Fostex 8347 TC Card For The Model FR-2 Owners Manual

							Model 8347TC card for the Model FR-2
The Model 8347 is the TC card for the FR-2 field memory recorder.
By installing this TC card to the FR-2, you can record external (SMPTE)
time code or time code generated by the internal TC generator.
In addition, by jamming the internal TC generator to external time code,
you can record audio signals to the FR-2 while maintaining synchroniza-
tion between the FR-2 and a VTR. This feature makes the FR-2 ideal for
newsgathering applications.
This manual describes details about time code recording/playback func-
tions which are available when installing the TC card to the FR-2.
Read this manual together with the main manual and keep it for future
reference.

The Model 8347 should be installed into the FR-2 at a Fostex service station.
Do not try to install the card by yourself. Ask your local Fostex dealer for
the installation after purchasing the Model 8347.
Owners manual
The left side panel of the FR-2 with the Model 8347 installed (the Model 8347 is
installed to the area surrounded by the white frame.) 
						

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Table of contents
Changes in the FR-2 when the 8347 is installed ........................................................4
The TC display function is added .................................................................................4
The new TC Setup menu is added to the MENU mode ...........................................5
The cue point editing screen is changed .....................................................................5
Recording time code ......................................................................................................6
Jam function ...................................................................................................................7
Details of the TC Setup menu ........................................................................................8
Selecting on/off of the TC display function [TC Display] .........................................9
Selecting the TC frame rate [Frame Rate] ....................................................................9
Viewing and editing the LTC start time [Edit LTC Start] .........................................10
Selecting the generator mode [TC Gen.Mode] .........................................................11
Selecting the time code output source [TC Out] ......................................................11
Viewing and editing time code of the internal TC generator [Set Gen.TC] ..........12
Setting the generator Ubit mode and user data [Set Gen.Ubit] .............................15
Selecting the userbit of output TC [TC Ubit] .............................................................16
Selecting on/off of TC output while paused [Pause TC] .........................................16
Selecting the jam mode [JAM Mode] .........................................................................17
Setting the pull up/down function [Pull Up/Down] ...............................................17
Setting the next event number [Next Event No] .......................................................18
Setting the power off time of the TC card [TC Power Timer] ..................................18 
						

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The TC display function is added.
The newly added TC display function allows representing the TC value and frame rate on the Home
screen along with the ABS value. The first time you turn on the FR-2 after installing the 8347, the TC
display function is active.
You can select the TC display function active or inactive from the TC Display menu item which is
newly added to the TC Setup menu. When selecting this function inactive, the Home screen looks the
same as the one when the 8347 is not installed (only the ABS value is shown). See page 9 for details.
Changes in the FR-2 when the 8347 is installed
When the TC display function is active
(both the LTC and ABS values are shown)
: If the TC display function is inactive, the TC card is always active. In other words,
though the TC value/frame rate information is not shown on the display, you can record
or play back time code.
When the TC display function is inactive
(only the ABS value is shown)
According to the setting of the TC Gen. Mode menu item in the TC Setup menu, appro-
priate (internally generated or external) time code is shown on the display.
Also, the frame rate currently set is shown. If the frame rate currently set does not match
the frame rate of incoming external time code, the frame rate of external time code
flashes for warning.
The TC value currently being recorded or
played back is shown. 
						

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The new TC Setup menu is added to the MENU mode.
When the optional 8347 is installed, the TC Setup menu is added to the FR-2 MENU mode.
The menu selection screen is now divided into two pages. The TC Setup menu is added to the first
page as shown below. This menu includes settings for time code recording/playback functions which
are available when the 8347 is installed. The TC Display menu item described above belongs to the
TC Setup menu. For details about how to set each menu item, see page 8 and the following pages.
Page 1 of the menu selection screenPage 2 of the menu selection screen
The cue point editing screen is changed.
The cue point editing screen which can be accessed via the Cue menu in the FR-2 MENU mode is
changed when the 8347 is installed, as shown below.
For details about cue point editing, see Editing time data of a cue point (Edit) on page 66 of the FR-
2 owners manual. When making cue point editing with the 8347 installed, note that the following
change has been made.


