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  • Page 1: User Guide

    DR-DV5000 DV Video Disk Recorder USER GUIDE...

  • Page 2: Important Notice

    FireStore DR-DV5000 User Guide WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. IMPORTANT NOTICE (For U.S.Model) The serial number for this equipment is located on the bottom of the unit. Please write this serial number on your enclosed warranty card and keep it in a secure area.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    FireStore DR-DV5000 User Guide IMPORTANT READ INSTRUCTIONS – All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS – The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. HEED WARNINGS – All warnings on the product and in the operating instructions should be adhered to.

  • Page 4: Statement Of Compliance

    FireStore DR-DV5000 User Guide PAGE 3...

  • Page 5: Statement Of Warranty

    FOCUS Enhancements authorized repair facility. It does not cover replacement of batteries or other consumable parts, transportation costs or damage in transit.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    DR-DV5000 Menus And Functions ........18...
  • Page 7 Dismounting Firewire Disk Drives From Macintosh Computer Systems ....38 DR-DV5000 Remote Control Commanders .......39 Technical Specifications .

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Please take a moment to study the contents of your FireStore DR-DV5000 package. You should have the following contents: • One (1) FireStore DR-DV5000 Unit w/ two (2) captive screws • One (1) FireStore FSHDD-1 FireWire Hard Disk Drive (HDD)* •...

  • Page 9: Basic Applications

    • Use trick playback modes such as up to 30X/-30X fast-forward and rewind speeds, reverse play, loop clip and loop entire disk. • Control DR-DV5000 remotely via FireWire (for triggering record/pause or AV/C) from a DV based camcorder GPI port. Alternatively, control DR-DV5000 via RS-232C (using the included 3.5mm to DB-9 cable), wired remote...

  • Page 10: Mounting To A Camcorder

    JVC Professional DV camcorders. When mounted to JVC GY-DV5000/ 5000E/ 5001 camcorders, the DR-DV5000 “hooks” to the rear of the camcorder in the usual position of the battery. These camcorders and DR-DV5000 also feature a 52-pin connector that allows unique communication between both devices.
  • Page 11 - Grey and Orange Cable IDX Syncron Digital Battery System - Blue and Red Cable 4) “Hook” the DR-DV5000 to the rear of the the GY -DV5000 camcorder. If you are using a JVC GY-DV5000 camcorder, use care to ensure that the 52-pin connector on DR- DV5000 mounts properly to the equivalent connector on your camcorder.

  • Page 12: Inserting And Removing Firestore Fshdd-1 Firewire Drives

    The manual provides detailed instructions and illustrations. INSERTING THE HDD: Insert the drive into the slot on top of the DR-DV5000 unit. Ensure that the power switch on the bottom side of the drive is set to “On” before inserting. The drive will only insert one way and features a “key”...

  • Page 13: Using External Firewire Disk Drives

    1. Tally Light The DR-DV5000 red tally light is located at the top of the DR-DV5000 front panel. In general, this light will flash when DR-DV5000 is in REC/PAUSE mode and be solid when in RECORD mode.

  • Page 14: Lcd Display

    6. Keypad Soft Key The top row of buttons on the DR-DV5000 front panel are dedicated Soft Keys. Soft Key functions change depending on what mode DR-DV5000 is in. Current Soft Key function is displayed on the bottom row of the LCD screen.
  • Page 15 DV5000 will prompt you through the steps required to perform a format. WARNING: Formatting will erase all data on disk! Once ready for use, the DR-DV5000 default Splash Screen will appear as follows: 1. Play/Record Status Symbol This symbol displays a graphical representation of the current DR-DV5000 playback, stop, record or pause state.

  • Page 16: Front Panel Buttons

    Displays the current function related to Soft Key one (left key on the top row of buttons). This is typically the main soft key for opening the DR-DV5000 MENU and is also used as a STOP key during record and playback sessions. PAGE 1...
  • Page 17 Soft Key 3 and SHIFT Key Dedicated soft key for triggering mode/function that appears immediately above key in the DR-DV5000 LCD display. This key is also commonly used to enter the SHIFT mode. To execute a shift function, press SHIFT and another key at the same time.

