FS-100 Menu System | FOCUS Enhancements DVCPROHD, DVCPRO50 guide

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The FS-100 Menu System

The FS-100 menu system provides access to all the functions available in the unit. Each of the screens below (except the Welcome and Home screens which come up automatically when the unit starts) are accessed by pressing the Left or Right navigation buttons.

Welcome Screen

Home Screen

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FOCUS Enhancements DVCPROHD, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO/DV manual FS-100 Menu System

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Portable DTE Recorder Part Number MANL-1023-10Page Legal Notices Serial Number Contacting Focus Enhancements Regulations and Safety FCC Class a Compliance Australia and New Zealand European Union Symbols Documentation Electrical Precautions Power-Cord Protection Grounding or Polarization Power Lines Optical PrecautionLightning and Power Surges Outdoor Antenna Grounding Accessories and Replacement Parts Maintenance and MovingCleaning Safety Check Operating Environment Ventilation Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents FS-100 Portable DTE Recorder Introduction DTE Eliminates Pre-edit Processing USA Email support@focusinfo.com UnpackingMissing or Damaged Components Emea Email techsupport@como.com FS-100 offers the following features FeaturesDvcprohd Flexible Capacities and Power Quickstart Front Panel Controls Recovering LCD Display After a Mild Shock to FS-100Physical Description and Basic Controls LCD Display Navigation Buttons Power ControlPower OFF Transport Control Buttons Play RecordBack Search WW Forward Search Using the Forward and Back Index Keys Pause, Stop and Power OFFUsing Back Index with Short Clips Back Index WW Charge LED Status Top panel contains the following connectors and LEDsTop Panel Status LED States Remote Control, Serial Connector Computer FireWire ConnectorIn/Out 6-pin IEEE-1394a port x Asynchronous Data I/O 1080 50i 25P 720 50P 25P 576 50i 25P Camera FireWire ConnectorDV/I/O Pin IEEE-1394a connector Channel Audio Rear Panel Rear panel contains the following important items Side Panel Side panel contains cooling vents as illustrated below Bottom Panel Internal Speaker FS-100 Menu System Contains the following selections Only appears for several seconds upon power upOutline of Menu and Option Screens Provides lists to select play material from Organize OMF DVCPRO/DV only Contains the following disk and clip functionsOrganize Pinn DVCPRO/DV only Make Ref MOV version 4.X only Contains the following hard drive selections TC EXT externalTC Regen regenerate TC Drop Ntsc only Contains the following recording functions Powering the FS-100 Connecting the FS-100 to AC Power Installing a Battery Installing / Removing the Battery PackRemoving a Battery Charging the Battery Using FireWire to Charge FS-100 USA FS-100 Supplied with 4-pin to 6-pin FireWire Cable Connecting a FS-100 to a DV/HD CamcorderHVX200 FireWire Connector FS-100 Automatically Detects Input Stream from AG-HVX200 Record and Playback with the FS-100Test Recording Stop Power On the FS-100Portable DTE Recorder Disk Select HDD Recorder Mode HDD Mode Dvcprohd REC DVCPRO50 REC DVCPRO/DV REC DD Drive DV Formats RAW DV AVI TYPE1 AVI TYPE2 Canopus AVI Select a DV File FormatDV24p and PAL 25P Modes Lcdlight on SetupSet Time and Date SET Date SET Time 11 21 Do Not Use AV/C In FS-100 Record Modes Record With the FS-100Tapeless Control PN Disk 1 168 min RECCounter Audio Mute Tape Disp Lock Manual Recording Creating a New File without Dropping Frames Syncro Slave Control Local Syncro Slave AV / C Tapeless Tapeless Control Local Syncro Slave AV / C -TAPELESS Configuring AG-HVX200 and Recording Set UB Mode to FRM. Rate Press REC trigger button on the top or side of the camera Variable Frame Rate VFR SettingsAG-HVX200 Camera Settings See the cameras documentation for more details Preparing P2 File for NLE FS-100 SettingsSet SETUP--VFR Mode to the appropriate base frame rate Recording Timecode in the File Setting the AG-HVX200 Set the video camera to VCR or playback modeFeature Availability on PAL Cameras Playback on the FS-100 Navigation Tip Jump to Top of Display Using the Left Button Jump to Home display Using Select Button Welcome Screen General Screen Information01 / 16 09 30 19 V 4 00001402 Home ScreenStop Counter Reel Tape Disp Lock Disp display Information Fields Field Data Type Number Data Description DV Ntsc or PAL and HD Dvcprohd REC and DVCPRO50 REC FS-100 System Information Screens Power RemainingPress OK to clear the screen and return to the last screen Record Normal PRE-REC Disk PRE-REC Cach Loop Record Record ScreensStop Normal Record PRE-REC Record ModePRE-REC Cache Back HDD Avail PRE-REC Disk Record ModePRE-REC Time Saving Loop