FOCUS Enhancements FS-3 - Manual (Page 19)

4. Select
Pressing SEL will select the current menu item.
If a sub-menu is available, that will open. If a
sub-menu is not available, this command simply
enables or selects the menu item.
5. Scroll Arrow
This command allows for scrolling through
menu items.
RECORD MODE MENU
The FS-3 RECORD MODE MENU allows
different record functions to be enabled. User
simply selects the mode. Pressing SEL will
open the sub menu. Pressing EXIT will exit
back to the menu screen. Once a particular
mode is selected in the Record Mode menu, the
unit will remain in that mode until a different
mode is selected.
Available items in the RECORD MENU are:
NORMAL REC
RETRO DISK
RETRO CACHE
LOOP RECORD
SNAP
TIME LAPSE
NOTE: When an inserted or attached HDD
is nearly full, in some record sessions, the HDD
time remaining may display “001min”
remaining. If RECORD is triggered, FS-3
will sometimes display NO SPACE LEFT.
It is advised that when a disk drive is close
to being full, other disk drives are readily
available in order to avoid lost footage.
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
RETRO DISK Record Constantly buffers video
in a loop to a determined amount of space on
the HDD so that when record is triggered, a
retro time period can be added
to the beginning of any clip.
RETRO DISK has the following characteristic.
Pressing a REC TRIGGER when in RETRO
DISK mode puts FS-3 into a RETRO DISK
state (FS-3’s tally light will flash as if in
PAUSE state). FS-3 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.
RETRO DISK always keeps at least the amount
of time that is selected by the end
user in a series of one minute clips. For
instance, if the user sets the RETRO DISK
value to 3 minutes, they will always have 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 a user selects a RETRO session that is 60
minutes or greater, instead of one minute clips,
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