Miscellaneous Files, Warranty | FOCUS Enhancements DVCPRO/DV

Technical Specifications

Miscellaneous Files

fwxdc.dat

The fwxdc.dat file is a cache file used to improve file read performance during playback of recorded video and audio. It is located in the root directory of the FS-100's hard drive.

Warranty

•2 years, FS-100

•90 days, accessories including the battery

Shock and Vibration

•Operating 50cm / Non operating 100cm

•5Hz to 60Hz 1G constant

Temperature

• Operating:

0-35º C (35 - 95º F)

•Operating humidity: 30% to 90% RH

•Storage temperatures: -20 to 60° C (-4° to 140°F)

• Storage humidity:

85% RH or less

Compatible Camcorders and Accessories

For a list of tested camcorders, refer to www.focusinfo.com.

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FOCUS Enhancements DVCPRO/DV, DVCPRO50, FS-100, DVCPROHD Miscellaneous Files, Warranty, Shock and Vibration, Temperature

Contents

Part Number MANL-1023-10 Portable DTE RecorderPage Legal Notices Contacting Focus Enhancements Serial Number FCC Class a Regulations and Safety Australia and New Zealand European Union Compliance Documentation Symbols Electrical Precautions Grounding or Polarization Power-Cord Protection Outdoor Antenna Grounding Optical PrecautionLightning and Power Surges Power Lines Safety Check Maintenance and MovingCleaning Accessories and Replacement Parts Ventilation Operating Environment Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents FS-100 Portable DTE Recorder DTE Eliminates Pre-edit Processing Introduction Emea Email techsupport@como.com UnpackingMissing or Damaged Components USA Email support@focusinfo.com Features FS-100 offers the following featuresDvcprohd Flexible Capacities and Power Quickstart LCD Display Recovering LCD Display After a Mild Shock to FS-100Physical Description and Basic Controls Front Panel Controls Transport Control Buttons Power ControlPower OFF Navigation Buttons Forward Search RecordBack Search WW Play Back Index WW Pause, Stop and Power OFFUsing Back Index with Short Clips Using the Forward and Back Index Keys Status LED States Top panel contains the following connectors and LEDsTop Panel Charge LED Status Computer FireWire Connector Remote Control, Serial ConnectorIn/Out 6-pin IEEE-1394a port x Asynchronous Data I/O Channel Audio Camera FireWire ConnectorDV/I/O Pin IEEE-1394a connector 1080 50i 25P 720 50P 25P 576 50i 25P Rear panel contains the following important items Rear Panel Side panel contains cooling vents as illustrated below Side Panel Internal Speaker Bottom Panel FS-100 Menu System Provides lists to select play material from Only appears for several seconds upon power upOutline of Menu and Option Screens Contains the following selections Contains the following disk and clip functions Organize OMF DVCPRO/DV onlyOrganize Pinn DVCPRO/DV only Make Ref MOV version 4.X only TC Drop Ntsc only TC EXT externalTC Regen regenerate Contains the following hard drive selections Contains the following recording functions Connecting the FS-100 to AC Power Powering the FS-100 Installing / Removing the Battery Pack Installing a BatteryRemoving a Battery Using FireWire to Charge FS-100 Charging the Battery USA Connecting a FS-100 to a DV/HD Camcorder FS-100 Supplied with 4-pin to 6-pin FireWire CableHVX200 FireWire Connector Record and Playback with the FS-100 FS-100 Automatically Detects Input Stream from AG-HVX200Test Recording Disk Power On the FS-100Portable DTE Recorder Stop HDD Mode Dvcprohd REC DVCPRO50 REC DVCPRO/DV REC DD Drive Select HDD Recorder Mode Select a DV File Format DV Formats RAW DV AVI TYPE1 AVI TYPE2 Canopus AVIDV24p and PAL 25P Modes SET Date SetupSet Time and Date Lcdlight on 11 21 SET Time Record With the FS-100 Do Not Use AV/C In FS-100 Record ModesTapeless Control Audio Mute Tape Disp Lock RECCounter PN Disk 1 168 min Creating a New File without Dropping Frames Manual Recording Control Local Syncro Slave AV / C Tapeless Syncro Slave Control Local Syncro Slave AV / C -TAPELESS Tapeless Set UB Mode to FRM. Rate Configuring AG-HVX200 and Recording See the cameras documentation for more details Variable Frame Rate VFR SettingsAG-HVX200 Camera Settings Press REC trigger button on the top or side of the camera Recording Timecode in the File FS-100 SettingsSet SETUP--VFR Mode to the appropriate base frame rate Preparing P2 File for NLE Playback on the FS-100 Set the video camera to VCR or playback modeFeature Availability on PAL Cameras Setting the AG-HVX200 Jump to Home display Using Select Button Navigation Tip Jump to Top of Display Using the Left Button General Screen Information Welcome Screen01 / 16 09 30 19 V 4 Reel Tape Disp Lock Home ScreenStop Counter 00001402 Field Data Type Number Data Description Disp display Information Fields Dvcprohd REC and DVCPRO50 REC DV Ntsc or PAL and HD Power Remaining FS-100 System Information ScreensPress OK to clear the screen and return to the last screen Record Screens Record Normal PRE-REC Disk PRE-REC Cach Loop RecordStop PRE-REC Record Mode Normal