Syncro slave recording, Recording timecode in the file, Recording timecode in the file 30 – FOCUS Enhancements FOCUS FireStore FS-4 Pro User Manual

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Quickstart

30 FS-4 HD and FS-4Pro HD Portable DTE Recorders

Syncro Slave Recording

Syncro slave recording allows the FS-4 HD to mimic

camcorder operations by monitoring the state of the

camcorder’s tape recorder controls.

1.

Verify that the FS-4 HD is in

STOP

mode.

2.

From the FS-4 HD Home screen, press the

Right

navigation

button several times until the Control screen appears:

3.

Use the

Down

navigation button to select

Syncro Slave

. The

dash on the left side of an item indicates it is the current

selection. The default value is

Local

.

4.

Press the

Select

navigation button.

5.

The beginning screen returns and a

Pause

indicator

appears in the upper left-hand corner. Next to this symbol,

is a

Y

indicating that FS-4 HD is following the state of the

camcorder’s tape controls, i.e. record when the camcorder

records and pause when it pauses.

6.

Now the FS-4 HD will respond to the camcorder’s tape

controls. The recording signal goes both to the tape in the

camera and to the FS-4 HD.

Recording Timecode in the File
Select

EXT TC

in the Setup menu. This option records the video

camera timecode in the file. For other available timecode options
refer to

TIME CODE EXT, REC RUN, FREE RUN, REGEN

on page

67,.

Function buttons
The tasks discussed above are available for programming into the function
buttons. For information on setting up function buttons, refer to the section,

Functions Screen

on page 72

CONTROL

LOCAL
AV / C
-SYNCRO SLAVE
TAPELESS

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