Sound Devices Astral ARX8
firmware v1.60
Sound Devices · Released Feb 20, 2024 · First seen Jul 20, 2026
v1.60 is not the latest firmware for the Sound Devices Astral ARX8: the current version is v8.40 (August 18, 2026). Go to v8.40
What's in this update
New
Group All TX commands for Record, RF Power On/Off, Mute, Format, ID
Changes
Updated available country list
Faster powering on/off of Astral transmitters
Web App: Prevented dragging a TX to a frequency within 300 KHz of another in the RTSA.
‘-’ and ‘_’ characters in the transmitter name virtual keyboard are now permitted
Fixed
Improvements finding clean frequencies when using AutoAssign
Changing from a tuning band to an overlapping tuning band no longer prevents receiver channels from RF locking.
Web App TX List does not scroll when you have more than 8 transmitters in the list
Web App ARX Overview screen doesn't show an A10-TX's record status
Various Web App improvements.
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