Shining Technology CitiDISK DV FW1256C Manuale operativo

Shining Technology CitiDISK DV Quick Usage Guide v7.1 Shining Technology CitiDISK DV Quick Usage Guide v7.1

Package Contents:

One CitiDISK DV unit

One 1.5 meter in length 6-pin to 4-pin cable for iLink camcorder

One CD containing programs, drivers, manual and user guide

One universal 100 to 240 volt AC input, +12 volt DC output Wall-

mount power adapter with reverse polarity plug

One belt-clip configured carrying pouch

One Quick Usage Guide (this document)

Product Registration and Technical Support:

http://www.shining.com

Disclaimer

All of the companies and product names mentioned in this manual

are the registered trademarks of their owners. All of the information

in this booklet is subject to change without notice.

CitiDISK DV Quick Usage

Guide

Quit Re-Capturing Video!

It is highly recommended that you read the complete CitiDISK

Installation/Usage Manual and Utility Suite Manual before using this

product to help ensure that you get the most out of your CitiDISK

DV.

FW1256C

Power/Acces

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Buttons, Connectors, Switch & Status Lights

Note: The following illustration describes each of the buttons of

both the CitiDISK DV (FW1256C) and the CitiDISK DV (FW1256H);

and these three buttons serve as status indication lights as well.

Technical Specifications

Interface One IEEE1394A port

SBP-2, Isochronous video

streams

Cable One 6pin-4pin IEEE1394A

standard included

Sustained Device Transfer

Rate

up to 12 MBytes/second

Internal Battery Rechargeable, Lithium based

battery good for 90 minutes

non-stop recording

External Power +6V to +18V DC in

Operating Temperature 0 to 55 Centigrade

Relative Humidity 95% Maximum

Storage Temperature -22 to 65 Centigrade

Dimension Width -- 77mm

Length -- 135mm

Height -- 24mm

Weight Less than one pound

DV Recording Capacity

FW1256C-40 180 minutes

FW1256c-60 270 minutes

FW1256C-80 360 minutes

FW1256C-100 420 minutes

Limited Warranty

The manufacturer guarantees that every CitiDISK DV including the kit but

not the batteries embedded inside the enclosure (hard disk drive warranty

policy is exclusive and is warranted by its manufacturers) will be free from

physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1)

year from the date of purchase. If the product proves defective during this

warranty period, contact your manufacturer's customer support in order to

obtain a Return Authorization Number. BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF

PURCHASE ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE

PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE.

Do not drop, jar, bump, shock the unit, or expose to sources of

excessive vibration. Keep in mind that CitiDISK DV uses a 2.5”

hard drive, which is similar to those used in laptops. Gently

handle and carry your CitiDISK DV, especially during video

recording. If the battery is not fully charged, user must charge it

for at least 4 hours before any self-powered usage.

Battery and Main

switch:

On: Switched toward the

white “Dot”

Off: Switched away from

the white “Dot”

RECORD Button & Status Light:

Solid RED: Recording

Blinking RED: 5 minutes left in

recording capacity or not connected

Internal Battery Charging Light:

Bright BLUE: Charging

Dim BLUE: Charging almost complete

Off: Charging complete or in access

Quick Erase Button:

Quickly erasing all of clips

“

Media” folde

POWER Button and

Status Light:

Solid GREEN: unit is on

Blinking GREEN: 5

minutes left in the

internal battery

External Power

In Connector:

Accepts +6V to

+18V DC power

input.

Automatically

switches off and

charges internal

battery when

plugged in

QPlay Button and Status Light:

Solid ORANGE: Playing last captured

clip

PlayAll Button and Status Light:

Blinking ORANGE: Playing all

captured clips from last scene

forward or backward

FireWire

Connector:

Connects to

camera or

computer

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The “Pre-Scene Loop” function will display how many seconds

user wants to choose. If it’s blanked out, such function is not

supported by this hardware. Up to 6 seconds is allowed for

FW1256C & H model.

The “Continue record at tape end” is “checked” as a default

setting. Un-check this item will force the CitiDISK DV unit to stop

recording at tape end.

