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Model

FR-2

8588 029 000

(390172)

Owner’s Manual

FIELD MEMORY RECORDER

Содержание FR-2

Страница 1: ...Model FR 2 8588 029 000 390172 Owner s Manual FIELD MEMORY RECORDER ...

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Страница 3: ...iangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the a...

Страница 4: ...8 Reducing battery power consumption 19 Operating on AC adaptor 20 Connecting the AC adaptor 20 Turning on the power 20 About power supply voltage 21 Setting the display backlight contrast 22 Turning the backlight on or off 22 Adjusting the display contrast 22 About the realtime clock 23 Aboutmemorycards 24 Inserting removing a memory card 24 Inserting a card 25 Removing a card 27 Initial format o...

Страница 5: ...djusting the recording level 51 Monitoring recording signals 52 Checking the remain for recording 52 Making recording 53 Recording with PRE REC active 54 About overloading 54 Recording digital audio 55 Selecting the track mode 55 Selecting the sampling frequency bit length 55 Setting cue points 56 Setting a cue point on the fly 56 Viewing cue point information 57 Deleting a cue point in realtime 5...

Страница 6: ...urrent drive Select 72 Optimizing a memory card Optimize 75 Formatting a memory card Format 76 Editing a volume label of a memory card Volume Label 77 Viewing information of a memory card Disk Info 79 Setup menu 80 Selecting default file name type File Name Mode 81 Setting the default file name Default File Name 82 Adjusting the real time clock Adjust Real Time 85 Speaker mute function on off Spea...

Страница 7: ... AC adaptor If you wish to use the unit in a country where the voltage of the AC power outlet does not match your AC adaptor ask your local Fostex dealer or service station for purchasing an appropriate AC adaptor Note that the AC adaptor can be used both in 50 Hz and 60 Hz areas When operating the unit on batteries use alkaline Ni Cd or Ni MH batteries Rechargeable batteries should be fully charg...

Страница 8: ...it When using the supplied carrying belt to prevent the unit from dropping accidentally make sure that it is attached to the unit correctly Do not give a strong shock to the LCD display The liquid used inside the LCD display is toxic If the liquid is spilled do not suck it in If it is stained to your hand or skin wash immediately with plenty of water Important The model name power requirement and ...

Страница 9: ...chapter describes some notes on the power supply as well as memory cards including the initial format Read this chapter before using the FR 2 for the first time Chapter 3 Names of Functions This chapter describes names and functions of keys and controls on the front and top panels as well as those of connectors on the left and right side panels If you are familiar with digital equipment you may ro...

Страница 10: ...ber for a file name Adjust RealTime Clock Used to adjust the real time clock Speaker Mute Used to select speaker mute function on off setting 4 Setup menu including menu items for FR 2 preferences etc ErrorTone Used to set the error tone output condition Peak Hold Time Used to set the peak hold time of the level meters Pre Rec Time Used to set the time length of audio stored in the buffer when the...

Страница 11: ...e FS kHz switch Analog input connectors the ANALOG IN connectors 3 The on screen messages and switch position names are surrounded by 4 The on screen messages and items as well as the indicators on the panel light or flash 5 Notes give a tip or advice for using the FR 2 powerfully and skillfully Chapter 7 Exporting audio files to a PC This chapter describes how to copy recorded audio file data WAV...

Страница 12: ...12 FR 2 Field Memory Recorder Memo ...

Страница 13: ...13 FR 2 Field Memory Recorder Chapter 1 Product overview Chapter 1 Product overview This chapter describes the product overview as well as main features functions etc ...

Страница 14: ...ing files to a DAW such as Pro Tools Supports a variety of sampling frequencies quantization bits 24 bit at 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2 kHz 96 kHz 176 4 kHz and 192 kHz 16 bit at 22 056 kHz 44 1 kHz and 48 kHz The Pre Record function a useful feature for location recording enables FR 2 to constantly store up to approximately 20 seconds of audio to the internal buffer When you start recording the previous...

Страница 15: ... reference input level is fixed to 20 dB The headroom margin of the line input is 24 dB while that of the mic input is 40 dB By installing the optional TC SYNC card available soon you can stripe the IEC timecode The error tone can be generated to warn you when the analog input amplifier clips due to over level when the battery voltage drops down to the specific level or when the remaining recordin...

