Fostex Fr2 Memory Recorder Owners Manual

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Chapter 6: MENU mode

Menu mode outline .....................................................................................................................62
Cue menu .....................................................................................................................................63
Locating to a cue point (Locate) .....................................................................................63
Renaming a cue point (Rename) ...................................................................................64
Editing time data of a cue point (Edit) ..........................................................................66
Deleting a cue point (Delete) .........................................................................................67
File menu ......................................................................................................................................68
Selecting an audio file to be played back (Select) .......................................................68
Renaming an audio file (Rename) .................................................................................69
Deleting an audio file (Delete) .......................................................................................70
Audio file protection on/off (Protect) ..........................................................................72
Restoring an audio file (Restore) ...................................................................................73
Disk menu .....................................................................................................................................72
Selecting the current memory card (Select) ................................................................72
Optimizing a memory card (Optimize) ........................................................................75
Formatting a memory card (Format) ...........................................................................76
Editing a volume label of a memory card (Volume Label)  .......................................77
Viewing information of a memory card (Disk Info.) ..................................................79
Setup menu ..................................................................................................................................80
Selecting default file name type (File Name Mode) ....................................................81
Setting the default file name (Default File Name) .......................................................82
Adjusting the real time clock (Adjust Real Time) .......................................................85
Speaker mute function on/off (Speaker Mute) ...........................................................86
Setting error tone output condition (Error Tone) ......................................................87
Setting the peak hold time of the level meters (Peak Hold Time) .............................88
Setting the time length stored in the buffer for Pre rec mode (Pre Rec Time) ...89
Selecting the remain display mode (Remain Display) ...............................................90
Setting the digital output signal format (Digi Out Type) ...........................................91
Selecting the battery type (Battery) ..............................................................................92
Selecting the USB keyboard type (Keyboard) .............................................................93
Checking the ROM version (Version) ...........................................................................94
Initializing settings of the Setup menu (Init Setup) ....................................................95 
						

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Menu mode outline
By pressing the [ENTER] key while the recorder is stopped, the FR-2 enters the MENU
mode and the display changes to show the screen as below.
This screen is the first layer in the MENU mode and used for selecting the desired menu.
As you can see on the screen above, the available menus are Cue menu, File menu,
Disk menu, Setup menu and USB Mode menu.
On each menu, the following menu items are available.
By selecting 
Back and pressing the [ENTER] key, you can return to the previous screen.
Cue menu
File menu
Disk menu
Setup menu
USB mode menu
* Locate (Locating to a cue point)
* Rename (Renaming a cue point)
* Edit (Editing a cue point)
* Delete (Deleting a cue point)
* USB mode on/off for file transfer between the FR-2 and a PCThis menu offers items re-
garding existing cue
points.
This menu offers items re-
garding existing audio
files.
This menu offers items re-
garding memory cards.
This menu offers prefer-
ences/setup items of the
FR-2.* Select (Selecting a file)
* Rename (Renaming a file)
* Delete (Deleting a file)
* Protect (Protecting a file)
* Restore (Restoring a deleted (hidden) file)
* Select (Selecting the current drive)
* Optimize (Optimizing a card)
* Format (Formatting a card)
* Volume Label (Editing a volume label of a card)
* Disk Info (Viewing information of a memory card)
* File Name Mode (Selecting default file name type)
* Default Scene Name (Setting the default scene name and
take number used for a file name)
* Adjust Real Time Clock (Adjusting the real time clock)
* Speaker Mute (Speaker mute function on/off)
* Error Tone (Setting error tone output condition.)
* Peak Hold Time (Setting the peak hold time of the level meters)
* Pre Rec Time (Setting the time length of audio stored in the
buffer)
* Remain Display (Selecting the remain display mode)
* Digi Out Type (Setting the digital output signal format)
* Battery (Selecting the battery type)
* Keyboard (Selecting the USB keyboard type)
* Version (Checking the ROM version)
* Init Setup (Initializing settings of the Setup menu)
See the following pages in this chapter for details about each menu item, except for the
USB mode menu which is described in Chapter 7: Exporting files to a PC.
Menu
DescriptionMenu items 
						

