Select, Scroll Arrow, Record Mode Menu | FOCUS Enhancements FS-3

FireStore FS-3 User Guide

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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