Страница 16: ...16 FR 2 Field Memory Recorder Chapter 1 Product overview Memo ...

Страница 17: ...ally never miss to read the description of how to format a memory card Table of contents About power supply 18 Operating on batteries 18 Inserting batteries 18 Reducing battery power consumption 19 Operating on AC adaptor 20 Connecting the AC adaptor 20 Turning on the power 20 About power supply voltage 21 Setting the display backlight contrast 22 Turning the backlight on or off 22 Adjusting the d...

Страница 18: ...daptor Fostex Model AD12 1300 optional Ask your local Fostex dealer or sales office for purchasing the optional AC adaptor Note Make sure that the FR 2 power switch is set to OFF when changing batteries or when disconnect the AC adaptor from the unit The unit continuously accesses data when the power is on so the memory contents may be reset by the sudden power interruption Operating on batteries ...

Страница 19: ... FR 2 consumes little power even though the POWER switch is set to OFF 2 Insert eight AA type batteries Make sure that the batteries are the right way round and as shown below 3 Fit the compartment cover as it was before Be sure to fasten the screw tightly so that the compartment cover never drops while using the FR 2 The chart below shows the expected battery life of continuous operation by type ...

Страница 20: ...momentary type therefore when turning off the power you move it to the same direction as when turning on the power To protect a memory card and data the FR 2 is designed to disable the POWER switch during re cording or playback so that you cannot turn off the power Note Do not unplug the AC adaptor while the FR 2 is accessing a memory card i e during recording playback etc By turning off the power...

Страница 21: ...ta currently being recorded or played back may be damaged Battery capacity is sufficient Battery capacity is almost half You should replace batteries Note If you continue to use the FR 2 after the BATT indi cator gets shorter and batteries are exhausted the display shows the warning message as shown right and the FR 2 automati cally shuts down When operating the FR 2 on batteries you should always...

Страница 22: ...alue the higher the contrast is 3 Press the ENTER key to fix the contrast value The display returns to show the previous Home screen while the selected contrast value is stored to the Flash ROM If you do not press the ENTER key for five seconds after adjusting the contrast the display returns to show the Home screen and the contrast value is stored automatically REC STBY REC 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 5...

Страница 23: ...ed scene name and take number using the Default File Name menu item on the Setup menu in the MENU mode See Selecting default file name type and Setting the default scene name on pages 81 and 82 Note The FR 2 is equipped with a lithium battery which operates the realtime clock Normally the battery life is approximately four or five years When battery voltage drops down to the specific level the fol...

Страница 24: ...hether the power is on or off however never remove a card while the FR 2 is writing data to the card or reading data from the card When you remove or insert a card when the power is on follow the appropriate procedures described from the next page Also be sure to insert a card in the correct direction and side Note that Fostex is not responsible for any damage of a card caused by incorrect card ha...

Страница 25: ...d press the ENTER key The FR 2 starts loading the card When loading is completed No Files is shown on the display together with the remaining time or space of the card This shows that no audio file exists on the card When making recording an audio file is automatically created on the card For details see Chapter 5 Recording playback from 47 pages When loading a used FAT32 formatted card When loadi...

Страница 26: ...rd How to switch the current card when inserting a card to the other slot While a card is inserted in either of the card slots you can insert another card to the unused card slot and switch the current card Assuming that a CFC is currently loaded the procedure below shows how to switch the current card from CFC to PCMCIA after inserting an ATA 2 While YES is highlighted press the ENTER key Pressin...

Страница 27: ... asking whether releasing the CFC or not 2 Use the MENU dial to select YES and press the ENTER key The display shows Please Wait followed by CARDS Release OK When the card is completely released the CFC indicator lights Eject key for slot 1 Mounted and No Card shown on screens above mean as below Eject key for slot 2 The power is delivered to the card drive the indicator is unlit You can not eject...

Страница 28: ...icator beside the eject key is unlit while the PCMCIA indicator is lit Not Mounted No power is delivered to the card drive and you can eject the card the indicator is lit To remove the CFC select YES on the screen and press the ENTER key then press the eject key after the display shows the screen below Mounted and Not Mounted shown on screens above mean as below The power is delivered to the card ...

Страница 29: ...matting a small size card After formatting no file exists on the card therefore No Files is shown on the Home screen The remaining time or space on the card for recording is also shown by default the remaining time is shown Now the memory card is formatted with the FAT32 file system and you can make record ing playback using it See Chapter 5 Basic recording playback which starts from page 47 Initi...