The “Power off” is not checked as default setting. Checking this

item will automatically turn off the unit 30 seconds after being

ejected from the computer or after being left un-connected to the

camera or computer.

The “Capture format” column displays the current captured

format. For example, “QuickTime” MOV is the format selected.

User is able to change it by clicking on one of them.

There are two user-definable formats available, which are

“Canopus AVI2” and “Matrox AVI1”, if the firmware was installed

later than November 1, 2004.

Manufacturer Suggested Operating

Procedures

The following are two most commonly used workflows for the

CitiDISK DV suggested by the manufacturer.

Shooting Video to the CitiDISK DV Simultaneously with

Tape

• Fully charge the unit’s internal battery

• Choose the favorable native file format for your editing

system

• Secure the CitiDISK DV with camcorder or mount the

external battery/unit together with camcorder

• Insert the tape and control the DV recording from ‘REC”

button of the camcorder or manually record the video if no

tape is inserted

• Play the last captured scene or play all scenes after you

complete shooting

• Connect to the computer and copy all of the clips to the

internal hard disk for editing

• Re-connect the CitiDISK DV with camcorder and quick

erase all of the captured clips to re-claim the free disk

space for next usage

Shooting Video to Tape First Then Archiving to the CitiDISK

DV Later

• Insert the tape and record the video

• Plug in the wall-mount power adapter to the CitiDISK DV

• Choose the favorable native file format per your editing

system

• Connect the camcorder & the CitiDISK DV and archive

videos to the CitiDISK DV

• Connect to the computer and copy clips to internal hard

disks for editing

• Re-connect the CitiDISK DV unit with camcorder and quick

erase all of the captured clips to re-claim the free disk

space for the next usage

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Securing the FireWire Cable with Camcorder

Mounting Between Shoulder-mount Camera

and G-/V-Mount Battery with Optional

Pocket Adapter

Modifying Device Configuration Setting

6). Click on the “Modify device configuration setting” button.

Make sure the Hardware ID shown is “Fw1256C” and Product

ID is “ Shining CitiDISK DV”.

The configuration setting comes preset and there is usually no

need to change it except the “User Config” sub-menu.

Click on “User Config” will display the next screen.

• Plug in the 4-pin FireWire

connector into camcorder link

port vertically.

• Run the FireWire cable

through the strap and secure

it.

• Make sure the FireWire cable

is just tightened by the strap.

• Zip the pouch halfway,

leaving top portion of

pouch open for the

FireWire cable.

• Run buckle across belt

and buckle it up.

• Slide the CitiDISK DV into

the PCKT1256 pocket

adapter (item not included,

sold separately).

• Sandwich the pocket

adapter with the unit in

between the camera’s back

and the battery.

• Connect the D-Tap power

cord between unit’s

external power input and

one of the D-Tap

receptacles.

•

Insert CitiDISK DV up right inside the pouch.

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5). Click on the “Upload / Upgrade Device Firmware” button.

Follow the instructions and the system will ask for the firmware

target. Select the one you just download (must be in a binary

form).

Select the file named like “FW1256C-oxfw911-11152004” as the

example shown above with the “Binary” or “bin” file extension.

Click on “Open” and then “OK” to continue. This process will take

approximately 10 seconds to write the new firmware into the unit.

Once the upload process is completed, the CitiDISK DV will re-

synchronize itself to the system and both RED & GREEN lights will

blink alternately.

Turning On Internal Battery Before Usage

Charging the Internal Rechargeable Battery

Powering On/Off the CitiDISK DV

Power on:

Toggle the GREEN button (closest to

the external power adapter input)

once. When the internal battery

power has less than 5 minutes

remaining, this power status light

will start to blink and will stop

recording before shutting off the

unit.

Power off:

Toggle the GREEN button again.

Turn on the battery:

Use a sharp pencil tip to slide the switch to the

“

white dot” position. Without doing so the

CitiDISK DV will not operate.

Turn off the battery:

Use a sharp pencil tip to slide the switch to the

other position while in storage or in transit so

as not to drain the battery when it’s not in use.

