SONG METER SM4 BAT FS
Enjoy superior weather protection thanks to an included rainfly, welded corners, and inverted seams to keep water from getting in.
SONG METER SM4 BAT FS
Setting the standard for ultrasonic wildlife recorders.
Specially engineered to capture quality ultrasonic bat recordings, the Song Meter SM4BAT is the industry-leading bat detector and recorder.
- Weatherproof & Reliable
- Industry Standard
- Low-noise SMM-U2 Microphone
- External power option
Features
- Industry standard line of ultrasonic bat audio recorders, with over 20,000 SM4 family recorders sold to date
- Proven and reliable, with only 0.64% of recorders requiring in-warranty repairs
- 3-year warranty
- Weatherproof design suitable for any environment
- Designed for use with the low-noise, waterproof SMM-U2 microphone
- Built-in fail-safe and fault-tolerant tech, including two flash cards for failover and extensive internal diagnostics
- Compact, at 8.6” x 6.0” x 3.1” (218 mm x 152 mm x 78 mm)
- Extended field deployments, with up to 48 ten-hour nights of battery life using alkaline batteries, or even longer using external power.
- Choose a quick-start schedule or easily create your own
- GPS attachment allows you to set date, time and location for multiple recorders
- Advanced triggering to record only when bats are present
- Optional noise scrubber automatically deletes false triggers that do not contain bats
- Optional 16 kHz high pass filter to reduce lower frequency noise
- Capable of storing terabytes of data on two SDHC/SDXC flash cards.
Specification
Recording Format
| Single-channel SM4BAT FS: 16-bit PCM .wav files or compressed .w4v files | ||
Sample Rates
| Full-Spectrum, single-channel;
192kHz, 256kHz, 384kHz, 500kHz | ||
Run-time
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Up to 480 hours (e.g. 48 10-hour nights), depending on bat activity | ||
Power Options
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Internal power using 4 D-size alkaline or rechargeable NiHM batteries External power via optional SM3/SM4 Power Cable | ||
Storage
| 2 SDHC/SDXC flash card slots (class 4 or greater) We recommend using SanDisk SDHC/SDXC cards. You can buy them from our store. 4 terabyte total capacity using 2 2TB SDXC cards Compression is available to further increase storage capacity | ||
Dimensions
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Height:8.6″ / 218 mm Width:6.0″ / 152 mm Depth:3.1″ / 78 mm | ||
Weight
| Without batteries: 1.6 lbs/730g With 4 D batteries: 2.9 lbs/1300g | ||
Enclosure Material
| Polycarbonate
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Enclosure Environmental Protection
| Fully Weatherproof
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Operating Temperature
| -4° to 185° F / -20°C to 85°C
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Warranty
| 3 years
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