBu, level shown on 
meter Sets the Output Limiter threshold in dBu. see page 12 in 
User Guide for more details. 
–24 Stereo Link, 
Channels 1/2OFF (–30), Stereo Link (–26), MS Link (–24)  Links inputs 1 and 2 as a stereo pair, either X/Y or MS 
stereo 
–22 Input Limiter Defeat OFF (–30), ON (–26)  When ON, input limiters remain OFF at all times 
–20 RTN L to Channel 4 Input OFF (–30), L-only (–26), R-only (–24), L+R (–22)  Routes RTN-Left signal to the master bus with the set 
pan assignment. 
–18 RTN R to Channel 5 Input OFF (–30), L-only (–26), R-only (–24), L+R (–22)  Routes RTN-Right signal to the master bus with the set 
pan assignment. 
–16 Tone Oscillator 
Frequency 1000 (–30), 400 (–26), 100 (–24), Hz  Selects the frequency of the sine wave tone oscillator 
–14  Tone Oscillator Level OFF (–30), –20 dBu (–26) –10 dBu (–24), 1 dB incre-
ments to +8, 0 dBu is default Selects the output level of the tone oscillator in dBu at 
LINE level 
–12 Slate Mic ON/OFF ON (–30), Tone + Slate (–26), OFF (–24)  Activates the slate mic. Tone and slate offers a 400 Hz 
tone preceding the slate mic. 
–10 Metering Source ST & PFL (–30), Follows headphone switch position 
(–26), STereo only (–24) Selects the metering source. PFL levels are show on the 
left meter 
–8 VU Reference Level 0 dBu (–30), +4 dBu (–26), +8 dBu (–24)  Selects 0 VU-to-dBu reference level 
–6 Split-Ear Monitor OFF (–30), ON (–26), Program Mix (–24)  Assigns summed-mono RTN signal to left headphone 
output and R program to right headphone output. Active 
in RTN position. 
–4 Headphone 
Attenuation w/Tone ON (–30), OFF (–26)  Reduces the headphone level by 20 dB when tone oscil-
lator is activated 
–2 External Battery 
Voltage Reference 1 (–30), 2 (–26), 3 (–24), 4 (–22), 5 (–20), 6 (–18), see 
voltage metering chart below Selects the external DC range of the voltage check func-
tion and power LED  ash point 
0 Meter Ballistics Select VU | PPM | VU-PPMHold | VU-PPM (–30), 
PPM | VU-PPMHold | VU-PPM (–26),
VU | VU-PPM-Hold | VU-PPM (–24), 
PPM | VU-PPM  (–22), VU | VU-PPM (–20) Selects meter ballistics choices selected when toggling 
the front panel meter ballistics switch 
4 Master Peak LED 
Threshold Adjust 1 dB increments from +4 to +20 dBu, level shown on 
meter Sets the signal level where the “20” LED illuminates. 
Used to set an alternate peak level 
8 Slate/Tone Switch Normal (–30), reversed (–26), tone only (–24), slate 
only (–22) Changes the functionality of the slate / tone switch. 
Switch can be defeated by engaging  setup -14 and 
setup -12 
12 Default Restore OFF (–30), User Default (–26) Factory (–24)  Resets setup menu to either the stored default or the 
factory values 
Setting High 
Voltage LED Flash 
Point Low 
Voltage Power Source 
 
4.5 3.4  3.0 Internal batteries 
1 
13.0  11.5  11.0  12 V NiCad, NiMH, Li, etc.
2 
17.0  11.5  11.0  Expanded range of setting #1 
3 
8.5  5.75  5.5  6 V NiMH, Li, etc. 
4 
14.0 11.4  10  12 V Lead Acid 
5 
7.0  5.7  5.0  6 V Lead Acid 
6 
17.0  11.5  5.0  Full range of DC input, with cutoff for 12 V NiCad, etc. 
Voltage 
Metering Chart 
factory setting  
						

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