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Focus FireStore FS-3 User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    DV Video Disk Recorder USER GUIDE Version 1.2...

  • Page 2: Important Notice

    After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. PAGE 1 FireStore FS-3 User Guide which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    FireStore FS-3 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 FireStore FS-3 User Guide PAGE 3...
  • Page 5 FOCUS Enhancements repair facility. It does not cover replacement of batteries or other consumable parts, transportation costs or damage in transit.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    FS-3 Menus And Functions ........
  • Page 7 FS-3 Remote Control Commanders ........

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Focus Enhancements or your FireStore dealer/distributor immediately. You may need to purchase cables to connect more than one hard disk drive to FireStore FS-3 at a time. Your Focus Enhancements dealer can help you identify additional cables you may need.

  • Page 9: Basic Applications

    • Playback DV video clips that were recorded to a connected FireWire hard disk drive from FireStore FS-3 to any DV video device such as a mixer, camcorder or deck. Use FireStore’s random access capabilities to navigate quickly from clip to clip without having to spool forward and backward through tape.

  • Page 10: Mounting To A Camcorder

    2) Connect the FS-3 unit to the battery mount plate on the rear of the camcorder. PAGE 9 FireStore FS-3 User Guide 3) Attach the battery to the rear of the FS-3 unit. Mounting to NP Battery Equipped Camcorders To mount to camcorder's featuring NP battery...

  • Page 11: Connecting A Firewire Cable Between Fs-3 And Camcorder

    - Grey and Orange Cable IDX Syncron Digital Battery System - Blue and Red Cable. 4) “Hook” the FS-3 to the adapter plate on the rear of the camcorder (these hooks are unique to the FS-3NP model). Insert the supplied gasket between the plate and the FS-3 unit.

  • 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 FS-3 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 The front panel also features a tally light, infrared remote sensor and power switch. 1. Tally Light The FS-3 red tally light is located at the top of the FS-3 front panel. In general, this light will flash when FS-3 is in REC/PAUSE mode and be solid when in RECORD mode.

  • Page 14: Lcd Display

    7. Keypad Standard Keys The bottom two rows of keys on the FS-3 keypad have dedicated functions such as fast forward/back search, play, record, and index forward back. Each key (except record) also has a SHIFT mode which allows a secondary function to be performed.
  • Page 15 • ABSOLUTE - Displays an absolute timecode value for the particular session (sum of all COUNTER timecode on connected volumes). This is mainly used when FS-3 is set to AV/C mode and is being controlled by an external FireWire device such as a computer.

  • Page 16: Front Panel Buttons

    The KEEPER label and a relational line between the two keys is silk-screened on the FS-3 front panel. It is also possible to mark a clip as a KEEPER using the KEEPER button on one of the optional remote control units.
  • Page 17 +6fps, +10fps, +15fps, +1X, +2X, +3X, +4X, +5X, +8X, +10X, +12X, +15X, +18X, +25X, +30X. NOTE: When using the optional FS-3 remote control units, holding down the particular button will not repeat the function as it does on the FS- 3 control panel.

  • Page 18: Rear Connector Panel

    When FS-3 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. If in PLAY mode, FS-3 will immediately go into PAUSE mode on the particular frame.

  • Page 19: Record Mode Menu

    Normal Record Standard and default record mode. When REC is triggered, FS-3 begins standard recording. A single press of a STOP trigger will put FS-3 into REC PAUSE mode. A second press puts FS-3 into STOP mode. Retro Disk Record Mode...

  • Page 20: Retro Cache Record

    SYNCRO SLAVE RECORD control modes. WARNING: Make sure FS-3 is in STOP mode before removing the disk drive from the system. Do not attempt to remove when FS-3 is in REC or REC-PAUSE mode. Retro Cache Record Mode RETRO CACHE Record constantly buffers...

  • Page 21: Loop Record

    FS-3 loops back to record over the oldest one minute clip and so on. It is possible to PAUSE FS-3 in this mode and then continue a LOOP RECORD by starting record once again. FS-3 will remain in LOOP RECORD mode until a recording is stopped.

  • Page 22: Play Mode Menu

    (all clips from the selected clips) in order from start to finish. At the end of the last clip, FS-3 will begin to play from the beginning of the first clip again without a pause. It will stay in this state until stopped.

  • Page 23: Folder List

    MENU are: LOCAL AV/C SYNCRO SLAVE Local In this mode, FS-3 is controlled via the front panel buttons only. The camcorder tape transport and FS-3 have independent control. AV/C utilized in PLAYBACK and RECORD situations where FS-3 is controlled by an external FireWire device (such as a DV NLE system), connected to the “DV I/O port”...

  • Page 24: Hdd Bypass

    Bypass. When HDD Bypass is selected, the following will display on the FS-3 LCD: If this screen does not appear, the FS-3 HDD I/O port is set for use with external drives. PAGE 23 FireStore FS-3 User Guide To set the HDD Port, go to the Main Menu and select SETUP ->...

