Zoom F6 User manual

Operation Manual
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F6 Control
Version 1.0

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing F6 Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pairing (connecting) with the recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Operation screen overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Navigation between screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
HOME screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
MIXER screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Character input screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Preparing to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting recording file format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Linking inputs as a stereo pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting input levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Setting various functions related to recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Changing recording take settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing recordings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting a take for playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing recordings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mixing takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Folder and take operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Opening the FINDER screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Opening SD cards and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Working with folders and takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Settings related to input signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting the input signal monitoring balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making individual track settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Settings related to output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adjusting output levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Settings related to ambisonic recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Making settings for ambisonic recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Settings related to the auto mix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Activating the auto mix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing a test tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Other functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing the F6 Control version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Showing track names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
F6 Control and an can be used at the same time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Contents

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Installing F6 Control
1. Open the App Store on the iOS device and search for "F6 Control".
2. Tap "GET" on the F6 Control screen.
This will install F6 Control on the iOS device.
NOTE
· When you launch F6 Control, you must pair it with the recorder that it will operate ( “Pairing
(connecting) with the recorder” on page 4).
Copyrights
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the U.S. and other countries. iOS is a trademark or registered trademark of
Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under license. App Store is a
service mark of Apple Inc.
The Bluetooth®word mark and logo are registered trademarks of Bluetooth
SIG, Inc. and these marks are used under license by Zoom Corporation. Other
trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective companies.
All trademarks and registered trademarks in this document are for identifica-
tion purposes only and are not intended to infringe on the copyrights of their
respective owners.
Introduction
F6 Control is a remote control application designed for use with
Multitrack Field Recorders (hereafter, “the recorder” in this manual). Including
control of recording, playback and mixer adjustments, this app allows you to
operate the recorder from an iOS device.
This manual does not explain operation of the recorder unit itself. See the
Operation Manual for detailed information about all its functions.

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Pairing (connecting) with the recorder
The first time that you launch F6 Control, you must pair (connect) with the
recorder to establish their relationship.
NOTE
· A separate ZOOM BTA-1 Bluetooth adapter must be installed in the recorder to remotely
control it from an iOS device. For details, see the operation manual.
1. Start the recorder.
2. Press .
3. Use and to select SYSTEM,
and press .
4. Use and to select Bluetooth,
and press .
5. Use and to select iOS (F6 Con-
trol), and press .

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6. Use and to select Connect,
and press .
A password that is used to identify the ZOOM wire-
less adapter (e.g. BTA-1) will be shown.
7. Launch the dedicated app on the iOS
device, and enter the password shown on
the display.
This starts pairing.
When pairing completes, “Connected” will appear on
the F6 Control screen.
NOTE
· Entering a password will not be necessary when launching the app again in the future.
· If pairing is not successful, move the iOS device closer to the recorder or move both to a
place where nothing interferes with radio waves and start F6 Control again. Confirm also that
the Bluetooth function of the iOS device can be used.

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Operation screen overview
Navigation between screens
HOME screen PFL screen
Setting screens
for various functions
FINDER screen,
REC screen, etc.
MENU screen
MIXER screen
（iPhone only）
Launch
■HOME screen (iPad version)
In the iPad version, all operations available on the MIXER screen are possible on the HOME
screen.There is no separate MIXER screen.

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HOME screen
When F6 Control launches, the HOME screen appears.
Status icon Take name
Track Name
Recording/playback
timecode
PFL buttons
Bluetooth status
Blue: Connected
MENU button
REC button
Search forward button
PLAY/PAUSE button
Search backward button
STOP button
Level meters
Tone button
Limiter indicator
Clipping indicator
Level meter
When recording:
remaining recordable
time When playing back:
remaining playback time
Power source type
and remaining power
Recording/playback file
format and sampling rate
Track status
Red: record
Green: play back
Grey: do not record/play back
OUTPUT display
switch button
MIXER button
Timecode frame rate
INT: internalEXT: external input
Counter
(playback/elapsed recording time)
Track 1-6 selection buttons
Lit: input enabled
Unlit: input disabled
MIXER screen
Bluetooth
status
Tone button
MAIN button
Return to HOME screen
Power source
type and
remaining power
Input trim knobs
Track 1-6
selection buttons
Pan faders
Level meters
Level faders
PFL buttons
Track Name
Limiter indicators
Clipping indicators
OUTPUT display
switch button

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Character input screen
The character input screen appears for inputting the names of takes and folders,
for example.
Text box
Number of characters
(input/total possible) 2
1
1. Input characters using the keyboard.
The input characters appear in the text box.
NOTE
· The following characters can be input.
(space) ! # $ % & ' ( ) + , - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ; = @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R ST U V W
XY Z [ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { } ~
Except when inputting a "Note", you cannot put an @ mark or a space at the beginning.
2. When done inputting, tap .
Confirm the input characters.
Tap to cancel the input.

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Preparing to record
Setting recording file format
1
2
3
1. Tap on the HOME screen.
2. Tap "REC" on the MENU screen.
3. Tap "WAV File Format" on the REC screen, and change the settings.

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Recording
Selecting inputs
Select which among Inputs 1–6 to use.
1. Tap the track selection buttons on the HOME
screen for the inputs to record.
The buttons light red for the tracks that will be recorded and
appear dark for those that will not be recorded.
Linking inputs as a stereo pair
You can use track pairs 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6 as stereo tracks.
1
2
1. Tap on the HOME screen for a track to link it in stereo.
2. Tap "Stereo Link" on the PFL screen, and change the setting.
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