  • Page 18: Rear Connector Panel

    The forward index and backward index buttons also have a SHIFT mode where users can move one frame forward or one frame backward. When DR-DV5000 is in PLAY or PAUSE mode and the user presses and holds the SHIFT key plus the forward or backward index keys, it is possible to forward one frame or backward one frame with each press.

  • Page 19: Dr-Dv5000 Menus And Functions

    FireStore DR-DV5000 features a comprehensive menu system which allows a number of features to be initiated and setup. To enter the DR-DV5000 MAIN MENU, press SOFT KEY 1 while in STOP mode. Available items in the MAIN Menu are: REC MODE...

  • Page 20: Normal Record

    Pressing a REC TRIGGER when in RETRO DISK mode puts DR-DV5000 into a RETRO DISK state (DR-DV5000’s tally light will flash as if in PAUSE state). DR-DV5000 is actually recording in this state, but until the RECORD TRIGGER is pressed a second time, the video recorded will record over itself in a continuous loop.

  • Page 21: Retro Cache Record

    (e.g. 1-001, 1-002, 1-003 etc.) except for the recording that was in progress, which takes on the characteristics of a standard track. At this stage, DR-DV5000 is essentially in standard record mode (the “L” on the display will disappear). No frames will be lost across tracks during the record session.

  • Page 22: Snap

    SPLIT SLAVE modewith DUMP TO TAPE. The DUMP INHIBIT warning message will appear on the DR-DV5000 LCD display if no tape is present, the record inhibit tab on the tape is set to SAVE, the camera is not in VTR mode or the HDD is empty.

  • Page 23: Play Mode Menu

    (all clips from the selected clips) in order from start to finish. At the end of the last clip, DR-DV5000 will begin to play from the beginning of the first clip again without a pause. It will stay in this state until stopped.

  • Page 24: Av/C

    DV5000 with the camcorder’s VTR button and the camcorder is set to REGEN or PRST/REC. NOTE: If DR-DV5000 is set to EXT TC when in SYNCRO SLAVE mode, EXT TC will stop once the tape in GY -DV5000 ends. Use a different TC mode when using SYNCRO SLAVE.

  • Page 25: Split Slaved

    To set the HDD Port go to the Main Menu and select SETUP -> HDD PORT to set. User is prompted as in screen above: Once set, it will be possible to set DR-DV5000 to HDD Bypass mode. PAGE 24...

  • Page 26: Record Format Menu

    (even if the power is cycled). SETUP MENU The SETUP MENU allows various functions of DR-DV5000 to be set. User simply selects the Setup Item. Pressing SEL will open the sub menu. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen.

  • Page 27: Hdd Port

    FireStore DR-DV5000 User Guide HDD Port The HDD Port setting allows the user to assign a function to the DR-DV5000 “HDD I/O” port. BYPASS mode is for making the internal disk drive available to an external device (such as a computer). HDD Mode is used when the “HDD I/O”...

  • Page 28: Operating System Version No

    01.mov is a clip that began recording at 9:09:43PM on June 15th. 2003. NOTE: DATE/TIME is used when creating File name only. DR-DV5000 does not record this information into the stream. DR-DV5000 records DATE/TIME which is in the DV stream which is sent from the camcorder.

  • Page 29: Cam Type

    DV. Choosing EXT TC mode will clear any stored number. NOTE: If DR-DV5000 is set to EXT TC when in SYNCRO SLAVE mode, EXT TC will stop once tape in GY-DV5000 ends. Use different TC mode when using SYNCRO SLAVE.

  • Page 30: Timecode, User Bit & Drop/Non-Drop Preset

    Menu Item. Pressing SEL will open the sub menu. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. Once a timecode value is set and DR-DV5000 is set to REC RUN or FREE RUN timecode settings, the preset value will be the starting...

  • Page 31: Gpi Settings

    PREVIEW is ON, the camcorder is in VTR mode and the user scrolls from one clip to the next on DR-DV5000 using the buttons, the first frame of each clip will be generated and showed via DV output after one second if the user pauses on that clip.