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Cue menu
The Cue menu offers the following four menu items.
* Locate: locating to a desired cue point
* Rename: Renaming a cue point
* Edit: Editing time data of a cue point
* Delete: Deleting a cue point
: To carry out operations of Cue menu items, one or more cue points must be set to the
current audio file.
Locating to a cue point (Locate)
1) Use the [MENU] dial to select Cue and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the cue point list in which all cue points stored in the current file
are shown.
2) Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired cue point and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the Cue menu.(In the screen example above, C01:Mark01 is
selected.)In the screen example above, five cue points are stored with the default cue names. Up
to five cue points can be shown on a single page. If more than five cue points are
stored, the list screen has more than one page.
At the upper right of the screen, you can see the current page and the total page
number. If (01/02) is shown, the cue point list has 2 pages and the display currently
shows page 1).
When the cue point list is shown, you can see the time data of each cue point by
pressing and holding down the [SHIFT] key. Releasing the [SHIFT] key returns the
screen to show the file name.
The following description is assumed that the FR-2 is now in the MENU mode by
pressing the [ENTER] key while the recorder is stopped.
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Renaming a cue point (Rename)
1) Use the [MENU] dial to select Cue and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the cue point list in which all cue points stored in the current file
are shown.
2) Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired cue point and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the Cue menu.
(In the screen example above, C01:Mark01 is selected.)
3) Use the [MENU] dial to select Rename and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the screen as below, on which you can edit the cue name.
The cursor in [  ] is called cue name cursor, while the cursor in the character options is
called character selection cursor.
You can move the character selection cursor by using the [MENU] dial.
The display now shows the screen as below, and the recorder immediately locates to the
selected cue point. When the locate operation is completed, Completed! is shown on the
screen, and then the display returns to the Home screen.
F001: Current file name
C01: Current cue number and cue name
The following description is assumed that the FR-2 is now in the MENU mode by
pressing the [ENTER] key while the recorder is stopped.
When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR-2, you can carry out the following operation.
 /  keyActs the same as the [MENU] dial on the FR-2 panel.
 keyReturns to the previous screen layer.
Enter keyActs the same as the [ENTER] key on the FR-2 panel. 
						

