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    DV V ideo Disk Recorder USER GUIDE V ersion 1.2[...]

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    P AGE 1 FireStore FS-3 User Guide W ARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. IMPOR T ANT NO TICE (F or U .S.Model) The serial number for this equipment is located on the bottom of the unit. Please write this serial number on your enclosed w ar ranty card and keep it in a secure area. This is for yo[...]

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    FireStore FS-3 User Guide IMPOR T ANT CA UTION: T O PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T REMO VE CO VER (OR BA CK). NO USER SER VICEABLE P AR TS INSIDE.REFER SER VICING TO QU ALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (s[...]

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    P AGE 3 FireStore FS-3 User Guide[...]

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    F or customers within the USA and Canada, FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. warrants this product against defects in materials or w orkmanship as follows: F or a period of TW O years from the date of purchase, FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. will repair or replace the unit, at our option, without charge for parts or labor . After the period of TW O years, you must[...]

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    P AGE 5 FireStore FS-3 User Guide T able of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P AGE W ar ning and Safety Infor mation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Statement of Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    P AGE 6 Operating System V ersion No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Operating System Upg rade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 T imecode Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the F ocus Enhancements FireStore FS-3 DTE D V Video Disk Recorder for full-size D V camcorders. FS-3 adds a digital disk recorder/pla yer to your camorder for a po werful acquisition combination. This User Guide is to be used with software version 1.2 or higher . See page 25 of this manual for more information[...]

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    based “edit-ready” f ile formats such as Raw D V , A VI T ype 1, A VI T ype 2, Matro x A VI, Canopus A VI, QuickTime and A vid D V -OMF . This means clips are immediately a vailab le to your NLE system without f irst having to transfer or con vert the clips. • Connect your F ireWire disk directl y to your computer or connect via FireStore w h[...]

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    MOUNTING T O A CAMCORDER The FireStore FS-3 is designed to mount directl y to full size D V camcorders. FireStore FS-3 features either Anton/Bauer , V -Mount, P AG Lock or NP mount plates allo wing quick connection to most camcorders featuring these battery systems. Mounting to Anton/Bauer , V -Mount or P A G- Lock Equipped Camcorders T o mount to [...]

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    3) FS-3 features a tw o wire connector with black and red cab les that connects main pow er betw een the FS-3 and the camcorder. Connect this to the equiv alent connector on the rear of your camcorder . If you are using a digital battery system that passes battery life status to the camcorder, and are using a camcorder that is compatible with these[...]

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    P AGE 1 INSERTING AND REMOVING FIRESTORE FSHDD-1 FIREWIRE DRIVES The best wa y to get to kno w the FireStore FSHDD-1 FireW ire HDD is by studying the supplied manual. The manual pro vides detailed instructions and illustrations. INSER TING THE HDD : Inser t the driv e into the slot on top of the FS-3 unit. Ensure that the po wer s witch on the bott[...]

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    Ke ys and provide the function displa yed on the bottom of the LCD . The front panel also features a tally light, infrared remote sensor and po wer s witch. 1. T ally Light The FS-3 red tally light is located at the top of the FS-3 front panel. In general, this light will flash when FS-3 is in REC/P A USE mode and be solid when in RECORD mode. This[...]

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    P AGE 1 7. Ke ypad Standard Ke ys The bottom tw o rows of k eys on the FS-3 keypad ha ve dedicated functions such as fast forward/back search, pla y , record , and index forward back. Each k ey (except record) also has a SHIFT mode which allo ws a secondary function to be performed. LCD DISPLA Y The FS-3 LCD screen displa ys different FS-3 modes an[...]

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    4. V olume Number The volume or disk number of the current clip recording or pla yback session is displayed in this area of the LCD . F or example, a displa y value of “2-014” identif ies a track as being on volume 2. 5. T rack or Clip Number This area displa ys the cur rent clip or track number being recorded or pla yed back. F or example, a d[...]

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    P AGE 1 FR ONT P ANEL BUTTONS The FS-3 front panel features nine buttons. The three buttons on the top ro w are “Soft Keys” which allo w different functions to be controlled depending on the mode FS-3 is in. Use the bottom line of the LCD displa y to identify the cur rent soft key function. The remaining six buttons ha ve a f ixed function. Se [...]

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    pla yback or in stop mode and once selected , the clip will be marked for placement into that particular folder . T o add all SCENE MARKED clips to their respectiv e folders on the disk driv e, select UTILITIES -> ORGANIZE FOLD from the FS-3 menu . F or more on KEEPER and SCENE MARKING, see page 30 and 33 of this User Guide. Backw ar d Search K [...]

