Owner’s Manual Deva IV & Deva V High Resolution Digital Audio Recorder Rev : August 2007 230 West Parkway, Unit 9, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 USA Tel: 973.835.5000 Fax: 973.835.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Change History 2007-08 o Added EQ Section o Updated sections to include new features offered by the firmware. 2005-04-14 o Corrected references to status button going to home screen. o Other misc typographical corrections made. o Added Chapter 7. 2005-04-03 o Corrected various sections throughout the manual.
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Chapter 1 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to DEVA IV and DEVA V (DEVA 4 and DEVA 5)! Included in your DEVA IV or DEVA V box you have the following items: o DEVA V or DEVA IV unit o AES Digital Input cable o AES Digital output cable o CD-ROM containing Owner’s Manual in PDF format o A/C Power Connector Note: The size of the installed removable hard drive varies depending on what you ordered.
Chapter 1 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual The DEVA V also offers unparalleled security, in terms of password protection for the hardware and data protection for the audio. Only DEVA V allows you to record simultaneously to an internal hard drive, which can be swapped out with another drive in the field; an internal DVD- RAM drive (optional); and an external fire wire device.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 1 o Simultaneous multi-disk multi-format recording o Multi-sample rate recordings Direct to hard disk recording with backup to DVD is the most reliable way to record location audio. The DEVA recording system gives you peace of mind knowing that temperature, humidity, motion and environmental contamination have no effect on the recordings you will make to a sealed hard disk recorder.
Chapter 1 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Getting to know your DEVA recorder This section describes the physical features and location of items on the DEVA recorder. 1 4 Figure 1-1 5 2 6 7 3 8 DEVA Front panel Front Panel Descriptions 1. 2. Faders 1, 2, 3 and 4 There are four hardware faders. They can be assigned to any channel or combination of channels in your DEVA. Software faders are available for channels not assigned to the hardware faders.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual q Chapter 1 F6 —HEADPHONE Displays the HEADPHONE matrix menu. q MENU Advances the screen to the next menu. This is the same as touching the status button in any menu. 5. q ENTER q Confirms data entry. Transport Control Buttons These three buttons provide the Record, Play, and Stop functions. 6. Numeric Keypad and Backspace Buttons These provide an alternative means of entering numeric data such as Time Code and Meta-Data. 7. 8.
Chapter 1 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual 13. AES Digital Output Connector Connect the supplied AES Digital output cable to this is a 15-pin mini Sub-D connector. The cable provides four pairs of AES digital output. 14. AES Digital Input Connector Connect the supplied AES Digital input cable to this 15 pin mini sub-D connector. The cable provides four pairs of AES inputs. 15. IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connector This port can be used with FireWire hard drives, CD, and DVD-RAM drives.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Connections This section describes how to connect external microphones, line devices and the proper settings on the DEVA required to make these connections work. DEVA V has factory default presets so you can power up the machine and start recording. When you power on the DEVA, it takes 3-5 seconds to start-up.
Chapter 2 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual The Battery Menu is accessed by pressing the battery indicator on the Home screen. Figure 2-2 Battery Menu The graph shown in the Battery Menu displays the voltage and how long the battery has been used. The curve is unique for each type of battery used (liON, NiMH). To change the threshold when the battery indicator changes to red on the Home screen, do the following: Hint: 1. Press the Low Battery Voltage button. 2.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual o Toggling the High Pass Filter options: On and off o Adjust Delay of any available channel o Adjust trim of any available channel. Chapter 2 The Analog Input Control menu can be found by going to: Main Menu > Input Control Figure 2-1 Analog Input Control Screen Pressing the Stop button in the upper right corner or menu key on the keypad brings you back to the main menu.
Chapter 2 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual You can continue toggling the Mic/Line option to each channel as required without pressing the Mic/Line Level button each time, simply press the channel you want power applied to while the LED flashes on the Mic/Line Level button Toggling Phantom Power (48 VDC) 1. Press the 48 Volts button. The red LED on the 48V button flashes red indicating it is active. 2. Press the channel you want phantom power applied to.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 2 Adjusting The Delay 1. Press the Adjust Delay button. The Adjust Delay Screen Appears. You can adjust delay on both Analog and Digital inputs. 2. Press the Channel you want to add delay into. The button changes to white. 3. Press More delay to add delay. If Delay has been added to a channel, the Less Delay button is active and can be used to reduce the amount of delay. A maximum of 40 ms of delay can be added to each channel.
