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FS-4/FS-4Pro

Portable DTE

Recorder

Release 1.0

User Guide

Part Number: MANL-0954-01

Summary of Contents for FOCUS FireStore FS-4 Pro

Page 1: ...FS 4 FS 4Pro Portable DTE Recorder Release 1 0 User Guide Part Number MANL 0954 01...

Page 2: ...SUBJECT TO CHANGE Copyright 2005 Focus Enhancements All Rights Reserved The material contained in this document is also protected by copy right laws of the United States of America and other countries...

Page 3: ...h FS 4 16 Manual Recording 17 Syncro Slave Recording 18 Playback on the FS 4 19 Using the FS 4 with a Computer 19 Mounting the FS 4 Windows 21 Using Avid OMF Clips FS 4Pro only 23 Dismounting the FS 4...

Page 4: ...ns 55 Physical Description 55 Input Outputs 55 Power 55 Audio Video Timecode Specification 55 DTE File Formats 55 Disk Information 55 Log Files 56 Error Messages 56 Warranty 56 Temperature 57 Compatib...

Page 5: ...our camcorder while you shoot using Direct To Edit DTE Technology When you are finished shooting connect the FS 4 to your computer and you are instantly ready to edit in the timeline True DTE Technolo...

Page 6: ...buttons allowing easy control and management These units are upgradeable in the field Never Miss A Shot FireStore FS 4 s six second retro record mode means you are always recording When action happens...

Page 7: ...l Description and Basic Controls The FS 4 Menu System Installing and Removing the Battery Pack Connect the FS 4 to AC Power Connect the FS 4 to a DV Camcorder Recording and Playback with the FS 4 Powe...

Page 8: ...w the FS 4 LCD display are user defined function keys for selecting items on the bottom most LCD line The function of these soft keys changes depending upon what is displayed on the screen above the p...

Page 9: ...d and a new clip is created without dropping any frames This key is the only key that has a red legend on the front panel Middle Row Back Search Key Press this key to play video at speeds different th...

Page 10: ...ey to Pause the FS 4 Press it again to stop the FS 4 Refer to the sec tion Setup Screen on page 37 for more information NOTE To power off the FS 4 hold down the stop key n for three seconds During pow...

Page 11: ...error Yellow Blink Charger voltage insufficient States of Status LED Off Power Off Mode Green Power On Mode On but no activity Yellow Playback Blinks when the Hard drive is being accessed Red Record M...

Page 12: ...an also connect an optional wired remote com mander Camera FireWire Connector DV Video I O 6 pin IEEE 1394a connector Isochronous 25Mb s DV video I O Embedded 2 ch 48kHz 16 bit or 4 ch 12 bit 32kHz au...

Page 13: ...anel contains cooling vents as illustrated below Bottom Panel The FS 4 bottom panel features a single 2 pin DC power connector Connect the supplied AC power adapter here Cooling Vents Do Not Block Coo...

Page 14: ...op Clip Loop All Play All Utilities Screen contains the following selections Delete Clip For mat Repair Disk Repair Clip File Name and Upgrade The FS 4Pro provides the following additional functions O...

Page 15: ...e of the unit Step 3 Make sure the battery latch clicks into place You can immediately use the FS 4 unit if you attach the AC power cord with or without the battery pack installed You must charge the...

Page 16: ...Step 3 Plug the line cord or AC adapter into an electric outlet Connect the FS 4 to a DV Camcorder Before performing this procedure make sure you have performed Installing and Removing the Battery Pa...

Page 17: ...a DV File Format Recording With FS 4 Manual Recording Syncro Slave Recording Playback on the FS 4 The values you select with these procedures will remain the same during power cycles and will not cha...

Page 18: ...me and Date After you have powered on the FS 4 set the time and date as follows Step 1 Press the Right navigation key several times until the Setup Screen appears on the screen as shown below Step 2 U...

Page 19: ...s the Right navigation key The following screen appears Step 6 Use the Up and Down navigation keys to change the highlighted value Use the Right and Left navigation keys to highlight the Hour Minute a...

Page 20: ...format that supports your NLE system The dash on the left side of the selection indicates the current selection The default value is AVI Type 2 Step 3 Press the center Select button on the navigation...