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5) Move the character selection cursor to OK, and press the [ENTER] key.
The FR-2 starts the operation for storing the entered name. When completed,
Completed! is shown on the screen and the display returns to the cue point list screen
as shown below.
You can enter up to 32 characters, however, only 16 characters can be displayed.
If a name has more than 16 characters, -> is shown on the right of [  ].
6) Press the [HOME] key to exit the MENU mode.
When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR-2, you can carry out the following operation.
Character/numeric
keysYou can directly enter a character instead of selecting from among the character
options on the screen. Each time you press a character key, the cue name cursor
moves right.
Acts the same as the [MENU] dial on the FR-2 panel.
Moves the cue name cursor right and left.
Back space key
Deletes the character at the cue name cursor position, and slides all the subse-
quent characters left.
Insert key
Turn ON and OFF the INSERT mode. When it is ON, the cue name cursor is lit
solid. When it is OFF, the cue name cursor is flashing.
Delete key
Deletes the character at the cue name cursor position.
Enter key
Used to fix the name entered.
Acts the same as moving the character selection cursor to OK and pressing the
[ENTER] key on the FR-2 panel.
To edit a character
highlighted (on the
cursor position)Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired character from among the character op-
tions, and press the [ENTER] key. The selection is fixed and the cue name cursor
moves right.
To move the cue name
cursor positionUse [||] key.  Or use the [MENU] dial to select  in the character
options, and press the [ENTER] key.
To delete a character
on the cue name cur-
sor positionAfter moving the cue name cursor to the desired position, move the character selec-
tion cursor to DEL at the bottom, and press the [ENTER] key.
4) Enter the desired cue name.
See the table below for details about how to enter a name. Up to 32 characters can be
entered.
 /  key
 /  key Inserts a front space at
the cue name cursor
positionAfter moving the cue name cursor to the desired position, move the character selec-
tion cursor to INS at the bottom, and press the [ENTER] key. (The FR-2 is put into
the INSERT mode and the cue name cursor condition changes to be lit solid.) After
that, select the character that you would like to insert by the character selection
cursor and press the [ENTER] key again. In order to cancel the INSERT mode,
select the ÒINSÓ and then the [ENTER] key. (The cue name cursor condition changes
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Editing time data of a cue point (Edit)
1) Use the [MENU] dial to select Cue and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the cue point list in which all cue points stored in the current file
are shown.
2) Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired cue point and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the Cue menu. In the screen example above, C01:Mark01 is
selected.
3) Use the [MENU] dial to select Edit and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the screen as below, on which you can edit time data of the cue
point (initially, the minute field flashes).
4) Use the [MENU] dial to enter the desired value in the hour field and press the
[ENTER] key.
The value is fixed and the cursor moves to the left part of the decimal point in the minute
field.
5) Use the [MENU] dial to enter the desired value in the minute field and press the
[ENTER] key.
The value is fixed and the cursor moves to the left part of the decimal point in the second
field.
6) Use the [MENU] dial to enter the desired value at the left part of the decimal point in
the second field and press the [ENTER] key.
The value is fixed and the cursor moves to the right part of the decimal point in the
second field.
7) Use the [MENU] dial to enter the desired value at the right part of the decimal point in
the second field and press the [ENTER] key.
The FR-2 starts the operation for storing the edited time data. When completed,
Completed! is shown on the screen and the display returns to show the Home screen.
: Depending on time data to be stored, the cue number may be changed.
In the example above, the entered time data is stored to Cue 03.
The following description is assumed that the FR-2 is now in the MENU mode by
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: If you are going to store illegal time data, Illegal time! flashes on the
display and you cannot store the time.
Deleting a cue point (Delete)
1) Use the [MENU] dial to select Cue and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the cue point list in which all cue points stored in the current file
are shown.
2) Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired cue point and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the Cue menu. In the screen example above, C01:Mark01 is
selected.
3) Use the [MENU] dial to select Delete and press the [ENTER] key.
The FR-2 starts deleting the selected cue point. When completed, Completed! is shown
on the screen and the display shows the Home screen, on which you can see the number
of cue points decreases by one.
If you switch to the cue point list screen, you can see Mark01 has been deleted, while
Mark02 and subsequent cue points slide up, as shown in the screen example below.
The following description is assumed that the FR-2 is now in the MENU mode by
pressing the [ENTER] key while the recorder is stopped.
When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR-2, you can carry out the following operation.
Acts the same as the [MENU] dial on the FR-2 panel.
Returns to the previous screen layer.
Enter keyActs the same as the [ENTER] key on the FR-2 panel.
Numeric keysYou can directly enter time data.
When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR-2, you can carry out the following operation.
Acts the same as the [MENU] dial on the FR-2 panel.
Returns to the previous screen layer.
Enter keyActs the same as the [ENTER] key on the FR-2 panel.
 /  key
  key
 /  key
 key 
						

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File menu
The File menu offers the following five menu items regarding existing audio files.
* Select: Selecting an audio file to be played back
* Rename: Renaming an audio file
* Delete: Deleting an unnecessary audio file
* Protect: Select audio file protection on/off
* Restore: Restoring a deleted (hidden) audio file
: To carry out operations of File menu items, one or more audio files must be stored to the
current memory card.
Selecting an audio file to be played back (Select)
1) Use the [MENU] dial to select File and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the audio file list in which all recorded audio files on the current
card are shown (in the screen example below, each file name is shown as something like
****).
2) Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired audio file and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the File menu. In the screen example above, file 003 is selected.
In the screen example above, you can see five audio files are stored. Up to five audio files can be shown on
a single page. If more than five audio files are stored, the list screen has more than one page.  At the top of
the screen, you can see the current page and the total page number. If (01/02) is shown, the audio file list
has 2 pages and the display currently shows page 1).
3) Use the [MENU] dial to select Select and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the screen as shown in the middle below and the recorder starts
loading the file. When the operation is completed, the display shows the Home screen of
the selected audio file.
The following description is assumed that the FR-2 is now in the MENU mode by
pressing the [ENTER] key while the recorder is stopped.
When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR-2, you can carry out the following operation.
Acts the same as the [MENU] dial on the FR-2 panel.
Returns to the previous screen layer.
Enter keyActs the same as the [ENTER] key on the FR-2 panel.
 /  key
 key 
						