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Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Settings for Recording Once the input cables are connected, there are many setup decisions to be made. This section describes those settings and where they are found in the menus. There is no one way to setup a DEVA correctly, nor do any of the settings described here have to be done in any certain order. Storing the Data The size of the hard drive determines how much data can be stored.
Chapter 3 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual need to perform some recording test to ensure the hard drive in the Deva can write at this high sampling rate. To improve the mirroring speed, you should switch the sampling rate back to 48 kHz. Comming Soon o The Custom Sample Rate will be available at a later date. Selecting the Number of channels to Record Main Menu > DEVA Setup > Record Channels > Record Track Select Before you can record, you have to set the number of tracks you want to record.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 3 Important: The Prerecord buffer is discarded after any of the following settings are changed: oSample Rate Reference oInternal Sample Rate oTimecode oUserbits oFrame Rate oTimecode Run Mode The Mix This section discusses setup the mix. You can have different mixes between the internal hard drive and any audio you pass through the analog or digital output ports.
Chapter 3 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Important: Make sure to have at least the same number of channels displayed on the home screen as you are mixing. It is possible if you are not careful to record and mix channels which will have no meter shown on the home screen. 1. Press the DEVA Setup button on the Main Menu screen. The DEVA Setup Screen appears. Pressing the ‘v’ button on the screen toggles between different home screen styles. 2. Press the Meters button The Meters Menu screen appears. 3.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 3 generated by DEVA. The Reader T.C. field displays the estimated frame rate of timecode entering the DEVA. Time Code Out Time Code Out toggles between Generator and Disk. Generator outputs TC from the internal generator. Disk outputs time code from the hard drive, or the disk which is selected for playback. Time Code Run Mode Time Code Run Mode toggles between Free Run, Record Run, C. JAM ALL, C. JAM T.C., and C. JAM U.B. modes.
Chapter 3 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual This button toggles the settings for entering and jamming data between Time code and User bits. This selection changes the display on the 2 buttons to its right. JAM TIMECODE becomes JAM USER BITS and JAM TIME OF DAY and ENTER TIMECODE becomes ENTER USER BITS and ENTER TIME OF DAY. JAM TIMECODE (USER BITS) This button manually jams an external Time code or User bits into the internal generator.
Chapter 4 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 4 Pinouts This section provides the pinouts for the connectors on the Deva. The mating cable connector part number is also provided for the less common connectors. Analog Out, DB25 This is a standard DB-25 connector available at most electronic part stores.
Chapter 4 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Camera Connector, 10 Pin Balanced analog outputs channels 5 and 6 on pins 1-4. Camera returns 1 and 2 on pins 5 and 7, these are summed to mono in the Deva. Signal Description Pin 1 Channel 5 2 3 Channel 6 4 5 Camera return 1 6 N/C 7 Camera return 7 8 N/C 9 N/C 10 N/C Power Connector The Power Connector on the Deva is a standard 4 pin XLR connector (A4F) available at most electronic stores. The Deva requires a power source of 9.5 to 18 VDC, 1 A.