Страница 30: ...30 FR 2 Field Memory Recorder Chapter 2 Before using the FR 2 Memo ...

Страница 31: ...tents Front panel 32 Top panel 34 Leftsidepanel 37 Rightsidepanel 37 Bottom panel 38 Detailsaboutscreens 39 Home screen 39 When no memory card is set in the slot 39 When a virgin memory card is set in the slot 40 When a recorded memory card is set in the slot 40 MENU mode screens 40 Warning messages 41 ...

Страница 32: ...ing the control again raises it up Turning the control counterclockwise until clicked turns off the monitor sound 3 LCD display Displays various kinds of information including audio input output levels settings etc See About the LCD display on page 39 for details 4 HOME HOLD RESET key This key works in the following situations While the HOME screen is shown Resets the peak hold on the meters In th...

Страница 33: ...CUE key By pressing this key during recording playback or while stopped the current position data is stored as a cue point on the fly You can store up to 99 cue points 01 through 99 By default cue points are labeled as Mark01 Mark02 etc according to the order you store points Default cue labels can be edited using the Cue menu in the MENU mode 7 MENU ENTER knob You can rotate or press this knob ME...

Страница 34: ...ssing down this key for more than two second the backlight turns continuously on To turn off the backlight in this condition press this key again Note When operating the unit on batteries to save the battery power we recom mend not to keep the backlight continuously on unless it is necessary Note that if you turn off the unit s power while the backlight continuously lights and then turn on the uni...

Страница 35: ...rt recording when the PRE REC switch is set to ON the previous data is first delivered from the buffer You may not miss the start of an important event to be recorded The time length of audio stored in the buffer depends on the FS setting You can edit the time length using the Pre Rec Time menu item on the Setup menu in the MENU mode See Setting the time length stored in the buffer for Pre rec mod...

Страница 36: ...port in the reverse direction at up to double speed By pressing this key while holding down the STOP key locates the beginning ABS 0 of the current file 25 HPF switches These switches select ON or OFF of the high pass filter 100 Hz 12 dB oct 26 Transport keys PLAY key Starts playback of the current file STOP key Stops the transport When the unit is in the MENU mode pressing this key exits the MENU...

Страница 37: ...Setting the digital output signal format on page 91 for details 29 USB KEYBOARD ONLY port This port is exclusively used for connecting a USB keyboard By connecting a USB keyboard to this port you can edit file and cue point names See Basic connection on 46 page and the Selecting the USB keyboard type on page 93 30 USB PC ONLY port This port is exclusively used for connecting a PC By connecting a P...

Страница 38: ...ot Depending on the condition the indicator beside the slot is lit or unlit Bottom panel When lit No power is supplied to the card in the slot You can remove the card When unlit The power is supplied to the card in the slot You cannot remove the card To remove a card from the slot whose indicator is unlit press the CARD RELEASE key to release the card the indicator turns on and then press the ejec...

Страница 39: ...ently set This counter shows the current position of the file in ABS time This area shows transport status using symbols For example you can see while stopped or during recording During recording the settings of the FS kHz QUANTIZATION and TRACK MODE switches are shown During playback the FS quantization bit and track mode information of the current file is shown DIG IN lights when the unit re cei...

Страница 40: ...nit brings up the Home screen as shown below after the unit starts up The recorder is stopped at the beginning of the current audio file File 001 MENU mode screens By pressing the ENTER key while stopped the FR 2 enters the MENU mode and the display changes to show the MENU mode screen In the MENU mode the Cue menu File menu Disk menu Setup menu and USB Mode menu are available Each menu has variou...

Страница 41: ...message appears when turning on the power Ask your local Fostex dealer or sales office for replacing the battery This message appears when the memory card inserted to the slot has a problem Replace the card with another one This message appears when the current memory card does not have enough remaining space for recording Replace the card with another one which has enough remain ing space This me...

Страница 42: ...ith the same name already exists in the card Change the audio file name to be stored This message appears when you are going to delete an audio file which is protected Release the protection using the Protect menu item on the File menu in the MENU mode When you are going to store an audio file name this message appears if the name is illegal Enter a legal name and store it When you are going to ma...

