FOCUS Enhancements FS-2/2E - Manual (Page 31)

FS-2/2E FUNCTIONS
FS-2 and FS-2E Studio DTE Disk Recorders User Guide
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Part Number: MANL-0927-03
Hold the button for more than 3
seconds to allow numbers to increase
by 10 times.
Press EXIT to return to the RECORD
Press the REC key when in RETRO DISK mode to
put the FS-2/2E into a RETRO DISK state (the FS-
2/2E's REC button flashes as if in PAUSE state).
The FS-2/2E is actually recording in this state, but
until you press the REC key a second time, the
video records over itself in a continuous loop.
RETRO DISK always keeps at least the selected
amount of time in a series of one minute clips. For
instance, if you set the RETRO DISK value to 3
minutes, the FS-2 always has 3 minutes (made up
of three, one (1) minute clips) of video saved to disk.
As the recording goes past the 3 minute point, a
fourth clip is created. Once that clip reaches one
minute, the oldest of the previous 3 clips is deleted.
Another fourth clip is then created.
If you select a RETRO session that is 60 minutes or
greater, instead of one minute clips, the FS-2/2E
creates 9 minute, 13 second clips (2GB clips on
disk). The functioning of RETRO DISK remains the
same. The larger file size prevents the FS-2/2E
from reaching its 999 track limitation for very long
RETRO records.
Due to larger files sizes, the maximum amount of
drive space available is decreased to
accommodate the last recording in a session. For
instance, if you have 90 minutes of disk space
remaining, after you set RETRO record to less than
60 minutes, the available space changes to 88
minutes of available disk space.
If you set RETRO time to 88 minutes, the recording
will be made up of about nine and a half 9 minute,
13 second clips. There must be space available in
this situation in order to record the final clip which
eventually will write over clip 1. This ensures that at
any given time, at least 88 minutes of video exists
after a complete RETRO DISK record loop.
NOTE: The FS-2/2E must always have at least one
minute of disk space (under 60 minutes) or 9
minutes, 13 seconds of disk space (when the
RETRO DISK value is set to greater than 60
minutes) remaining in addition to the RETRO DISK
value, in order to function correctly. For instance, it
is not possible to set a RETRO DISK value of one
minute if only one minute of disk space remains.
Once RETRO DISK time is set, you can exit the
Menus and return to the Main Screen. An “L” will
now appear next to the record symbol on the
FS-2/2E's display. Press the REC key once to put
the FS-2/2E immediately into RETRO DISK
RECORD. Clips are being recorded to disk for X
number of minutes in one or nine minute increments
(each as a separate track).
The REC button flashes (as when the unit is in
pause). When you press the REC key, the FS-2/2E
leaves RETRO DISK mode and goes into standard
record.
All one minute tracks in the recorded loop sequence
appear and are saved as their own tracks on disk
(for example, 1-001, 1-002, 1-003, and so on)
except for the recording that was in progress, which
takes on the characteristics of a standard track. At
this stage, the FS-2/2E is essentially in standard
record mode (the “L” on the display disappears). No
frames are lost across tracks during the record
session.
Once paused, the unit returns to RETRO DISK
record mode again (the “L” reappears in the LCD
and viewfinder) for further RETRO recordings or
until it is disabled in the RETRO DISK screen.
RETRO DISK can be used in LOCAL and SYNCRO
SLAVE record control modes.
WARNING: Make sure FS-2/2E is in STOP mode
before removing the disk drive from the system. Do
not attempt to remove it when the FS-2/2E is in
REC or REC-PAUSE mode.
Retro Cache
RETRO CACHE Record constantly caches your
video in a loop up to a 10 second data buffer. In this
way, when the record is begun, a retro time period
is added to the beginning of any clip.
RETRO CACHE
CACHE: 10 sec
EXIT