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Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Software Guide The Deva is a very sophisticated recording device. The heart of the system is the software used to operate the device. This section of the manual describes each screen on the Deva and the functions within each screen. Home Screen This section describes the Home Screen. The Home screen is where you spend most of your time when working on the Deva.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual CUR Total Folder The CUR TOTAL FOLDER button opens the INTERNAL DISK FOLDERS menu providing access to the disk directory and labeling functions. Scene Take Notes The bottom button opens the SCENE TAKE NOTES Meta Data Entry menu. View (‘V’) The ‘V’ button cycles between 4 different HOME SCREEN layouts. The four layouts for the home screen are shown below.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Solo Mode You can Solo any input channel by touching the meter display for the desired track. Touch and hold the desired track for 2 seconds. The display will enter ‘solo’ mode. Then, touching any other track instantly solos that track. To exit ‘solo’ mode touch and hold any track for 2 seconds. Battery Display The battery Icon shows the current voltage of the power source (Int or Ext) that is powering DEVA at that moment. DEVA will auto switch.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual external hard drive. Currently a folder is set a 4 GB in size. Future firmware updates will allow a folder can be any size up to the maximum capacity of the hard drive. MetaData The bottom of the screen displays the User entered ‘Meta Data’. This is information that can be entered regarding each take. This can include Scene and Take numbers, Wild Track numbers, and brief notes up to 16 Characters.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 DEVA Setup DEVA SETUP sets the main operating parameters such as Sample Rate, number of channels, sync reference, etc. Input Control INPUT CONTROL sets the parameters of the Analog inputs. This includes Mic/Line level, High Pass Filtering, Mic Powering, Gain Trim and Digital Delay. My DEVA MY DEVA is similar to the Microsoft Windows convention, 'My Computer'.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual This matrix provides a great amount of flexibility for recording. Figure 5-4 Disk Channel Mix Screen In the disk channel mix screen, the top line shows all your Input Channels plus the slate mic and the reference tone generator. The vertical line on the right shows your 10 available recording tracks. The bottom row of buttons control the parameters of the matrix selections.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Clear All CLEAR ALL removes all selections and empties the screen. Figure 5-5 Disk Channel Mix Screen Example Figure 5-5 above shows the DEVA set up to record 2 Analog inputs on Tracks 1 and 2, and 6 Digital inputs on tracks 3-8. The reference tone goes to tracks 1 and 10, the Slate mic goes to track 10. A mix of 8 analog inputs also goes to Track 10. Output Mix Menu The OUTPUT MIX MENU routes the inputs of the DEVA directly to the outputs.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Faders The Faders screen contains the touch faders and fader assignment buttons. Figure 5-7 Touch Fader Screen Fader Assign FADER ASSIGN opens a matrix that allows you to assign any of the 8 Analog and/or 8 Digital inputs to any or all of the 4 faders. You can assign any of the inputs to either the touch or hardware faders.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Touch Faders Toggle Brings up an identical screen allowing the assigning of the touch faders. Figure 5-9 Touch Fader Screen Time Code This group of Menus allows you to set all the Time Code functions. The READER T.C. displays Time code from any External source coming into the DEVA. READER U.B. displays external User Bits. GENERATOR T.C. and GENERATOR U.B. displays Time Code and User Bits being generated by DEVA.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Record Run Time code starts and stops as you Record and Stop. C. JAM ALL. This mode Continuously Jams Time code and User Bits from an External Source. C. JAM T.C. This mode continuously jams only the time code. The user bits can be set independently. C. JAM. U.B. This mode continuously jams the User Bits, while the time code FREE RUNS independently. This mode allows a second time code to be input as user bits from an external source.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Toggles between incrementing user bits On and Off. When ON, the DEVA increments the last digit in the USER BITS each time you go into record. DEVA Setup Provides many of the recording and setup options. Figure 5-11 DEVA Setup Screen Internal Sample Rate Selects the sampling rate being recorded to DEVA's Hard Drive. Note: You should select the highest sampling rate that will be used on any device when selecting a sampling rate.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Record Channels Selects the number of desired recording channels from 1 through 10, for the DEVA V, or 1 through 8 for the DEVA IV. Two Track The TWO TRACK button enables tracks one and two. Four Track The FOUR TRACK button enables tracks one through four. Tracks Mixed To The TRACKS MIXED TO button automatically enables any tracks that are selected in the DISK MIX menu. For most uses you can leave this setting in the TRACKS MIXED TO mode.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Transport Operation This button toggles through three transport options; normal, T.C. Chase, and Auto-load. Normal All functions are controlled by the main transport buttons. T.C. Chase In playback mode, DEVA chases external time code. Auto-Load DEVA transport controls are locked to an external recorder such as an HD camera.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Slate Source The Slate Source toggles between the Deva internal mic and camera input as the source for slate. Headphone Options Opens a new window providing additional options for the headphones when monitoring. Figure 5-13 Headphone Option Screen Headphone Alarm Tone Toggles On / Off any audible alarms. Mute Unrecorded Tracks When enabled, all tracks not being recorded are muted.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 the hard drive. Check-Sum Error Correction insures that what is being sent to the internal hard drive is being recorded there. CAMERA INPUT When a 10-pin camera connector is attached to the camera port, this button allows you to monitor the return feed. Note: The camera feed is a mono return, while there are two camera return feeds, they are internally summed to mono.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Meter Labels Opens a window that allows you to enter text on any of the selected meters. Figure 5-16 Labels Menu Selecting any button opens the following window: Figure 5-17 Meter Label Menu Enter the text using your finger or a stylus. Touching SHIFT capitalizes the first letter than reverts to lower case. Selecting ENT Enters the text on the selected meter.