On the cue point editing screen when the 8347
is installed, the cue point time data is presented
in hour-minute-second format. A decimal num-
ber is given to the second field.
On the cue point editing screen when the 8347
is not installed, the cue point time data is pre-
sented in hour-minute-second-frame-subframe
format. 
						

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Recording time code
12VDC IN32 1
COLDGND
HOT
KEYBOARD PC ONLY
USB
ONLY
DIGITAL OUT IN
TIME CODE GENOUT IN
8347 TC CARD
The Model 8347 is equipped with the IEC time code generator/reader. You can record time code
generated by the internal TC generator along with audio signals, or record incoming external time
code. Before recording time code generated by the internal generator or external time code, make the
following settings.
GEN indicator (see  shown right> Time code output
Time code input
¥ TC display setting
If you record time code along with audio signals, set the TC Display menu item appropriately
so that the recorded time code is displayed. Note that the first time you use the FR-2 after
installing the 8347, the TC Display menu item is set appropriately by default. For details
about TC Display setting, see page 9.
¥ TC frame rate setting
You can make setting of the frame rate of the recorded time code via the Frame Rate menu
items in the TC Setup menu.
You can select a desired frame rate from among 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 29.97DF, 30 and 30DF
(by default, 29.97DF is selected). When you record external time code, you must set the frame
rate which matches the external time code (see page 9 for details). The selected frame rate is
shown at the bottom on the Home screen.
¥ TC generator mode setting
When recording internal or external time code, you must set the TC generator mode appropri-
ately according to the condition of the source time code to be recorded.
Via the TC Gen. Mode menu item in the TC Setup menu, you can select the generator mode
from among Free (Free Run, the default), Rec (Rec Run), EXT (External Run) and 24H
(24H Run).   (see page 11 for details)
¥ Time code output setting
If you output time code from the FR-2 to an external device during time code recording/play-
back, set the TC OUT menu item in the TC Setup menu appropriately. By default, Repro is
selected and the time code recorded on an audio file is output from the [TIME CODE OUT]
connector. If you set the TC OUT menu item to GEN, the generator time code is output (see
page 11 for details).
Other settings required for time code recording/playback are available in the TC Setup menu
of the MENU mode. See page 7 and the following pages for details.
: When you turn off the
FR-2, the [GEN] indicator starts
flashing.
By default, the 8347 is auto-
matically turned off five min-
utes after the FR-2 is turned off.
You can change this time via
the TC Power Timer menu
item in the TC Setup menu (see
page 18 for details). 
						

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Jam function
The jam function of the internal time code generator allows taking over generating time code after the
generator locks to the external time code timing.
Using the jam function, even if time code connection is cut after lock is achieved, the internal time
code generator can run while keeping the timing. Therefore, even though the FR-2 is away from a
VTR, you can record audio (for newsgathering, etc.) to the FR-2 while striping time code in sync with
the VTR.
: The jam function is available only when the Gen. Mode menu item in the TC Setup menu
is set to Free (Free Run). If it is set to any other mode, the jam function does not work.
¥ To execute the jam function, the following condition must be satisfied.
1) External TC (from a VTR, etc) is fed to the [TIME CODE IN] connector.
2) The frame rate matches between external TC and the FR-2.
If it does not match, set the frame rate of the FR-2 appropriately. See page 9 for details about frame
rate setting.
3) The generator mode is set to Free Run.
If it is not set to Free Run, set it to Free Run. See page 11 for details about generator mode
setting.
Besides the above, if necessary, you can set the jam mode via the JAM Mode menu item in the TC
Setup menu. By default, both the time value and userbit of the external time code are jammed.
However, you can change this setting to jamming only the time code value or only the userbit (see page
17 for details).
4) Use the [MENU] dial to select Force JAM> at the bottom line and press the [ENTER] key.
After popping up Force JAM! TC & Ubit, the display returns to page 3 of the TC Setup menu.
5) Disconnect the external time code from the [TIME CODE IN] connector.
The internal time code generator takes over generating time code and runs while keeping the
timing of the external time code.
¥ Executing jam function
The following describes how to execute the jam function, assuming that the condition above is
satisfied.
1) While the unit is stopped, press the [ENTER] key to enter the MENU mode.
2) Use the [MENU] dial to select TC Setup and press the [ENTER] key.
3) Use the [MENU] dial to select the Force JAM menu item on page 3 and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the Force JAM screen, where time code value, frame rate and userbit
information of the incoming external time code is shown.
The JAM icon points to a jammed item, which can be set by the JAM Mode menu item in the TC
Setup menu. In the screen example below, both the time code value and userbit are jammed. 
						

