Quickstart28 FS100PortableDTERecorderDoNotDisconnectPowerorFireWireCable
NeverdisconnectthepowerortheFireWirecableduringa
recording.Thiswillcausefilecorruption.
LossofPowerDuringRecording
Ifpowerislostduringrecordingitispossibletorepairthe
damagedfileorfiles,referRepairDisk onpage 67toandRepair
Clipon page68 .
Troubleshooting:CounterNotIncrementing
IftheCounterdoesnotincrementwhilerecordingfromthecamera,itis
anindicationthatthereisnoactiveconnectionbetweentheFS100and
thecamera.
• VerifythattheFS1001394DVI/Oandthecameraconnections
aresecure.Itmaybenecessarytounplugandthenreconnect
them.
Whenagoodconnectionismade,theCounterincrementsand
recordingstarts.
VerifyRecordModeMatchesSourceVideoContentandFormat
Forexample,ifinDVCPRO/DVRecordermode,DVCPROHDor
DVCPRO50contentwillnotrecordproperly.ANTSCorPALDVsource
recordsonlywhentheunitissettothecorrectvideoformat.
ShortDelayWhenSwitchingfromVTRtoCameraMode
WhenswitchingacamcorderfromVTRtocameramode,thereisa
short(1020seconds)intervalwhiletheFS100reestablishes
communicationswiththecamcorder.Ifrecordingisstartedduringthis
period,recordingisdelayeduntiltheFS100finishesestablishing
communicationswiththecamcorder.
TheFS100willNOTrecordanewclipifthereareapproximately
twominutes,orless,��spaceremainingontheinternaldiskdrive.