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    P AGE 1 When FS-3 is in PLA Y or P A USE mode and the user presses and holds the SHIFT key plus the forward or backw ard index keys, it is possible to forw ard one frame or backward one frame with each press. If in PLA Y mode, FS-3 will immediately go into P A USE mode on the particular frame. Record K ey Pressing this button once puts FS-3 into RE[...]

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    4. Select Pressing SEL will select the cur rent menu item. If a sub-menu is a vailable, that will open. If a sub-menu is not a vailable, this command simpl y enables or selects the menu item. 5. Scr oll Arr o w This command allo ws for scrolling through menu items. RECORD MODE MENU The FS-3 RECORD MODE MENU allo ws dif ferent record functions to be[...]

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    P AGE 1 FS-3 creates 9 minute, 13 second clips (2GB clips on disk). The characteristics of RETRO DISK remains the same. The larger f ile size prev ents FS-3 reaching its 999 track limitation for very long RETR O records. Due to the larger f iles sizes, the maximum amount of driv e space a vailable is decreased in order to accomm odate the last reco[...]

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    3 will flash as if in P A USE state). FS-3 is actually recording in this state, but until the RECORD TRIGGER is pressed a second time, the video recorded will record o ver itself in a continuous loop. It is much the same as RETR O DISK recording in theor y except that it utilizes a data buffer that is separate to the disk driv e to cache video. RET[...]

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    do wn buttons. T ime is selectable in seconds (up to 59), then minutes up to 59. Buttons can be released at any time to slo w advance. EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. PLA Y MODE MENU The FS-3 PLA Y MODE MENU allows dif ferent pla yback functions to be enabled. User simply selects the mode. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. On[...]

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    F older List When this setting is selected , it is possible to pla y back clips only from a selected folder . Select a particular folder to play clips from. Highlighted folder is the selected folder after exit. Once set and w hen PLA Y is pressed , only clips within that particular folder will playback. If F older List is selected , all PLA Y MODES[...]

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    The FS-3 buttons (other than MENU , DISP and SHFT) are locked out w hen in this mode, as is wired or infrared remote control units. If in VTR mode on the camcorder , all keys w ork. The user is only ab le to exit SYNCR O SLA VE b y entering the CONTR OL MENU which they can do directly b y pressing the MENU button when on the FS-3 default splash scr[...]

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    User simply selects the format. Highlighted format is cur rent for mat after exit. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. Selected format will stay set until user selects a different format (e ven if the po wer is c ycled). SETUP MENU The SETUP MENU allo ws various functions of FS-3 to be set. User simply selects the Setup Item. Pressing [...]

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    Scroll from value to v alue using the FOR W ARD and B ACK INDEX Buttons. Press DO WN and UP ar row to scroll though digits in value. Pressing EXIT will e xit back to the menu screen. User simply selects the Menu Item. Pressing SEL will open the sub menu. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. The Date and time form the basis of the FS-3 f[...]

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    7) When prompted “DO Y OU W ANT T O UPGRADE SYSTEM SOFTW ARE?” answ er YES and YES to the warning messages. W ARNING: Upg rade will erase cur rent OS!! 8) After upgrade is complete, pow er cycle FS-3. The new softw are should now be loaded and ready to use. If no .bin f ile is found , the screen will displa y “OS UPGRADE ERROR”. It is neces[...]

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    REGEN Mode - After a disk is mounted (at startup, upon manual connect) and after the track list has been constructed , FS-3 looks at the last track and looks at the timecode number of the last frame in that track. FS-3 stores that number for use as the TC value (+ 1) for the f irst frame of the next recording. If the driv e is empty , FS-3 uses the[...]

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    Infrar ed Sensor Settings This menu allo ws the user to EN ABLE or DISABLE the IR sensor on FS-3. User simply selects the Menu Item. Highlighted mode is cur rent mode after exit. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. GPI Settings This menu allo ws the user to change the setting of the GPI por t. User simply selects the Mode. Highlighted [...]

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    User simply selects the Mode. Highlighted mode is cur rent mode after exit. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. A udio Correction Settings This menu allo ws the user to change the A UDIO CORRECTION setting on FS-3. User simply selects the Mode. Pressing EXIT will e xit back to the menu screen. A UDIO CORRECTION modes is an advanced fea[...]

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    Organize F olders Places all f iles that w ere identif ied as a KEEPER or w ere SCENE MARKED during recording into a folder marked KEEPER or the prenamed SCENE MARKING folders on the disk dri v e. These folders can be imported directly into most D V NLE bins. Or ganize OMF When f iles are recorded in the A VID OMF f ile for mat, this command automa[...]

