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-