Страница 43: ...nection 44 Analog audio input connection 44 Digital audio input connection 45 Analog audio output connection 45 Digital audio output connection 45 PC keyboard connection 46 Connecting the FR 2 to a PC 46 Connecting the FR 2 to a USB keyboard 46 This chapter describes the basic connection between the FR 2 and external devices ...

Страница 44: ...c cept two mono or a stereo pair of balanced analog audio source signals Each audio input accepts signals of a wide range of nominal input level from 60 dBu microphone level to 4 dBu line level You can adjust the level using the TRIM controls in conjunction with the LINE MIC input selector When the LINE MIC switch is set to LINE Adjustable within the range between 30 dBu and 4 dBu When the LINE MI...

Страница 45: ...AL OUT connector in the IEC 60958 AES EBU or IEC 60958 S P DIF format You can select the digital output signal format AES EBU or S P DIF using the Digital Out Type menu item on the Setup menu in the MENU mode the default is AES EBU A balanced XLR 3 32 type pin 2 hot connector is used Note The FR 2 does not accept digital signals at 176 4 kHz and 192 kHz Note The DIGITAL OUT connector does not supp...

Страница 46: ...N according to the keyboard connected See Selecting the USB keyboard type on page 93 for details With some keyboards indicators may not light until pressing any key after connection is made Fostex does not guarantee keyboard operations if you use a keyboard with built in USB hub USB mouse or PS2 mouse Note To use the FR 2 with a personal computer make the USB MODE setting to ON See page 99 for det...

Страница 47: ...ack mode 51 Adjusting the recording level 51 Monitoring recording signals 52 Checking the remain for recording 52 Making recording 53 Recording with PRE REC active 54 About overloading 54 Recording digital audio 55 Selecting the track mode 55 Selecting the sampling frequency bit length 55 Setting cue points 56 Setting a cue point on the fly 56 Viewing cue point information 57 Deleting a cue point ...

Страница 48: ... you can transfer an audio file recorded by the FR 2 to the PC and vice versa Therefore you can copy an audio file recorded by the FR 2 to a PC hard drive or export it to a computer application such as Digidesign Pro Tools The table below shows the approximate recording time on a 1GB card CFC or ATA Note that actual recording time may be slightly different depending on card manufac turers FS BIT 2...

Страница 49: ...h is set to MIC Between 60 dBu and 26 dBu Between 30 dBu and 4 dBu Set the LINE MIC switch for each L R channel appropriately according to the source microphone or line connected to the associated ANALOG IN L MONO or R connector Selecting the input source Recording analog audio To record analog audio some control and switch settings are necessary 176 4 192 96 88 2 MIC LINE LINE MIC 26 60 4 30 PRE ...

Страница 50: ...In result the signal level fluctuation is suppressed Therefore the limiter is useful when recording a sound whose level is unknown You can activate the limiter for both L and R channels by setting the LIMITER switch to ON The FR 2 limiter uses the VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier circuit By default the threshold is 2 dB under the 24 bit full scale level all bits ON and the com pression ratio is 1 ...

Страница 51: ...L and R LEVEL controls are ganged Pressing the REC STBY key again releases input monitor Adjusting the recording level According to the situation select the track mode whether making recording in mono or stereo using the TRACK MODE switch The TRACK MODE switch setting is shown on the Home screen Selecting the track mode MONO The FR 2 records only the analog L input channel signal to a single file ...

Страница 52: ...l in mono center panning via the PHONES jack When recording in stereo You can monitor the recorded signal in stereo via the PHONES jack You can see the remaining time or space in MBytes of the current memory card by default remaining time Checking the remain for recording Any condition except during recording and input monitor The total remaining time or space of the current memory card is shown D...

Страница 53: ...input signal takes priority over the analog input signals Therefore when the FR 2 is receiving only analog audio input signals you can record these analog input signals However when the FR 2 is also receiving a digital signal from the DIGI TAL IN connector as well as analog signals you cannot record the analog signals REC STBY REC 3 4 6 7 5 ACCESS HIFT ENTER MENU ME CUE RESET REC key Note Even if ...

Страница 54: ...ng stops after executing post recording which records audio data currently stored in the buffer actually the incoming audio data is first stored in the buffer and then recorded to the card therefore there is a time lag Caution If you change the FS setting just before starting recording with the Pre rec mode active wait for 10 or more seconds before starting recording Otherwise the audio signal cur...