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    W ARNING: FORMA T ERASES ALL DA T A ON THE DISK DRIVE! T o exit from format, press either NO or EXIT . T o continue with for mat, press the YES key . T o exit from the warning screen, press either NO or EXIT . T o begin the format, press the YES key . F ireStore FS-3 utilizes a F A T32 format type. If you are using a non-F A T32 formatted drive, se[...]

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    Repair Disk REP AIR allows the user to select either CHECK DISK or CURRENT CLIP . CHECK DISK scans the entire volume for an y er rors (usually , if a disk was corrupted during a recording due to sudden po wer loss, check disk will aler t the user of this). T o exit check disk, press either NO or EXIT . If an er ror is found , the user will be promp[...]

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    The follo wing screen will display w hen complete: After factor y reset is complete, please restart FS-3 F actory Def ault States Are as F ollows: Displa y: • COUNTER Rec Mode: • DEF A UL T REC MODE: NORMAL • RETR O DISK – RETRO V ALUE -> 000min • RETR O CA CHE – CA CHE ->00 sec • TIME LAPSE –> 00:00:00:00 Pla y Mode: • D[...]

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    optional remote control commander keypads. If you w ould like to create a custom order to F olders, it is recommended that you change the name to change the numerical/alphabetical order . T o use SCENE MARKING, it is necessar y to f irst enable the SCENE MARK setting under FOLDER PREFs in the SETUP menu. Once you ha ve selected the SCENE MARK prefe[...]

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    Mounting Fir eWir e Disk Drives to Windo ws XP , 2000, 98SE and ME Computer Systems On a W indows based computer system, simpl y double click the My Computer icon on the top left hand corner of the desktop. Y ou will see the follo wing window: Locate y our F ireWire disk dri ve. This will probabl y be labeled (E:), (F:), (G:) etc. (drive C: is usua[...]

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    Using Fir eStor e FS-3 r ecorded A vid OMF clips on A vid NLE Systems The A vid D V OMF f ile for mat was de veloped for use with A vid Xpress D V version 3.0 or latter on W indows 2000, Windo ws XP or Mac 0S10. FireStore OMF clips are also compatib le with certain NewsCutter , Xpress Pro and Media Composer systems. Check the F ocus W ebsite for an[...]

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    Under Project(s), select All Pr ojects (This will highlight all items in the Project(s) windo w). Ensure Master Clips is checked then press OK. The follo wing Media T ools Windo w will appear: 5. Create a new bin (select F ile -> New Bin ) or open an e xisting bin in A vid. Once opened , select all items in the Media T ools window (select Edit-&[...]

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    FireStore FS-3 User Guide Once you ha ve located your F ireWire disk dri ve on the desktop, double click the disk icon to open it up. Once opened , you will see the follo wing: Dismounting Fir eWir e Disk Drives fr om Macintosh Computer Systems Once y ou ha ve completed w orking with your disk dri v e on a Macintosh computer system, you must f irst[...]

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    P AGE 39 NUMERIC KEYP AD (0-9): when using the SCENE MARKING feature, use these keys to mark clips to folders 0-9 (these ma y be prenamed folders - see page 33 for details) during record , pla yback or stop modes. Wired Remote Commander Keypad Layout Infrared Remote Commander Keypad Layout FireStore FS-3 User Guide[...]

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    TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Input/Outputs • D V Video I/O - 25Mb/s (1 x 6pin IEEE- 1394a) • External HDD I/O - up to 400Mb/s (1 x 6pin IEEE-1394a) • Slot Internal HDD I/O - up to 400Mb/s (1 x 6pin IEEE-1394a) • GPI & RS232C Control (1 x 3.5mm mini jack) Powe r • Battery/Camera Plate Contacts • 4-pin XLR DC input • 10V to 17V , 7.5W [...]

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    P AGE 41 FS-3 LCD DISPLA Y AND T ALL Y MODES The table belo w details the different LCD and tall y light characteristics when used with dif ferent FS- 3 control, record , pla y and stop modes: PLA Y/REC MODE FS-3 LCD T ALL Y Stop ST OP Off Pause ll PLA Y Off Pla y > PLA Y Off Rec (Pause) ll REC Blink Normal Rec (Rec) REC On Retro Disk (Stop) L S[...]

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    NO TES: P AGE 42 FireStore FS-3 User Guide[...]

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    MANL-0912-02 FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. 1370 Dell A ve. Campbell, CA. 95008 USA T elephone: 408 866-8300 F ax:408 866-4859 www .FOCUSinfo.com[...]