Page 21: ...cord The timecode value is displayed on the screen Step 4 Press the Stop key to put the FS 4 into RECORD PAUSE mode Step 5 Press the Record key the FS 4 begins to record again on the same clip Step 6...

Page 22: ...e dash on the left side of the selection indicates the current selection The default value is Local Step 3 Press the center Select button on the navigation keys The beginning screen returns and a Paus...

Page 23: ...press the Play key Step 3 Press the Fast Forward or Fast Backward key as required Refer to Quickstart on page 3 for more information on the function of these keys Using the FS 4 with a Computer Once...

Page 24: ...quired FireWire disk drive drivers onto your computer system Use the MODE screen to go into HDD mode This step is required before mounting the FS 4 to your computer Refer to the section HDD Mode Scree...

Page 25: ...Wire disk drive It will probably be labeled E F G and so on drive C is usually your computer s main disk drive Once you have identified it double click on the FS 4 Step 3 Once you have located your FS...

Page 26: ...th the FS 4 automatically creates a new file without dropping any frames The two clips have the same primary file name however the last two digits are different The first 2GB part of the clip is label...

Page 27: ...files On the computer s desktop the files appear similar to the one shown below On the FS 4 the video file OMF and the audio files AIF appear as one track If you delete an Avid DV OMF file the FS 4 de...

Page 28: ...nd 3 are not necessary Step 4 Launch Avid Step 5 Once you have opened the desired project or created a new project select Tools MediaTool A screen similar to the following appears Step 6 Locate and se...

Page 29: ...imeline Dismounting the FS 4 Windows Once you have completed working with the FS 4 on a Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98SE or Windows ME computer system you must dismount the drive before unplugging...

Page 30: ...FS 4 appears as a FAT32 volume with a PC label This is not always the case on Mac OSX however Step 2 Once you have located your FS 4 on the desktop double click the disk icon to open it up Once opene...

Page 31: ...The charge LED lights when the FS 4 is charging For information on the charge LED refer to the subsection Top Panel on page 7 NOTE The FS 4 can be charged through the FireWire port under some circums...

Page 32: ...s Use the Up and Down Navigation Keys to cycle through screen selections Use the Select Navigation Key to make a choice NOTE When you navigate through the LCD Screens and scroll down into the menu you...

Page 33: ...screen Use the Select key to jump to the HOME screen Screen Values When the Cursor row is on a value the option is inversed Use the Up or Down Navigation key to cycle through the values including the...

Page 34: ...mecode Value 00 00 00 00 Drop Frame or 00 00 00 00 Non Drop Frame 5 Time remaining on the disk 6 FS 4Pro Only Reel Display In RECORD or PLAYBACK modes this selection displays the particular REEL a cli...

Page 35: ...p 1 Use the Up and Down Navigation Keys to move up and down among the selections and the title Step 2 For Retro Disk Retro Cache Loop Record and Time Lapse use the Right Navigation key to display a su...

Page 36: ...between 0 and 59 Step 5 Select BACK to return to the RECORD Screen with the current cursor row set to the RETRO DISK value The HH MM row is for display only RETRO DISK records the video signal over i...

Page 37: ...ORD can be used in LOCAL SYNCRO RECORD and SLAVE RECORD control modes Loop Record FS 4Pro only LOOP RECORD is similar to RETRO DISK When you select LOOP RECORD and press REC video is recorded to avail...

Page 38: ...4 capture of a single frame of video a value of 00 00 00 00 means no frames will be recorded Step 1 Press the Right Navigation key from the Record Screen to display the TIME LAPSE screen Step 2 Use th...

Page 39: ...hen the master unit is being recorded to played back from the volume display shows a 1 XXX on the home screen When the slave unit is being recorded to played back from the volume display shows 2 XXX o...

Page 40: ...I QUICKTIME AVID OMF FS 4Pro only QUICKTIME 24P 25P AVI TYPE 2 24P 25P PINNACLE AVI FS 4Pro only NOTE When using AVID OMF or PINNACLE AVI formats you must use the organize PINN or Organize OMF functio...

Page 41: ...DATE Displayed TIME Displayed VERSION Displayed LCDLIGHT ON LCDLIGHT OFF LCDLIGHT AUTO Group Default ALARM ON Group Default ALARM OFF STOP FRAME 1st frame of current clip Group Default STOP GREY STOP...

