The default audio link is embedded 2-channel digital audio in the stream. You can also select either balanced analog audio or AES/EBU audio as the input link in the SETUP->AUDIO INPUT menu.
LCD Menu Soft Keys
These three keys below the FS-2/2E LCD display are soft keys for navigating and selecting items in the FS-2/2E menu.
These keys are also used for selecting different display modes. They are called soft because their function changes depending upon what is displayed on the LCD above the particular key.
NOTE: In some cases when navigating the FS-2/2E menus, you can use the right soft key to scroll down through the menu. To scroll up, just hold down the SHIFT key as well as the right soft key.
Transport Control Keys
This set of buttons controls playback and record functions of the FS-2/2E. These functions include play, reverse play, fast forward, fast rewind, forward frame, back frame, next track, previous track, stop, and record. This area also features hot keys for changing, controlling, and navigating the FS-2/2E menu system. Each of these keys is described below as shown in order left to right, top to bottom.
SHIFT
MENU Key
Press this key to launch the FS-2/2E menu system. Once pressed, the Menu screen appears on the FS-2/2E LCD and the button lights. If you press the MENU key while in a particular screen in the menu system, that menu is marked and the MENU key lights. You can then EXIT the menu and perform
other functions. If you press the MENU key at anytime, you will return to the marked MENU (except if you are in REC mode).
Press this key to return to the beginning of the current clip if in playback mode. Press it twice to return to the previous clip during playback. In Stop mode press it to return to the beginning of the previous clip. If you press SHIFT and Back Index, the previous disk drive is selected.
Forward Index Key
Press this key to skip forward to the next sequential clip for playback. If you press SHIFT, the forward index goes to the next disk drive.
Stop Key
Press this key to stop the selected mode and return the FS-/2E to Pause. Press it again to put the FS-2/ 2E into STOP (standby with menu screen). The splash screen is the first frame of the selected clip when you select SETUP->STOP OUTPUT->CLIP PREVIEW. When the FS-2/2E is in Stop mode, the key lights.
Play Key
Press this key to start playback of the selected clip. If you press the SHIFT key plus the PLAY button, the FS-2/2E immediately goes into reverse play mode.
Record Key (Red)
Press this key once when the FS-2/2E is in STOP mode and the FS-2/2E goes into REC-PAUSE. The REC button flashes. Press it again to start recording. If you press REC during a recording, the current clip is closed and a new clip is created without dropping any frames. This key is the only key that is RED on the front panel.
If you press REC and SHIFT simultaneously, the FS-2/2E captures a single frame of video. In a particular session, all single frames of video are saved as part of the same clip on disk.
SHIFT Key
Use the SHIFT key to give particular keys a secondary functionality. When you press it, the SHIFT key lights and remains in SHIFT mode until