Record Clips Loop RecordSnap Record Another Method to Capture Single Frames 00000000 Time Lapse RecordTime Lapse Hhmmssff Back DV Formats P2 PN Quicktime Quicktime PN Format ScreenDV Formats DV Formats RAW DV AVI Type 2 24P Pinnacle -P2 Formats for 25P Applications This screen displays the following items HDD Mode ScreenAG-HVX200 Setup for PN/VFR VFR Mutes Audio Identifying Master/Slave Volumes During Record/Playback Power on unit Go to the HDD Mode menu screen and enable Setting Up Master and Slave FS-100Begin recording or playback using the master FS-100 Version model NTSC/PAL Displayed Setup Screens10 / 10 21 10 50 V 4 Stop Frame 1st frame of current clip TC EXT Group Default TC Drop Ntsc only TC NON-DROPDefault, Ntsc only 09 / 18 MM / DD / YY DateTime 10 50 HH MM SS LCD Light On, Off, Auto Alarm On, OffVersion Version Displays the first frame of the clip Stop Frame, No VideoEXT CTL OFF, Pause, Frame, File Video output is Off TC SET and UB SET Can Be Set at the Same Time Following are timecode TC functionsTC EXT Recommended for Pull-down Applications TC SET 00 00 00 HH MM SS FF UB SET FF FF FF FF TC DROP, NON-DROP Ntsc only Enables the drop-frame functionTC NON-DROPGroup Default Use with TC Free RUN or TC Regen 24P 30P VFR Mode OFFNtsc Menu PAL Menu REC Counter Set AG-HVX200 to Standard Record ModeVF Disk 1 168 min VFR Mode Setting Not Saved Undercranking and Overcranking Using VFR recordings in NLEs Camera Resolution must be set to 720P mode LCD Contrast SET Contrast Value Back 00 00 20 168 min Functions ScreenFunctions FA Sync FA AV / C FA Tapeless FA Reels Functions List Menu FB Blank Blank ReelUnlock Keys Press Select To Confirm After pressing the Unlk key, press Select Utilities available are Utilities ScreenOrganize Reel Make REF MOV version 4.x only Organize P2 After Organize P2 Copy Files to Another Disk Organize Pinn DVCPRO/DV only File Naming Conventions Content Referenced per Reference Movie Moving and Copying Reference Movie Files File Name Convention File name convention for a QuickTime reference movie is Clip Delete ClipDelete Clip YES Back Format Disk Press YES to Erase ALL Data YES Back Format DiskFormatting Larger Hard Disks Repair Disk Press YES to YES Back Repair DiskCorrupted 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 Press Select To Upgrade Software Back UpgradeUpgrade Upgrading Upgrade Errors Upgrade Complete Please RestartUpgrade Error Wrong Product Exit Upgrade Error File not Found Exit System ResetSystem Reset Continue to SYSTEM? YES Back Status DiagnosticBattery Status Placing a Clip in a Reel FA R0-0Default ValueReels Screen Reels Using a Wired Remote Control Optional Wired Remote Control p/n ACSS-0019-01 Play Screen Play Play Clip Loop Clip Loop ALL Play ALL Play From Screen Play from Track List Reel List Control Local Syncro Slave AV/C Tapeless Control ScreenTransport keys have the same functions as on the FS-100 Do Not Use AV/C control in Record Mode Camcorder Requirements for Tapeless Control Mode FS-100 Portable DTE Recorder LCD Display Symbols and Text LCD Display Symbols and Text Using the FS-100 with a Computer Recording for Unsupported NLE Initial Setup For More Information Mounting the FS-100 in Windows FS-100 Video Clips in Reel Folder Content limit per Reference Movie Addition, P2 also has 4 audio files FS-100 and FAT Using Avid OMF Clips Drag all the OMF and AIF files into the new folder Organize OMF Function Locate and select the FS-100 under Media Drives If Drive Does Not Appear Dismount FS-100 Before Powering Off Dismounting the FS-100 Windows Before Connecting FS-100 to a Computer Mounting the FS-100 Macintosh Dismounting the FS-100 Macintosh Short-cut for Two-Button Mouse Mounting Hardware Mounting FS-100 to a Camcorder Clipping to a Belt Physical Description Input/Outputs Audio/Video/Timecode Specification PowerGPI & RS-232C Control 1 x 3.5mm mini jack Disk Information DVCPRO/DV modeDTE File Formats Dvcprohd and DVCPRO50 modes Error Messages Log Files Compatible Camcorders and Accessories WarrantyTemperature Miscellaneous Files FS-100 Portable DTE Recorder 12 , 45 , 113 11312 , 45 1394 AIF AVI OMF Cable BatteryButtons Camcorder LCDlight group Default Alarm groupFA functions FB functions FC functions Stop group DTE DVCPRO/DV Dvcprohd 1041080 113 Embedded audio ErrorInputs File not found MXF TC EXT Index IndicatorHome Humidity Input stream LCD LED NLE ModesMOV Non-linear editor, see NLE Organize NtscOperation 19, 52 Pinnacle 19, 53 Panasonic HVX200, see AG-HVX200 PanelPlayback RawDV 19, 52 PowerREC RUN, see TC and timecode Recording Modes Home 17, 27 Snap Regen Technical specificationSystem 62, 63 Timeline Avid Time code, see timecode Time lapseTrack USE EXT FS-100 Variable frame rate, see VFR modeUndercranking 19, 55 WAV Number of files generatedVideo clip, see clip WindowsPage Page Part Number MANL-1023-10