FOCUS Enhancements FS-3 - Manual (Page 20)

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FS-3 creates 9 minute, 13 second clips (2GB
clips on disk). The characteristics of RETRO
DISK remains the same. The larger file size
prevents FS-3 reaching its 999 track limitation
for very long RETRO records. Due to the larger
files sizes, the maximum amount of drive space
available is decreased in order to accommodate
the last recording in a session. For instance, if a
user has 90 minutes of disk space remaining,
after the user sets RETRO record to greater than
60 minutes, the available space changes to 88
minutes of available disk space. If the user sets
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 right over clip 1. This
ensures that at any given time, at least 88
minutes of video exists after a compete RETRO
DISK record loop.
NOTE: FS-3 must always have at least one
minute of disk space (under 60 minutes) or
9 minutes, 13 seconds of disk space (when
RETRO DISK value is set to greater than 60
minutes) remaining in addition to the RETRO
DISK value that has been set, 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, the user can
exit the Menus and return to the Main Screen.
An “L” will now appear next to the record
symbol on FS-3’s display. Pressing the REC
trigger once will put FS-3 immediately into
RETRO DISK RECORD. Clips are being
recorded to disk for X number of minutes in
one minute increments (each as a separate
track). The tally light will flash (as if the unit is
in pause). When the REC trigger is pressed, FS-
3 will kick out of RETRO DISK mode and go
into standard record. All one minute tracks in
the set loop sequence will appear and be saved
as their own tracks on disk (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, FS-3 is essentially
in standard record mode (the “L” on the display
will disappear). No frames will be lost across
tracks during the record session. Once paused,
the unit will return to RETRO DISK record
mode again (the “L” will reappear in the LCD
and viewfinder) for further RETRO recordings
or until it is disabled n the RETRO DISK
Menu.
RETRO DISK can be used in LOCAL and
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
video in a loop to a 10 second data buffer to
cache video so that when record is triggered,
a retro time period can be added to the beginning
of any clip.
NOTE: Retro cache mode utilizes the same
memory data buffer as used for shock
protection on FS-3. If Retro Cache mode is not
being used, all the FS-3 cache is available for
shock protection. If Retro cache is ON, the
shock buffer time will be reduced by the
amount of cache time that is selected and
therefore performance may vary.
RETRO CACHE has the following
characteristic. Pressing a REC TRIGGER when
in RETRO CACHE mode puts FS-3 into a
RETRO CACHE state (the TALLY light on FS-
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