Re-charging power is drawn from FireWire

bus power or external power adapter. A

minimum of 4 to 6 hours of charging time

is required.

BLUE LED indicates battery charging is in

progress. Once the battery is fully

charged, the BLUE LED will go off.

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Camcorder Controlled DV

Recording

Recording Video Manually

Archiving DV Tape

Content

Updating the CitiDISK DV Firmware

Proceed by following steps with caution and do not up-plug

the CitiDISK DV power while in operation; otherwise the

firmware could be damaged.

1). Uninstall the previous version of Uploader and install the latest

“Firmware Uploader”. The firmware uploader can be found in the

CD included or downloaded from http://www.shining.com,

“Download & Support” page.

2). Connect the CitiDISK DV to your computer (Windows System

only) with the FireWire cable.

3). Turn on the CitiDISK DV. Wait for about 20 seconds.

4). Click on the “Plug-n-Play” icon at the bottom right corner of the

tool bar. Select the disk drive that you wish to eject.

The message illustrated below will appear; click on “OK” to

continue.

Do NOT disconnect the Firewire cable from the system. Leave the

CitiDISK DV power on. Wait for another 20 seconds until the

CitiDISK DV re-synchronize itself to the system.

Double-click the “CitiDISK DV firmware uploader” icon on the

desktop to launch the program. You’ll see the following window. On

the top is the uploader version number, i.e. “v1.5”. Current

installed firmware date code will be shown at the very bottom.

• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin end) to the camcorder’s

DV port.

• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK DV.

Set camcorder to “Camera” mode.

• Press the “REC” button on the camcorder to start recording.

The REC button will start to flash to solid RED indicating

video recording is in progress.

• Press the “REC” button of the camcorder again to stop

recording. The RED light will shut off.

• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin end) to the

camcorder’s DV port.

• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to CitiDISK DV.

Set camcorder to “Camera” mode.

• Press “REC” button on the CitiDISK DV unit to start

recording. The RED button will start blinking to solid

RED.

• Press the “REC” button on the CitiDISK DV unit again to

stop recording. RED light will shut off.

• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin end) to the camcorder’s

DV port.

• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK DV.

• Set the camcorder to “VCR” mode. Position the tape to the

beginning of the content.

• Press the “REC” button on the CitiDISK DV. “REC” light

blinks and waits to be fed.

• Press the “PLAY” button on the camcorder to start archiving.

RED light will change to solid RED indicating recording is in

progress.

• Stop DV recording by pressing the “REC” button of the

CitiDISK DV and then stop tape playing. RED LED will go

off automatically.

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DV Streams vs. Editing Software

The following is a table of various editing software’s native video file

format and suggested key combination for FW1256B, C and H

models for incoming DV signal.

*** Avid DV Xpress use proprietary OMF video file format, user need to import

video files prior to editing. Either AVI2 or MOV is importable.

*** Maxtrox AVI1 shares the same light indications as Canopus AVI2, user

must use firmware uploader v1.5 or newer to exclusively select Matrox AVI1

or Canopus AVI2; however, rest of Maxtrox editing softwares use standard

AVI2.

DV Editing and External FireWire Hard Disk

• Disconnect the FireWire cable from camcorder and re-connect

it to a FireWire port (4-pin or 6-pin type) equipped computer,

PC or Mac.

• Use the CitiDISK DV as an external FireWire hard disk for file

archiving, backing-up and/or other video editing functions.

• CitiDISK DV is PLUG-and-PLAY specification compliant; no

driver is needed.

• It is recommended by the manufacturer to backup all the

captured clips to an internal or second hard disk before

editing. Although dragging unwanted video clips into

“Recycle Bin” and emptying the Recycle Bin will re-claim your

hard disk space, the directory holding the clips name will not.

Eventually the number of clips that can be recorded will be

reduced. It is recommended to use the “Quick Erase”

function to re-claim the hard disk space.

Quick Erase Button and Utility Programs

Note: All of the files inside the “Media” folder are subject to be

erased. It is suggested by the manufacturer that you back

up the clips to an internal hard disk first and erase the clips

by “Quick Erase” function instead of dragging them into the

Recycle Bin and emptying it later.