Страница 55: ...DIG IN is shown in inverse video see pages 39 and 45 for details Selecting the sampling frequency quantization bit length According to the situation select the track mode whether making recording in mono or stereo using the TRACK MODE switch The TRACK MODE switch setting is shown on the Home screen Selecting the track mode MONO The FR 2 records only the L channel signal in the digital input signal...

Страница 56: ...an be used for the locate and skip functions From the Cue menu in the MENU mode the following functions regarding cue points are available Editing a cue name Editing a cue position Locating to a cue point Deleting a cue point See MENU mode from page 63 for details about cue name editing cue position editing and cue point deletion See Locate skip functions on page 59 for details about cue point loc...

Страница 57: ...R 2 FIELD MEMORY RECORDER PHONES MONITOR MAX OFF SP HP MARK CUE key SHIFT key About cue point information The cue point information field on the Home screen looks different depending on the cur rent recorder position and the total number of cue points currently stored The following table shows some examples of cue point information This information field helps you when deleting a cue point see the...

Страница 58: ...ps to the beginning of the selected file 3 Press the PLAY key to start playback The PLAY indicator is lit 4 The playback sound can be monitored via headphones or the internal speaker 5 To stop playback press the STOP key Selecting an audio file using the Select menu item on the File menu Pressing the ENTER key while the recorder is stopped enters the MENU mode and the display shows the screen for ...

Страница 59: ...stopped pressing the REWIND key while holding down the STOP key locates to the beginning ABS 0 of the current file immediately Locating to the end REC END of a file While the recorder is stopped pressing the F FWD key while holding down the STOP key locates to the record end position REC END of the current file imme diately Locating to the desired cue point You can locate the recorder immediately ...

Страница 60: ...60 FR 2 Field Memory Recorder Chapter 5 Recording playback Memo ...

Страница 61: ... Format 76 Editing a volume label of a memory card Volume Label 77 Viewing information of a memory card Disk Info 79 Setup menu 80 Selecting default file name type File Name Mode 81 Setting the default file name Default File Name 82 Adjusting the real time clock Adjust Real Time 85 Speaker mute function on off Speaker Mute 86 Setting error tone output condition Error Tone 87 Setting the peak hold ...

Страница 62: ...ems of the FR 2 Select Selecting a file Rename Renaming a file Delete Deleting a file Protect Protecting a file Restore Restoring a deleted hidden file Select Selecting the current drive Optimize Optimizing a card Format Formatting a card Volume Label Editing a volume label of a card Disk Info Viewing information of a memory card File Name Mode Selecting default file name type Default Scene Name S...

Страница 63: ...ow shows the Cue menu In the screen example above C01 Mark01 is selected In the screen example above five cue points are stored with the default cue names Up to five cue points can be shown on a single page If more than five cue points are stored the list screen has more than one page At the upper right of the screen you can see the current page and the total page number If 01 02 is shown the cue ...

Страница 64: ...he cursor in the character options is called character selection cursor You can move the character selection cursor by using the MENU dial The display now shows the screen as below and the recorder immediately locates to the selected cue point When the locate operation is completed Completed is shown on the screen and then the display returns to the Home screen F001 Current file name C01 Current c...

Страница 65: ...position Enter key Used to fix the name entered Acts the same as moving the character selection cursor to OK and pressing the ENTER key on the FR 2 panel To edit a character highlighted on the cursor position Use the MENU dial to select a desired character from among the character op tions and press the ENTER key The selection is fixed and the cue name cursor moves right To move the cue name curso...

Страница 66: ...ute field 5 Use the MENU dial to enter the desired value in the minute field and press the ENTER key The value is fixed and the cursor moves to the left part of the decimal point in the second field 6 Use the MENU dial to enter the desired value at the left part of the decimal point in the second field and press the ENTER key The value is fixed and the cursor moves to the right part of the decimal...

Страница 67: ...s the Home screen on which you can see the number of cue points decreases by one If you switch to the cue point list screen you can see Mark01 has been deleted while Mark02 and subsequent cue points slide up as shown in the screen example below The following description is assumed that the FR 2 is now in the MENU mode by pressing the ENTER key while the recorder is stopped When a USB keyboard is c...

Страница 68: ...the File menu In the screen example above file 003 is selected In the screen example above you can see five audio files are stored Up to five audio files can be shown on a single page If more than five audio files are stored the list screen has more than one page At the top of the screen you can see the current page and the total page number If 01 02 is shown the audio file list has 2 pages and th...