  • Page 32: Audio Correct Settings

    Correction Mode allows the user to alter the performance of the audio error corrector while recording. It is useful when recording to DR-DV5000 from tapes with lots of dropouts. Error correction will only effect AVI 2, Canopus AVI, Matrox AVI, QuickTime and AVID OMF.

  • Page 33: Organize Omf Clips

    EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. NOTE: FOCUS recommends not deleting clips frequently. It may cause fragmentation. Once a clip has been deleted, the DR-DV5000 display re-organizes the clip number sequence. For instance, if there are three clips on disk (1-...

  • Page 34: Partition Volume

    If you are using a non-FAT32 formatted drive, see the section on Partitioning a volume. Once complete, the disk drive is ready for use with DR-DV5000. It is advised that the drive be formatted before a new record session is begun.

  • Page 35: File Name

    CURRENT CLIP does a similar function, but on the selected clip only. If an error is found, DR-DV5000 will prompt the user to repair the problem. File Name File Name displays the base file name of the selected clip.

  • Page 36: Getting Firestore Recorded Clips Onto A Computer System

    Check the FOCUS Enhancements’ website (www.FOCUSinfo.com) for more information. In order for you to use FireStore DR-DV5000 recorded FireWire disk drives on a computer, you must have an active IEEE-1394 connection on your computer. You also must have loaded...

  • Page 37: Mounting Firewire Disk Drives To Windows Xp, 2000, 98Se And Me Computer Systems

    When utilizing the Avid OMF file format, it is necessary to follow the following steps to import clips. Using FireStore DR-DV5000 recorded Avid OMF clips on Avid XpressDV The Avid DV OMF file format was developed for use with Avid Xpress DV version 3.0 or latter on Windows 2000, Windows XP or Mac 0S10.
  • Page 38 AIF audio files. On the computer’s desktop, the files will look like this... On the FireStore DR-DV5000, the video file (OMF) and the audio files (AIF) appear as one track. If you delete an Avid DV OMF file, FireStore will delete the audio and video portions at the same time.

  • Page 39: Dismounting Firewire Disk Drives Fro38M Windows Xp, 2000, 98Se And Me Computer Systems

    FireStore DR-DV5000 User Guide Dismounting FireWire Disk Drives from Windows XP, 2000, 98SE and ME Computer Systems Once you have completed working with your disk drive on a Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98SE or Windows ME computer system, you must first dismount the drive before unplugging it.

  • Page 40: Dr-Dv5000 Remote Control Commanders

    See Below: DR-DV5000 REMOTE CONTROL COMMANDERS Two remote control commanders came with your DR-DV5000. One is an infrared commander made for use with the infrared remote sensor on the DR-DV5000 front panel and the other features a 3.5mm, 15ft. cable for use when infrared is not an option.

  • Page 41: Technical Specifications

    FireStore DR-DV5000 User Guide TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Input/Outputs • DV Video I/O - 25Mb/s (1 x 6pin IEEE- 1394a) • External HDD I/O - up to 400Mb/s (1 x 6pin IEEE-1394a) • Slot Internal HDD I/O - up to 400Mb/s (1 x 6pin IEEE-1394a) •...

  • Page 42: Dr-Dv5000 Record And Control Lcd And Camcorder Viewfinder Display Modes

    DR-DV5000 RECORD AND CONTROL LCD AND CAMCORDER VIEWFIDER DISPLAY MODES When used with a JVC GY-DV5000 series camcorder, it is possible to monitor DR-DV5000 status in the camcorder’s viewfinder (EVF) and on the LCD display. When DR-DV5000 is connected to a GY-DV5000 and powered, a small “DD” or “CF” icon will appear in the top right side of the camcorder EVF and LCD.

  • Page 43: Notes

    FireStore DR-DV5000 User Guide NOTES PAGE 42...
  • Page 44 FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. 1370 Dell Ave. Campbell, CA. 95008 USA MANL-0908-02 Telephone: 408 866-8300 Fax:408 866-4859 www.FOCUSinfo.com...

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