RecordPRE-REC Cache Back PRE-REC Disk Record Mode HDD AvailPRE-REC Time Another Method to Capture Single Frames Loop RecordSnap Record Saving Loop Record Clips Hhmmssff Back Time Lapse RecordTime Lapse 00000000 DV Formats RAW DV AVI Type 2 24P Pinnacle -P2 Format ScreenDV Formats DV Formats P2 PN Quicktime Quicktime PN Formats for 25P Applications VFR Mutes Audio HDD Mode ScreenAG-HVX200 Setup for PN/VFR This screen displays the following items Identifying Master/Slave Volumes During Record/Playback Setting Up Master and Slave FS-100 Power on unit Go to the HDD Mode menu screen and enableBegin recording or playback using the master FS-100 Stop Frame 1st frame of current clip Setup Screens10 / 10 21 10 50 V 4 Version model NTSC/PAL Displayed TC Drop Ntsc only TC NON-DROPDefault, Ntsc only TC EXT Group Default 10 50 HH MM SS DateTime 09 / 18 MM / DD / YY Version Alarm On, OffVersion LCD Light On, Off, Auto Video output is Off Stop Frame, No VideoEXT CTL OFF, Pause, Frame, File Displays the first frame of the clip Following are timecode TC functions TC SET and UB SET Can Be Set at the Same TimeTC EXT Recommended for Pull-down Applications 00 00 00 HH MM SS FF TC SET FF FF FF FF UB SET Use with TC Free RUN or TC Regen Enables the drop-frame functionTC NON-DROPGroup Default TC DROP, NON-DROP Ntsc only PAL Menu VFR Mode OFFNtsc Menu 24P 30P Set AG-HVX200 to Standard Record Mode REC CounterVF Disk 1 168 min Undercranking and Overcranking VFR Mode Setting Not Saved Camera Resolution must be set to 720P mode Using VFR recordings in NLEs SET Contrast Value Back LCD Contrast Functions Screen 00 00 20 168 minFunctions FA Sync FA AV / C FA Tapeless FA Reels Menu Functions List FB Blank After pressing the Unlk key, press Select ReelUnlock Keys Press Select To Confirm Blank Make REF MOV version 4.x only Utilities ScreenOrganize Reel Utilities available are After Organize P2 Copy Files to Another Disk Organize P2 File Naming Conventions Organize Pinn DVCPRO/DV only Moving and Copying Reference Movie Files Content Referenced per Reference Movie File name convention for a QuickTime reference movie is File Name Convention YES Back Delete ClipDelete Clip Clip Format Disk Format Disk Press YES to Erase ALL Data YES BackFormatting Larger Hard Disks Repair Disk Repair Disk Press YES to YES BackCorrupted Files May Need More Repairs Repair Clip Repair ClipRun Repair Clip after Organize P2 FS-100 Portable DTE Recorder File Name File NameClip 20041101 165423 Upgrade Upgrade Press Select To Upgrade Software BackUpgrade Upgrading Upgrade Complete Please Restart Upgrade ErrorsUpgrade Error Wrong Product Exit System Reset Upgrade Error File not Found ExitSystem Reset Continue to SYSTEM? YES Back Status DiagnosticBattery Status Reels FA R0-0Default ValueReels Screen Placing a Clip in a Reel Optional Wired Remote Control p/n ACSS-0019-01 Using a Wired Remote Control Play Play Clip Loop Clip Loop ALL Play ALL Play Screen Play from Track List Reel List Play From Screen Control Screen Control Local Syncro Slave AV/C TapelessTransport keys have the same functions as on the FS-100 Camcorder Requirements for Tapeless Control Mode Do Not Use AV/C control in Record Mode FS-100 Portable DTE Recorder LCD Display Symbols and Text LCD Display Symbols and Text Recording for Unsupported NLE Using the FS-100 with a Computer For More Information Initial Setup Mounting the FS-100 in Windows FS-100 Video Clips in Reel Folder Addition, P2 also has 4 audio files Content limit per Reference Movie FS-100 and FAT Using Avid OMF Clips Organize OMF Function Drag all the OMF and AIF files into the new folder If Drive Does Not Appear Locate and select the FS-100 under Media Drives Dismounting the FS-100 Windows Dismount FS-100 Before Powering Off Mounting the FS-100 Macintosh Before Connecting FS-100 to a Computer Short-cut for Two-Button Mouse Dismounting the FS-100 Macintosh Mounting FS-100 to a Camcorder Mounting Hardware Clipping to a Belt Input/Outputs Physical Description Power Audio/Video/Timecode SpecificationGPI & RS-232C Control 1 x 3.5mm mini jack Dvcprohd and DVCPRO50 modes DVCPRO/DV modeDTE File Formats Disk Information Log Files Error Messages Miscellaneous Files WarrantyTemperature Compatible Camcorders and Accessories FS-100 Portable DTE Recorder 1394 11312 , 45 12 , 45 , 113 AIF OMF AVI Camcorder BatteryButtons Cable Stop group Default Alarm groupFA functions FB functions FC functions LCDlight group DVCPRO/DV DTE 104 Dvcprohd1080 113 File not found ErrorInputs Embedded audio MXF TC EXT Input stream IndicatorHome Humidity Index LED LCD Non-linear editor, see NLE ModesMOV NLE 19, 52 NtscOperation Organize Panasonic HVX200, see AG-HVX200 Panel Pinnacle 19, 53Playback Power RawDV 19, 52REC RUN, see TC and timecode Modes Recording Home 17, 27 Snap 62, 63 Technical specificationSystem Regen Time code, see timecode Time lapse Timeline AvidTrack 19, 55 Variable frame rate, see VFR modeUndercranking USE EXT FS-100 Windows Number of files generatedVideo clip, see clip WAVPage Page Part Number MANL-1023-10