Page 42: ...section Set the Time and Date on page 14 TIME When you make this selection the SET TIME screen appears for set ting the time Refer to the section Set the Time and Date on page 14 VERSION When you mak...

Page 43: ...backlight after one minute In LCDLIGHT AUTO mode Pressing any keypad key on the FS 4 turns the backlight back on But will not carry out the function until pressed again with the back light on Any INFO...

Page 44: ...file until stopped TIME CODE GROUP Selections consist of the following TC EXT Group Default TC RECRUN TC FREE RUN FS 4Pro ONLY TC REGEN FS 4Pro only In TC EXT mode FS 4Pro only the incoming timecode...

Page 45: ...creen with the current cursor row set to TC SET value The HH MM SS FF row is for display only On the FS 4Pro only you can set either a TC value or a User bit value The selected mode TC or UB is the cu...

Page 46: ...ponding menu updates both screens Functions are intended to be convenient Home screen shortcuts Selections on the Functions screen are in three groups FA FB and FC In each group selections are mutuall...

Page 47: ...s Default FB ALARM Turns the FS 4 alarm on or off FB FILE FILE Toggles between normal and display of the file name FB REEL1 R1 Marks Clip to Reel 1 FS 4Pro only FB REEL2 R2 Marks Clip to Reel 2 FS 4Pr...

Page 48: ...nction key on the HOME Screen Pressing the corresponding Function key has no effect The illustration below shows an example of the Home Screen with functions assigned FC REEL2 R2 Marks Clip to Reel 2...

Page 49: ...all file identified as a REEL clip during recording or playback into the appropriate reel folder You can import this folder directly into most DV NLE bins ORGANIZE OMF FS 4Pro Only When files are reco...

Page 50: ...is required to continue work in the particular project DELETE CLIP This selection deletes a selected clip Step 1 From the Utilities screen use the Down navigation key to move the cursor to DELETE CLIP...

Page 51: ...ve the cursor to Format Disk The row appears as inversed text Step 2 Press Select The following screen appears Step 3 Select YES to begin formatting and a status screen appears Upon complete or error...

Page 52: ...as follows Step 1 From the Utilities screen use the Down navigation key to move the cursor to Repair Clip The row appears as inversed text Step 2 Press Select The following screen appears Step 3 Use t...

Page 53: ...r When a clip has multiple files the first Base file name is displayed Step 4 Press BACK to return to the Utility screen with the current cursor row set to FILE NAME UPGRADE To upgrade system software...

Page 54: ...details of the systems power state as well as internal temperature This screen may assist FOCUS Enhancements Technical Support in determining power and thermal problems with your unit REELS SCREEN FS...

Page 55: ...wired remote control use the keypad numbered 0 9 to directly mark clips Any additional key presses dur ing a recording or playback changes the selected folder Once a ses sion is finished select ORGANI...

Page 56: ...pause It stays in this state until stopped Loop All In this mode the FS 4 plays the entire contents of the disk all clips in order from start to finish At the end of the last clip the FS 4 begins to...

Page 57: ...DV NLE system that is not supported by Direct To Edit Technology In these cases the FS 4 can be used to capture footage to the NLE with the same behavior as a camcorder NOTE AV C is NOT for use in FS...

Page 58: ...dby L REC Retro Cache Stop C STOP Retro Cache Standby C REC Loop Record Stop O STOP Loop Record Standby O REC Loop Record Rec O REC Snap Stop STOP Snap Standby ll SNAP Snap Rec ll SNAP Time Lapse Stop...

Page 59: ...Custom Removable Li ion Rechargeable Battery Pack 90 minutes estimated run time Audio Video Timecode Specification 25Mb s 8 bit 4 1 1 NTSC DV or 4 2 0 PAL DV video model dependent DV Embedded Timecode...

Page 60: ...alert you to action that may effect your FS 4 operation Below is a list of error messages and actions you can take Warranty 1 year FS 4 2 year FS 4Pro 90 Days Accessories including the battery Error...

Page 61: ...emperatures 20 to 60 C 4 to 140 F Storage humidity 85 RH or less Compatible Camcorders For a list of tested camcorders refer to www focusinfo com Optional Accessories For a complete list of optional a...

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