  • Page 25: Setup Menu

    (even if the power is cycled). SETUP MENU The SETUP MENU allows various functions of FS-3 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 26: Operating System Version No

    Menu Item. Pressing SEL will open the sub menu. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. The Date and time form the basis of the FS-3 file naming structure for use of clips on a computer. On FS-3, files are identified by TRACK and VOLUME (disk drive) number on the LCD.

  • Page 27: Timecode Mode

    TC number will be in each frame of DV. Choosing EXT TC mode will clear any stored number. NOTE: If FS-3 is set to EXT TC when in SYNCRO SLAVE mode, EXT TC will stop once tape in camcorder ends. Use different TC mode when using SYNCRO SLAVE.

  • Page 28: Timecode, User Bit & Drop/Non-Drop Preset

    FS-3 stores that number for use as the TC value (+ 1) for the first frame of the next recording. If the drive is empty, FS-3 uses the value (+ 1) stored in memory. FREE RUN Mode - When the user enables FREE RUN mode, FS-3 begins counting from the value stored.

  • Page 29: Infrared Sensor Setting

    FireStore FS-3 User Guide Infrared Sensor Settings This menu allows the user to ENABLE or DISABLE the IR sensor on FS-3. User simply selects the Menu Item. Highlighted mode is current mode after exit. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen.

  • Page 30: Audio Correct Settings

    MEDIUM). Audio Correction Mode allows the user to alter the performance of the audio error corrector while recording. It is useful when recording to FS-3 from tapes with lots of dropouts. Error correction will only effect AVI 2, Canopus AVI, Matrox AVI, QuickTime and AVID OMF.

  • Page 31: Organize Folder 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 FS-3 display re-organizes the clip number sequence. For instance, if there are three clips on disk (1-001,...

  • Page 32: Partition Volume

    Partitioning a volume. Once complete, the disk drive is ready for use with FS-3. It is advised that the drive be formatted before a new record session is begun. PAGE 31...

  • Page 33: Repair Disk

    CURRENT CLIP does a similar function, but on the selected clip only. If an error is found, FS-3 will prompt the user to repair the problem. File Name File Name displays the base file name of the selected clip.

  • Page 34: Track List

    “Scene 2” and “Auditions”, they will appear on FireStore as “1 Auditions”, “2 Scene 1” and “2 Scene 2”. The folder number is added in front of the folder name on the FS-3 LCD display for easy identification when using the...

  • Page 35: Getting Firestore Recorded Clips Onto A Computer System

    Each SCENE MARK FOLDER is shown on the FS- 3 LCD display. If the FS-3 PLAY MENU is set to “TRACKLIST” the name of the SCENE MARKED folder will appear without brackets on the LCD display (e.g. 2 SCENE 2). If the PLAY FROM menu is set to “FOLDERS”, the...

  • Page 36: Mounting Firewire Disk Drives To Windows Xp, 2000

    Click the Hardware tab which will list the drive type). Once opened, you should see the following window: PAGE 35 FireStore FS-3 User Guide The FireWire disk drive contains several different files. Clips can appear as RawDV (.dv), AVI Type 1 (YYYYMMDD-...

  • Page 37: Using Firestore Fs-3 Recorded Avid Omf Clips On Avid Nle Systems

    Desktop DB or Desktop DF). NOTE: if you are using the ORGANIZE OMF function on FS-3 prior to using the disk on a computer, step 2 is not necessary. If you have selected files as a KEEPER or they have been SCENE MARKED, It is not possible to use this feature and keep files in their selected folders.

  • Page 38: Dismounting Firewire Disk Drives From Windows Xp, 2000

    The computer will now dismount the disk drive and notify you when it is safe to remove the volume. PAGE 37 FireStore FS-3 User Guide Mounting FireWire Disk Drives to Macintosh Computer Systems Note: Even if your FireWire disk drive was...

  • Page 39: Dismounting Firewire Disk Drives From Macintosh Computer Systems

    Two remote control commanders are optionally available for your FS-3. One is an infrared commander made for use with the infrared remote sensor on the FS-3 front panel and the other features a 3.5mm, 15ft. cable for use when infrared is not an option.
  • Page 40 SCENE MARKING feature, use these keys to mark clips to folders 0-9 (these may be prenamed folders - see page 33 for details) during record, playback or stop modes. Wired Remote Infrared Remote Commander Commander Keypad Layout Keypad Layout PAGE 39 FireStore FS-3 User Guide...

  • Page 41: Technical Specifications

    FireStore FS-3 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: Fs-3 Lcd Display And Tally Modes

    AV/C* (Play Pause) AV/C* (Play) Syncro Slave (Pause) Syncro Slave (Rec) * AV/C is only for use when FS-3 is connected to a computer system. To control FS-3 from a camcorder, use Syncro Slave Mode. PAGE 41 FS-3 LCD STOP ll PLAY >...

  • Page 43: Notes

    FireStore FS-3 User Guide NOTES: PAGE 42...
  • Page 44 FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. 1370 Dell Ave. Campbell, CA. 95008 USA MANL-0912-02 Telephone: 408 866-8300 Fax:408 866-4859 www.FOCUSinfo.com...

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