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Renaming an audio file (Rename)
1) Use the [MENU] dial to select File and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the audio file list in which all recorded audio files on the current
card are shown.
2) Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired audio file and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the File menu. In the screen example above, file 004 is selected.
3) Use the [MENU] dial to select Rename and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the screen as below, on which you can edit the file name.
The cursor in [  ] is called file name cursor, while the cursor in the character options is
called character selection cursor.  You can move the character selection cursor by using
the [MENU] dial.
4) Enter the desired file name.
See the table below for details about how to enter a name. Up to 32 characters can be
entered.
To edit a character
highlighted (on the
cursor position)Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired character from among the character options,
and press the [ENTER] key. The selection is fixed and the file name cursor moves
right.
To move the file name
cursor positionUse [II] key. Or use the [MENU] dial to select  in the character
options, and press the [ENTER] key.
Inserts a front space
at the file name cursor
positionAfter moving the file name cursor to the desired position, move the character selec-
tion cursor to INS at the bottom, and press the [ENTER] key. (The FR-2 is put into
the INSERT mode and the file name cursor condition changes to be lit solid.) After
that, select the character that you would like to insert by the character selection
cursor and press the [ENTER] key again. In order to cancel the INSERT mode,
select the ÒINSÓ and then the [ENTER] key. (The file name cursor condition changes
to be flashing.)
To delete a character
on the file name cur-
sor positionAfter moving the file name cursor to the desired position, move the character selec-
tion cursor to ÒDELÓ at the bottom, and press the [ENTER] key.
The following description is assumed that the FR-2 is now in the MENU mode by
pressing the [ENTER] key while the recorder is stopped. 
						

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Deleting an audio file (Delete)
1) Use the [MENU] dial to select File and press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the audio file list in which all recorded audio files on the current
card are shown. If more than five audio files are stored, the list screen has more than one
page.
5) Move the character selection cursor to OK and press the [ENTER] key.
The FR-2 starts the operation for storing the entered name. When completed,
Completed! is shown on the screen and the display returns to show the audio file list
screen as below.
You can enter up to 32 characters, however, only 16 characters can be displayed. If a
name has more than 16 characters, -> is shown on the right of [  ].
6) Press the [HOME] key to exit the MENU mode.
When a USB keyboard is connected to the FR-2, you can carry out the following operation.
Character keysYou can directly enter a character instead of selecting from among the character
options on the screen. Each time you press a character key, the file name cursor
moves right.
Acts the same as the [MENU] dial on the FR-2 panel.
Moves the file name cursor right and left.
Back space key
Deletes the character at the file name cursor position, and slides all the subse-
quent characters left.
Insert key
Turn ON and OFF the INSERT mode. When it is ON, the file name cursor is lit
solid. When it is OFF, the file name cursor is flashing.
Delete key
Deletes the character at the file name cursor position.
Enter key
Used to fix the name entered.
Acts the same as moving the character selection cursor to OK and pressing the
[ENTER] key on the FR-2 panel.
: If you are going to store a name which already exists on the file, Same name
exist! flashes on the display and you cannot store the name.
If you are going to store an illegal name, Illegal name! flashes on the display and the
operation is canceled.
The following description is assumed that the FR-2 is now in the MENU mode by
pressing the [ENTER] key while the recorder is stopped.
 /  keys
 /  keys