Страница 69: ...ct a desired character from among the character options and press the ENTER key The selection is fixed and the file name cursor moves right To move the file name cursor position Use I or I key Or use the MENU dial to select or in the character options and press the ENTER key Inserts a front space at the file name cursor position After moving the file name cursor to the desired position move the ch...

Страница 70: ...haracter instead of selecting from among the character options on the screen Each time you press a character key the file name cursor moves right Acts the same as the MENU dial on the FR 2 panel Moves the file name cursor right and left Back space key Deletes the character at the file name cursor position and slides all the subse quent characters left Insert key Turn ON and OFF the INSERT mode Whe...

Страница 71: ...me field of the deleted file is shown To cancel the operation for deleting the file press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode Note The deleted audio file still exists on the memory card as a hidden file You can restore a hidden file as the same file as before See Restoring a deleted audio file for details When a card is optimized hidden files are completely deleted See Opti mizing a memory card on ...

Страница 72: ...ting by default Off starts flashing 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option ON or OFF and press the ENTER key The selection is fixed and the display returns to the File menu 5 Press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode On the Home screen of a protected file is shown at the end of the file name indicating that the file is protected Note You cannot make any editing operation as well as delete...

Страница 73: ...leted and cannot be restored anymore 3 Use the MENU dial to select Restore and press the ENTER key The FR 2 starts the operation for restoring the file When completed Completed is shown on the screen and the display returns to show the audio file list in the screen example below you can see file 003 is restored 4 Press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode The following description is assumed that th...

Страница 74: ...rive or Off and press the ENTER key When both CFC and PCMCIA cards are already inserted to the respective slots you can select from among the following options Pressing the ENTER key fixes selection and the display returns to show the Disk menu Off Both the PCMCIA and CFC drives are disabled no memory card is selected PCMCIA The CFC drive is selected The PCMCIA drive is disabled released CFC The P...

Страница 75: ... and then returns to the Home screen You can optimize a memory card By optimizing a recorded memory card any hidden audio files are completely deleted increasing free block space free space on the memory card The following description is assumed that the FR 2 is now in the MENU mode by pressing the ENTER key while the recorder is stopped When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR 2 you can carry o...

Страница 76: ...ure flashes 3 Press the ENTER key The FR 2 starts formatting the card and Please Wait is shown on the display When completed the display shows Completed and then returns to the Home screen The FR 2 can format the current memory card with the FAT32 File Allocation Table 32 file system The following description is assumed that the FR 2 is now in the MENU mode by pressing the ENTER key while the reco...

Страница 77: ...label cursor moves right To move the volume label cursor position Use I or I key Or use the MENU dial to select or in the charac ter options and press the ENTER key Inserts a front space at the volume label cursor posi tion After moving the volume label cursor to the desired position move the character selection cursor to INS at the bottom and press the ENTER key The FR 2 is put into the INSERT mo...

Страница 78: ...f selecting from among the character options on the screen Each time you press a character key the volume label cursor moves right Acts the same as the MENU dial on the FR 2 panel Moves the volume label cursor right and left Back space key Deletes the character at the volume label cursor position and moves all the sub sequent characters left Insert key Turn ON and OFF the INSERT mode When it is ON...

Страница 79: ... 2 Use the MENU dial to select Disk Info and press the ENTER key The information of the current memory card is shown as below You can view information of the current memory card The following description is assumed that the FR 2 is now in the MENU mode by pressing the ENTER key while the recorder is stopped When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR 2 you can carry out the following operation Acts...

Страница 80: ... Mute Speaker mute function on off ErrorTone Setting error tone output condition Peak HoldTime Setting the peak hold time of the level meters Pre RecTime Setting the time length of audio stored in the buffer Remain Display Selecting the remain display mode Digi OutType Setting the digital output signal format Battery Selecting the battery type Keyboard Selecting the USB keyboard type Version Viewi...

Страница 81: ...reated at 12 30 25 on December 25 in 2003 the file name is B12h30m25s25dec2003y Take A file name contains the desired scene name and take number For example if you set the scene name to Original Name and take number to 001 the file name is Original Name_001 Each time recording is made an audio file is created with a specific default file name which is automatically given This menu item selects the...