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Figure 5-18 Input Meter Menu Any of these inputs can be SOLO'd in the headphones by selecting its meter display. Selecting it again turns off the SOLO feature. Display Outputs Shows all the DEVA's outputs. DEVA has 6 analog outs, 8 digital outs and 1 headphone output. The SOLO feature is also available in the output menu. Figure 5-19 Output Meter Menu CLOCK This opens up the DEVA's master clock setting menu.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Set Date To set the date, you do the same thing, using the Set Date button. Time Mode Toggles between a 12 hour and a 24 hour display. For Time Code purposes leave this setting at 24 HR. Date Mode Toggles between USA (month/day/year) and Europe (day/month/year). Important: When using Time of Day to jam AATON systems set the Date Mode to Europe.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Startup Screen Allows you to select the first screen you see after the DEVA has been powered on. The options are: o Home Screen o Cue Screen o Main Menu o My DEVA o Time Code Hold Key Time Allows you to set the amount of delay before the Deva keypad repeats a character. The values available are 100 ms, 200 ms, 300 ms, 400 ms, 500 ms, 600 ms, 700 ms, 800 ms, 900 ms, 1 second, 2 seconds, and off.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Mix-12 Support When a Mix-12 is connected to the Deva, you must toggle this button to the On position. Note: After turning on Mix-12 support, you need to toggle the power on the Deva. Meter Brightness This sets the LED brightness on the MIX-12 console. The brightness can be set from 1 (dim) to 8 (brightest). Tone Button Assign Sets the action of the tone button on the Mix-12 console.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 To Set +48 v Phantom Power, select the 48 Volts Caution! button, then select the buttons for the desired channels. The 48 Volts button flashes red when activated.When phantom power is enabled for a channel, the 48V On indicator appears red. Note: If you change a channel from Microphone input (Mic) to Line input (Line), 48V On is automatically disabled for that channel. High Pass Filter Each analog input can have a high pass filter applied to it.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Mic/Line Level To set the Mic/Line input gain, press the Mic/Line button, then select the individual Input Channels. 'MIC' appears in DARK BLUE. 'LINE' appears in BLACK. Clear All This button provides a convenient way to clear all the settings, and put the Analog Input Control screen back to the factory default settings. Adjust Delay Opens a window allowing you to set digital delay to any of the analog or digital inputs.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Adjust Trim Opens a menu that allows you to individually adjust the gain on each of the 8 analog inputs and the camera return input. Figure 5-1 Analog Trim screen To adjust the trim, select the desired input display and select MORE GAIN or LESS GAIN. You can add or subtract 20 dB of gain. CLEAR TRIM deletes any changes you've made. My DEVA Menu The My DEVA menu gives you access to all the internal and external recording drives.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Internal HD The Internal HD button opens the Internal Disk Utilities menu, which provides options for managing folders and files on the internal hard drive. Figure 5-3 Internal Disk Utilities Menu Erase Current Folder Pressing Erase Current Folder both erases and formats the currently selected folder. Note: While not shown in Figure 5-3, the name of the currently selected folder appears above the Current Folder button in blue text.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Current Folder Opens a directory of all the folders on the internal disk drive called Internal Disk Folders. Figure 5-5 Internal Disk Folder Menu The Internal Disk Folders is where you manage all folders/directories on the internal hard drive. Warning: Do not change folders while mirroring is on. Doing so can cause the mirroring process to skip files or cause the DEVA to stop responding.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Selecting the folder button brings up the Folder Contents display. Figure 5.1 Folder Contents Menu To go directly to a Segment you can either scroll through the directory with the UP and DOWN Arrows. The PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons, or you enter a Segment # directly through the Enter Seg # button. Edit STN (Scene, Take, Note) The EDIT STN (Scene, Take, Note) button opens the data entry window.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 o WAV MONO files (BWF-M). This creates a separate WAV file for each track recorded. When using this option with UDF formatted DVD-RAM discs, the files and discs may not be readable on Mac OS computers. o WAV MONO F files This format is a custom format to ensure recorded audio will playback correctly on Fostex DV40 equipment. o WAV POLY (BWF-P) files.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Important: You must set the mirroring parameters before you turn on mirroring. Do not change folders while mirroring is on. Doing so can cause the mirroring process to skip files or cause the DEVA to stop responding. You must turn off mirroring to change any of the parameters. When mirroring is ON, all the other buttons are disabled until the mirroring process has completed. Folder to Mirror Selects which folder you want to mirror.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Prev Seg Selects the next previous segment for playback. Next Seg Advances the next segment for playback. Enter Seg Opens a window to enter in any segment number for playback. <>FFWD Operates the same as the REW button, but in the other direction.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Headphone Mix Selects the basic headphone matrix. Figure 5-8 Headphone Mix Screen Left Headphone Mix Select the tracks desired for the left side of the headphones. In this menu you are monitoring the audio being recorded. Right Headphone Mix Same as the Left Headphone Mix except for the right channel. Note: To monitor a single channel in both the left and right headphone mix, press the channel in both the left and right mix.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Store User Presets You can set and name up to 12 user pre-sets for headphone monitoring. The name is limited to 8 characters. Figure 5-9 Store User Presets Screen Preset (#) Pressing any Preset button brings up a new screen allowing you to save your headphone configurations. Get User Presets Allows you to select any of the 12 presets you have previously stored. Get Factory Presets Allows you to quickly access 20 commonly used headphone configurations.
