FOCUS Enhancements FS100 Recording Equipment User Manual


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Quickstart
28 FS100PortableDTERecorder
DoNo tDisconnectPowerorFireWireCab le
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
Clip onpage 68.
Troubleshooting:CounterNotIncrementing
IftheCounte r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connectio ns
aresecure.Itmaybenec essarytounplugand thenreconnect
them.
Whenagoodcon nection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u nit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)inte rval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.
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