Страница 82: ...ted scene name For example if you select 01 Scene01 the screen looks like the one shown right below The function of each parameter is as below Take No Selects the take number 001 through 999 The following procedure shows how to select scene name 01 Scene01 set the desired scene name and Take number and enable the setting Rename Renames the scene name to a new one Reset Sets the selected scene name...

Страница 83: ...ess the ENTER key The selection is fixed and the scene name cursor moves right To move the scene name cursor position Use I or I key Or use the MENU dial to select or in the character options and press the ENTER key Inserts a front space at the scene name cursor position After moving the scene name cursor to the desired position move the character selection cursor to INS at the bottom and press th...

Страница 84: ... reset and press the ENTER key The display now shows the setting items for the selected scene name 2 Select Reset and press the ENTER key The selected scene name is immediately reset to the initial name For example if you reset the scene name above Original Name the scene name returns to Scene01 3 Press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR 2 you can carry o...

Страница 85: ... Enter a desired value to each fields in the same manner While the realtime clock is running you can reset the second field to 00 by pressing the ENTER key while Set 00s is selected When the second field shows a value between 00 and 29 only the second field is reset to 00 When the second field shows a value between 30 and 59 the minute field value is counted up and the second field is reset to 00 ...

Страница 86: ...onitor During recording During playback Input source Input source Playback sound Playback sound Mute Mute Mute Mute Mute On Off This menu item selects whether the internal monitor speaker is muted or not except during playback The following description is assumed that the FR 2 is now in the MENU mode by pressing the ENTER key while the recorder is stopped 5 After entering a desired time value pres...

Страница 87: ...rror tone is output when the battery voltage lowers the certain level This menu item selects the condition in which the error tone is output The error tone can be output to warn you when the input amplifier clips due to over level the battery voltage lowers the certain level or the remaining time of the memory card gets shorter than the specified time The following description is assumed that the ...

Страница 88: ... when the remaining time of the memory card gets shorter than the selected time 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER key The selection is fixed and the display returns to the previous screen 5 Press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode This menu item sets the peak hold time of the level meters in one second steps the default setting is 10 seconds The following descrip...

Страница 89: ...y on the front panel is pressed By pressing the ENTER key after selecting the time the selected peak hold time is fixed and the display returns to show the previous screen 4 Press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode When the pre rec mode is active i e when the PRE REC switch on the top panel is set to ON the audio input signal is stored to the buffer This menu item sets the length of audio stored i...

Страница 90: ...elects whether to show the time or space MBytes remaining on the card for recording The following description is assumed that the FR 2 is now in the MENU mode by pressing the ENTER key while the recorder is stopped 3 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER key You can select between Time default and MByte MByte MByte MByte MByte MByte Time Time Time Time Time The remaini...

Страница 91: ...r is stopped 3 Use the MENU dial to select the desired signal format and press the ENTER key You can select between AES EBU default and S P DIF AES EBU A signal in the IEC60958 AES EBU format is output S P DIF A signal in the IEC60958 S P DIF format is output By pressing the ENTER key after selecting the desired format the setting is fixed and the display returns to show the previous screen 4 Pres...

Страница 92: ...to show the previous screen 4 Press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode Caution Before operating the unit on batteries make sure that the battery type is cor rectly set by this item If the batteries do not match the setting the error tone may not be correctly generated due to the difference of the power voltage etc This menu item selects the battery type when you use batteries alkaline Ni Cd or Ni ...

Страница 93: ...screen 4 Press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode Note Fostex does not guarantee keyboard operations if you use a keyboard with built in USB hub USB mouse or PS2 mouse Also note that some keyboards do not work correctly until pressing any key after connec tion is made This menu item selects the USB keyboard type between US and JAPAN to match the keyboard connected to the USB KEYBOARD ONLY port on ...

Страница 94: ... displayed 3 To dismiss the ROM version screen press the ENTER key 4 Press the HOME key to exit the MENU mode This menu item is used for viewing the ROM version of the unit The following description is assumed that the FR 2 is now in the MENU mode by pressing the ENTER key while the recorder is stopped When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR 2 you can carry out the following operation Acts the ...