Chapter 5 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Scene Take Note This menu opens up the Meta-Data entry windows. It can also be accessed using the STN button on the Front Panel. Figure 5-10 Scene Take Note Screen Scene Opens the Data Entry screen. Select the SEGMENT # and touch the SCENE button. Enter the information on the keypad and press Ent. The TAKE # auto increments when you press the Record button. If there is a false start you can press the False Start button on the front panel (F3).
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 5 Stored notes can be used in for any segment and folder. Clear Note Allows you to clear any custom notes. You cannot clear any of the default notes stored in Note boxes 1 through 8. Stored Notes Pressing any of the Note boxes places the note into the segments metadata. The up and down arrows allow you to scroll through all 20 notes. Segment Allows you to select any previous segment to enter data. Data can be edited at any time.
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Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Limiting, Equalization, and Compression Both the DEVA IV and DEVA V come with a built-in limiter, that is available on all channels, and EQ and compression enabled on channels 1 and 2. As an option, you can enable EQ and compression on all channels. Contact Zaxcom for details on enabling EQ an compression. Limiting The limiter on the Deva prevent the analog input signal from clipping or exceeding 0 dB.
Chapter 6 Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual 4. Select Entry Mode button. Pressing the Entry Mode button toggles through the four choices; off, Level, Frequency, and Q. 5. Use the number keypad on the Deva or keyboard to change these values. When in the Level entry mode, use 0 to enter negative numbers. 6. Press ENTER on the Deva when finished. 7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for all bands you want to change.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter A Chapter A Appendix There are some features in the Deva designed to help troubleshoot with the Zaxcom staff. These items have been placed in areas of the Deva that are not usually accessed. This section of the manual covers those items. Diagnostic “Secret Menu” The Deva IV and Deva V, contain a diagnostic mode which allows you to upgrade the firmware, and perform some basic diagnostic routines.
Chapter A Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Updating the Firmware Use the steps listed to place the updated firmware on your internal hard drive. The procedure for upgrading the firmware places it first on the internal hard drive, then flashing it to the ROM. This is the safest way to upgrade the firmware since you will always be able to boot the Deva should something go wrong during the firmware update process. 1. Download the updated Firmware 2. Burn the DevaProgFile.
Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter A *B and *P Diagnostic Flags On very rare occasions a *B or *P may appear either during the recording process or mirroring process. Both diagnostic flags stay on the Deva’s screen until the unit is powered off. If either of these diagnostic flags occur, you should contact Zaxcom’s technical support department. *B Flag The *B flag means the Deva hit a breakpoint instruction. This happens when the Deva comes across an error it does not know how to handle.
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Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Chapter B Chapter B Zaxcom Warranty Policy and Limitations Zaxcom Inc. values your business and always attempts to provide you with the very best service. No limited warranty is provided by Zaxcom unless your Zaxcom Deva (“Product”) was purchased from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller. Distributors may sell Products to resellers who then sell Products to end users. Please see below for warranty information or obtaining service.
Chapter B Deva IV and Deva V Owner’s Manual Limitation of Damages Zaxcom's entire liability for any defective Product shall in no event exceed the purchase price for the defective Product. This limitation applies even if Zaxcom cannot or does not repair or replace any defective Product and your exclusive remedy fails of its essential purpose. No Consequential or Other Damages Zaxcom has no liability for general, consequential, incidental or special damages.
