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7-Series Feature Comparison

  702 702T 722 744T 788T
I/O
Balanced analog inputs 2 2 2 4 8
Microphone preamplifiers with 48 V phantom power, high-pass filter, limiters 2 2 2 2 8 + line level limiters
Headphone output with selectable source (connector) 3.5 mm 3.5 mm 3.5 mm 3.5 mm 3.5 mm and 1/4-inch
Balanced line-level analog outputs (channels) 2 2 2 2 4, two unbalanced
Digital inputs (channels) 2 - AES3 2 - AES3 2 - AES3 4 - AES3 8 - AES3
Digital Outputs (channels) 2 - AES3id 2 - AES3id 2 - AES3id 4 - AES3id 6 - AES3
Display/Metering/Control Extended temperature, back lit LCD viewable in all lighting conditions yes yes yes yes yesmulti-color backlight
Sunlight viewable LED PPM, VU, or combination PPM/VU level metering yes yes yes yes yes
LED peak/limiting indication per channel yes yes yes yes yes at input control
Audio File Storage
Internal HD, 2.5-inch hard drive, FAT32 volume - - 80 GB 80 GB 160 GB
CompactFlash card slot (type I, II, and micro drive compatible) for removable recording medium yes yes yes yes yeswith UDMA support
External FireWire drive support, FAT32 hard drive or DVD-RAM with FireWire bus powering yes yes yes yes yes high bandwidth
Record/mirror to all available storage mediums simultaneously yes yes yes yes yes
File Formats
Broadcast Wave format (.WAV extension), mono or poly files, uncompressed PCM audio with iXML metadata written to header, 16 or 24 bit 2 track, 192 kHz max 2 track, 192 kHz max 2 track, 192 kHz max 4 track, 192 kHz max 8 track, 48.048 kHz max
MP2, MP3 FLAC recording yes yes yes yes -
MP3/MP2 file playback at 64, 128, 192, or 256, or 320 kb/s, stereo file yes yes yes yes yes
External Data Interface / Transfer / Control
FireWire 400 (IEE-1394a) port for high-speed data access to CF card and internal drives (for units with internal drives), Mac and Windows support yes yes yes yes yesplus FW800 and USB 2.0
Time Code / Word Clock
Ultra-stable, temperature-compensated (<1 ppm) crystal clock generator - yes - yes yes
TC rates of 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97DF, 29.97, 30, 30DF - yes - yes yes
Word clock input and output yes yes yes yes yesplus video sync
Powering
Removable, rechargeable powering using Li-on battery, built-in charger yes yes yes yes yes
10-18 VDC external input powers unit and charges battery yes yes yes yes yes