- Focus Enhancement DV Video Disk Recorder USER GUIDE
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Input/Outputs
• DV 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)
Power
•  Battery/Camera Plate Contacts
•  4-pin XLR DC input
•  10V to 17V, 7.5W
Physical Specification
•  2.5lbs (1.1kg) w/ FSHDD-1 Disk Drive
•  4 1/8" x 3 1/2" x 6 1/4" 
(105mm x89mm x 159mm)
Audio/Video/Timecode Specification
•  25 Mb/s, 8-bit 4:1:1 (NTSC-DV) or 4:2:0 
(PAL-DV) video (model dependent)
•  SMPTE or DV embedded timecode 
(Drop or Non-Drop for NTSC-DV)
•  2-ch, 16-bit (48kHz) or 4-ch, 12-bit (32kHz)
embedded digital audio
Supported DTE Technology File Formats 
RawDV (.dv), AVI Type 1 (.avi), AVI Type 2
(.avi), Canopus AVI (.avi), Matrox AVI (.avi),
QuickTime (.mov) or Avid DV-OMF (.omf)
Disk Inf
ormation
• 
Internal Disk Type (Slot): FSHDD-1 
FireWire Disk Drive
•  External Disk Type: User Supplied 
IEEE-1394a FireWire 
•  Disk Format: FAT32
•  FAT32 FireWire HDD compatible with 
Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and 
Mac OS9 and OS10
Compliance and Warranty
•  CE, C-Tick and FCC
3.5mm to DB9 Serial Cable 
DB9 Connector 3.5MM Jack
Pin 2 -> 2 (middle)
Pin 5 -> 3 (barrel or shaft)
Pin 3 -> 1 (tip)
NOTE: It is possible to download the latest
Serial Control Communication Specification
for FS-3 from:
http://www.focusinfo.com/support
Panel Mount 4-pin XLR Power Input 
Pin 1 BLACK (-)
Pin 4  RED (+)
Pin 1
Pin 4
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