Страница 95: ...wed by the HOME key to exit the MENU mode File Name Mode Default Scene Name Take Number Speaker Mute ErrorTone Input Clip Battery Warning Memory Warning Scene Name Peak Hold 3s Pre Rec Time 20s 22 05 10s 44 1 48 5s 88 2 96 2 5s 176 4 192 Digi Out Type AES EBU Battery NiHM KeyboardType US Date On On 3min Off Scene01 Scene99 001 Remain Display Time In addition to the items above the contrast value i...

Страница 96: ...Setup menu When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR 2 you can carry out the following operation Acts the same as the MENU dial on the FR 2 panel Returns to the previous screen layer Enter key Acts the same as the ENTER key on the FR 2 panel keys key ...

Страница 97: ...97 FR 2 Field Memory Recorder Chapter 7 Exporting audio files to a PC Chapter 7 Exporting audio files to a PC This chapter describes how to export audio files created by the FR 2 to your PC ...

Страница 98: ...the FR 2 with your PC operate the FR 2 on the AC adaptor in order to supply the stable power to the FR 2 Notes For transferring audio files you only can use a PC which runs on Windows ME 2000 or XP OS and supports USB connection Note that you cannot use a Macintosh computer or any computer which does not run on the OS above Make sure that your PC can be used with the FR 2 before making connection ...

Страница 99: ...he removable disk drive newly added and select a desired audio file in the appropriate folder and then copy it to the PC When opening the removable disk drive newly added all audio files stored to the memory card in the current drive is shown While transferring file data from the FR 2 to the PC the ACCESS indicator on the FR 2 panel lights or flashes When completing data transfer the ACCESS indica...

Страница 100: ...ited label is shown Exporting audio data to a computer application example 1 Start up Pro Tools on your PC 2 Click on Audio in the ProTools window to bring up the popup menu of the audio region list see arrow 1 below 3 From the popup menu select the Import Audio item see arrow 2 below The following procedure example shows how to export FR 2 audio data to Digidesign Pro Tools for Windows For detail...

Страница 101: ... in Region in current file 6 Click on Convert followed by Done see arrow 5 below The display shows the window for selecting a folder for storing the file 7 Select a desired destination folder for storing the file and click on Select see arrow 6 below The PC starts storing the selected file to the folder The stored file is displayed in the audio region list see arrow 7 below 4 5 5 6 7 ...

Страница 102: ... drop the audio region list to the track area see arrow 8 The Spot Dialog window appears 9 Click on in the Spot Dialog window followed by OK see arrow 9 below Clicking on sets the Original Time Stamp time to the Start time Then clicking on OK imports audio data from the specified position 8 9 9 ...

Страница 103: ...103 FR 2 Field Memory Recorder Chapter 8 Main specifications Chapter 8 Main specifications ...

Страница 104: ...ore than 10kΩ Nominal output level 4 dBu PHONES Connector 1 4 stereo phone jack Applicable load impedance More than 32Ω Maximum output power 50 mW 50 mW 32Ω load DIGITAL IN OUT 176 4 kHz and 192 kHz FS are not supported Connector Input XLR 3 31 type balanced pin 2 hot Output XLR 3 32 type balanced pin 2 hot Format Input IEC 60958 S P DIF or IEC 60958 AES EBU auto selection Output IEC 60958 S P DIF...

Страница 105: ...z FS Line input gain 4 dBu 100dB typical Mic input gain 60 dBu 87dB typical Dynamic Range between ADC and DAC 24 bit ref 20 dB 48 kHz FS 100dB typical T H D between ADC and DAC 24 bit ref 20 dB 48 kHz FS Line input gain 4 dBu Less than 0 005 at 1 kHz 1 dB typical Mic input gain 60 dBu Less than 0 008 at 1 kHz 1 dB typical Locate memory 99 cue points per file can be stored General Dimensions 77 H x...

Страница 106: ... MAX OFF SP HP 176 4 192 96 88 2 MIC LINE LINE MIC 26 60 4 30 ABS 0 REC END HPF 100Hz PRE REC ON OFF PLAY REWIND LINE MIC FS kHz F FWD STOP OFF ON ON OFF ST MONO TRACK MODE 24BIT 16BIT QUANTIZATION OFF ON LIMITER TRIM 44 1 22 05 48 30 4 60 26 L R R L 12V DC IN 3 2 1 COLD GND HOT KEYBOARD PC ONLY USB ONLY DIGITAL OUT IN R L MONO ANALOG IN POWER ANALOG OUT L MONO PHANTOM 3 2 1 COLD GND HOT ON OFF CO...

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