Fostex Fr2 Memory Recorder Owners Manual

FR-2 Field Memory Recorder (Chapter 3: Names and functions)
41 Warning message screen
In a case that the operation is inappropriate, entered data is illegal, or an error
happens, a warning message screen may appear on the display.
The following shows available warning message screen with comments including
remedies. If you encounter any warning message, immediately cope with the trouble.
This message appears when batteries for operating the FR-2
are exhausted. The FR-2 automatically shuts down after...

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This message appears when you are going to store illegal cue
point data after editing.
Enter legal cue point data and store it.
This message appears when the digital input signal is illegal
during recording a digital source.
Check the digital source.
When you are going to store an audio file name, this message
appears if a file with the same name already exists in the card.
Change the audio file name to be stored.
This message appears when...

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FR-2 Field Memory Recorder (Chapter 4: Basic connections)
Chapter 4: Basic connections

Audio input/output connection .....................................................................................44
Analog audio input connection .....................................................................................44
Digital audio input connection ......................................................................................45
Analog audio output connection...

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FR-2 Field Memory Recorder (Chapter 4: Basic connections)
Audio input/output connection
Analog audio inputs
12VDC IN32 1
COLDGND
HOT
KEYBOARD PC ONLY
USB
ONLY
DIGITAL OUT IN
R L/MONOANALOG IN POWER ANALOG OUT
L/MONOPHANTOM
3 2 1
COLDGND
HOT
ON
OFF
COMPACTFLASH CARD
PCMCIA
Analog audio device
Analog audio device
Digital audio device
Digital audio device
The FR-2 provides two [ANALOG IN] connectors (XLR-3-31, pin 2 hot) which ac-
cept two mono or a stereo pair of balanced analog audio source signals....

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Analog audio outputs
The [ANALOG OUT] jacks (unbalanced RCA) output -10 dBV analog audio signals.
Digital audio input
: When receiving a digital source which contains FS information, the FR-2 makes
recording according to the FS of the digital source regardless of the [FS (kHz)] switch
setting.
When recording a digital source which does not contain FS information, the FR-2 makes
recording according to the [FS (KHZ)] switch setting.
When...

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FR-2 Field Memory Recorder (Chapter 4: Basic connections)
The FR-2 provides the [USB (PC ONLY)] connector which is exclusively used for
connecting to a PC. By connecting this connector to a PC, you can control the
current memory card of the FR-2 from the personal computer.
See page 97 for details about audio file export/import.
The FR-2 provides the [USB (KEYBOARD ONLY)] connector which is exclusively
used connecting to a USB keyboard. By connecting a USB keyboard to this connec-
tor, you can enter...

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FR-2 Field Memory Recorder (Chapter 5: Recording/playback)
Chapter 5: Recording/playback
This chapter describes basic analog and digital audio recording/playback, as well as cue point
setting and the skip/locate function.

About recording system ............................................................................................................48
Recording analog audio .............................................................................................................49
Selecting the...

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FR-2 Field Memory Recorder (Chapter 5: Recording/playback)
About recording system
The FR-2 uses the FAT32 (File Allocation Table 32) file system and supports the most
common BWF (Broadcast Wave File) file format.
You can make recording in the stereo (L/R) or mono track mode. When recording in
stereo, two (L and R) WAV files are created, while a single WAV file is created when
recording in mono.
A BWF file created is stored in the bwff folder which is created on a CFC/ATA (see the
figure below). The...

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FR-2 Field Memory Recorder (Chapter 5: Recording/playback)
The FR-2 is equipped with the high-pass filter circuit. The cutoff frequency is 100
Hz and the filter slope is -12 dB/oct. The [HPF] switch, which selects ON or OFF of
the high-pass filter, is provided for each channel.
The filter is useful to eliminate the wind noise during location recording or unnec-
essary low frequency noise when recording a voice or sound.
High-pass Filter
[LINE/MIC] switches
Using the [TRIM] control for each (L, R)...

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FR-2 Field Memory Recorder (Chapter 5: Recording/playback)
You can select the desired sampling frequency (FS  for short) and quantization
bit length (Bit for short) for recording by using the [FS (kHz)] and [QUANTIZA-
TION] switches on the top panel.
You can select the FS from among 22.05 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz,
176.4 kHz and 192 kHz, while you can select the Bit between 16 and 24 bit. The
current FS and Bit settings are shown on the Home screen. See the available com-
bination of FS...