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FS-2/2E Studio DTE Disk Recorder User Guide
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FS-2/2E Functions
Due to larger files sizes, the maximum amount of drive space
available is decreased to accommodate the last recording in a
session. For instance, if you have 90 minutes of disk space
remaining, after you set RETRO record to less than 60 minutes,
the available space changes to 88 minutes of available disk space.
If you set RETRO time to 88 minutes, the recording will be made
up of about nine and a half 9 minute, 13 second clips. There must
be space available in this situation in order to record the final clip
which eventually will write over clip 1. This ensures that at any
given time, at least 88 minutes of video exists after a complete
RETRO DISK record loop.
Once RETRO DISK time is set, you can exit the Menus and return
to the Main Screen. An
L
appears next to the record symbol on the
FS-2/2E's display. Press the
REC
key once to put the FS-2/2E
immediately into
RETRO DISK RECORD
. Clips are being recorded
to disk for X number of minutes in one or nine minute increments
(each as a separate track).
The REC button flashes (as when the unit is in pause). When you
press the
REC
key, the FS-2/2E leaves
RETRO DISK
mode and
goes into standard record.
All one minute tracks in the recorded loop sequence appear and
are saved as their own tracks on disk (for example, 1-001, 1-002, 1-
003, and so on) except for the recording that was in progress,
which takes on the characteristics of a standard track. At this
stage, the FS-2/2E is in standard record mode and the
L
on the
display disappears. No frames are lost across tracks during the
record session.
Once paused, the unit returns to RETRO DISK record mode (the
L
reappears in the LCD and viewfinder) for further RETRO
recordings or until it is disabled in the RETRO DISK screen.
RETRO DISK can be used in LOCAL and SYNCRO SLAVE record
control modes.
Minimum Disk Space Requirements
The FS-2/2E must always have at least one minute of disk space (under
60 minutes) or 9 minutes, 13 seconds of disk space (when the RETRO
DISK value is set to greater than 60 minutes) remaining in addition to the
RETRO DISK value, in order to function correctly. For instance, it is not
possible to set a RETRO DISK value of one minute if only one minute of
disk space remains.
WARNING: Make certain that the FS-2/2E is in STOP mode
before removing the disk drive from the system.
Do Not Attempt to Remove the drive when the FS-2/2E is in
REC or REC-PAUSE mode.