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Details of the TC Setup menu
The TC Setup menu is available only when the 8347 is installed. The TC Setup menu screen has 3
pages and provides various setting items for time code recording/playback, jam function, etc.
To access to a TC Setup menu item, follow the procedure below.
2) Use the [MENU] dial to select TC Setup at the bottom of this page and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the first page of the TC Setup menu screen.
By rotating the [MENU] dial, you can bring up page 2 or 3.
Each page includes the following menu items.
¥ Selecting on/off of TC display (see page 9)
¥ Selecting the frame rate of recording/playback time code and internal
generator time code (see page 9)
¥ Editing the LTC start time at the ABS 0 point (see page 10)
¥ Selecting the time code generator mode (see page 11)
¥ Selecting the output time code source (see page 11)
¥ Viewing or editing the time code value of the internal TC generator
(see page 12)
¥ Setting the generator TC Ubit mode and user data (see page 15)
¥ Setting the TC userbit while the output time code source is set to
REPRO (see page 16)
¥ Selecting whether outputting time code or not while the unit is paused
(see page 16)
¥ Selecting the jam mode when jamming to external time code while the
generator mode is set to Free Run (see page 17)
¥ Executing force jam (see page 7)
¥ Selecting the pull up/down function (see page 17)
¥ Setting the next event number (see page 18)
¥ Setting the power off time of the TC card after the FR-2 is turned off
(see page 18) Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
1) While the FR-2 is stopped, press the [ENTER] key to enter the MENU mode.
The display now shows the first page of the MENU screen. 
						

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Selecting on/off of the TC display function [TC Display]
The TC Display menu item selects whether or not representing time code (LTC) on the Home screen.
By default after the 8347 is installed, LTC is represented on the Home screen when the power is
turned on.
Use the [MENU] dial to select LTC&ABS or Off and press the [ENTER] key to confirm your
selection. Your setting remains in effect even if you switch the power off.
See page 4 for details of the TC display function.
Selecting the TC frame rate [Frame Rate]
The [Frame Rate] menu item selects the frame rate of time code to be recorded and played back, as
well as generated by the internal TC generator.
Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired frame rate and press the [ENTER] key to confirm your
selection. The selected frame rate is shown in the lower part of the Home screen.
LTC&ABS
OffBoth the ABS time and LTC values are represented on the Home screen.
Only the ABS time value is represented on the Home screen.
: Even if you select Off, the TC card is active. In other words, though the LTC value
is not shown on the display, you can record or play back time code.
23.976-0.1 % of film 24 frame.
24Film 24 frame.
25PAL 25 frame.
29.97DFNTSC 29.97 drop frame (default).
29.97NTSC 29.97 non-drop frame.
30DFNTSC 30 drop frame.
30NTSC 30 non-drop frame.
After bringing up the first page of the TC Setup menu, use the [MENU] dial to select TC Dis-
play and press the [ENTER] key. The currently selected option flashes (by default, LTC&ABS
flashes) and you can now select the desired option.
After bringing up the first page of the TC Setup menu, use the [MENU] dial to select Frame
Rate and press the [ENTER] key. The currently selected option flashes (by default, 29.97DF
flashes) and you can now select the desired option. 
						

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Viewing and editing the LTC start time [Edit LTC Start]
The Edit LTC Start menu item allows viewing and editing the LTC start time which is recorded at the
beginning of an audio file (ABS 0). The FR-2 records the LTC start time at the beginning of an audio
file and then the internal generator generates time code which follows the start time.
¥ Editing the LTC start time
Use the [MENU] dial to edit the value in the flashing field. You can move the flashing field to the
right by pressing the [ENTER] key or the [>>|] key. You can enter a desired value to each field
from left to right (h -> m -> s -> f -> sf).
When you move the flashing field after editing the value of the current field, all lower fields of
the edited field are reset to 00.
After editing all fields, pressing the [ENTER] key fixes the edited LTC start time and the display
returns to show the screen where Edit > flashes.
To edit the MENU mode, select