Editing Software Native File

Format

Suggested Key

Combination

Adobe Premiere 6.0 and Pro

1.5

Standard AVI2

Apple Final Cut Pro, Express

in MacOS’s

QuickTime MOV

Apple iMovie3 on Mac X RawDV

Apple Quick Time in

Win2000, XP and MacOS’s

QuickTime MOV or

RawDV

Avid Xpress DV 3.0 in

Win2000, XP and MacOS X

Proprietary OMF’s ***

Canopus DV Storm Canopus AVI2

Edirol Standalone Editing

Station

RawDV

MacroSystem / Casablanca

Standalone Editing Station

RawDV

MainConcept EVE 1.0 RawDV

Matrox LE, DTV and LX Standard AVI2

Matrox RT100 Xtreme Pro Standard AVI2 or

Matrox AVI1 ***

MGI( Roxio ) VideoWave Standard AVI2

Media100 Cinestream in

MacOS

Standard AVI2

Pinnacle Studio Standard AVI2

Sonic Foundry Vegas 3.x Standard AVI2

Sonic MyDVD Standard AVI2

Sony Vega 5.x and 6.0 Standard AVI2

Ulead Media Studio and

Video Studio

Standard AVI2

• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin

end) to camcorder’s DV port.

• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin

end) to the CitiDISK DV. Set

camcorder to “Camera” or “VCR”

mode.

• Use a pencil tip or hard sharp object

to press and hold the button for

more than 5 seconds. The power-

access light will flash in different

colors for maximum of 5 seconds.

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Quick Play Last Captured Clip

Play All Captured Clips

Choosing Favorable DV Video File Format

Note: This paragraph for choosing the video file format is for the

FW1256B (no middle “orange” light), FW1256C and

FW1256H when DV recording is selected, not suitable for

earlier released DV FW1256A models.

Operate the following steps only when the external power adapter is

plugged into the unit, and DO NOT turn off the unit before the

sequence is completed.

• Look at the front panel of the CitiDISK DV.

• Turn on the power of the CitiDISK DV. Wait until both lights start

to blink.

Press and hold RED button for over 5 seconds. Current stored file

format follows patterns illustrated below. “Raw DV” is set as the

default for the first time use.

Raw DV

(Clipxxyy.dv)

Windows AVI2

(Clipxxyy.avi)

QuickTime MOV

(Clipxxyy.mov)

User Defined **

** Refer to the user manual’s “How to customize User Defined file

format” section; the manufacturer sets it to “Canopus AVI2”.

• Choose next file format by toggling the RED button.

• Once the file format is determined, stop toggling and wait for

10 seconds. Both buttons will go off and stay off for 3 seconds.

• The CitiDISK DV will start writing the new file format

information into internal memory. Both lights will blink rapidly

for approximate 10 seconds during the writing process.

• Once the file format is completed, both lights will blink

normally to indicate the writing process is successful. User

MUST turn off the power before programming a new format

again.

• The CitiDISK DV is now ready to capture video using the

programmed file format.

• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin end) to the camcorder’s DV

port.

• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK DV.

• Set the camera to “VCR” mode.

• Toggle the middle “QPlay” button to play the last captured clip

and this light will turn solid ORANGE when playing. Once the

last captured clip ends, the light will automatically turn off.

• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin end) to camcorder’s DV port.

• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK DV.

• Set the camera to “VCR” mode.

• Press and hold the middle ORANGE button for over 3 seconds

and the ORANGE light will start to blink.

The last captured clip always plays to the end first, jumping

forward to the beginning clip of the “Media” folder, and play it

to the end of clip. And so on.

Or jump backward to previous clips and play to the end of the

clip and so on by toggling the “RED” button “ON” to switch

“PlayAll” mode from jump-forward to jump-backward direction.

The “RED” light blinks if “jump-backward” direction is selected.

• Toggle the middle ORANGE button once to abort playing

current clip and jump forward if the “RED” light is off

(backward if ” RED” light is blinking).

• Press and hold the middle ORANGE button for over 3 seconds

Jump Forward Jump Backward

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