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Chapter 3 • Connections
This chapter focuses on the different methods of connecting FireStore to
other equipment. This includes connecting FireStore to DV video equipment,
FireWire disk drives, computers, power sources and remote control devices.
Connecting DV Video Devices
FireStore will accept just about any DV video device as either an input or as
an output device. This could include a DV video camera/camcorder, DV
VTR, DV mixer or DV character generator. The single 4-pin FireWire connec-
tor on FireStore allows 25Mb/s, IEEE-1394 compliant DV video signals (in-
cludes audio, video, other information and sometimes timecode) to be input
to or output from FireStore.
Compatible DV camcorder and VTR formats include DV, miniDV, DVCam,
DVCPro, Digital 8 and Professional DV. These are 25Mb/s, 4:1:1 (NTSC) or
4:2:0 (PAL) DV devices. FireStore will not work with DV based 50Mb/s or
100Mb/s devices such as DVCPro50 and DVCProHD or SDI based digital
devices such as BetacamSX, Digital Betacam, D-1 or D-9. FireStore also has
no analog input or outputs. You can however input or output analog video
to FireStore via an external A to D/D to A converter.
Check the Focus Enhancement's website (www.FOCUSinfo.com) for an up-
date of qualified DV devices.
DV Input
Use FireStore's "DV In/Out" 4-pin connector to connect DV source devices.
These source devices may include DV based camcorders, VTRs, mixers or
DV Video
In/Out