Shining Technology CitiDISK HDV Quick Usage Guide v8.0 Shining Technology CitiDISK HDV Quick Usage Guide v8.0
Package Contents:
One CitiDISK HDV unit
One 1.5 meter in length 6-pin to 4-pin iLink cable for 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 HDV Quick Usage
Guide
Edit Instantly. No Capturing Required!
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
HDV.
FW1256H
Power/Access
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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 HDV (FW1256H).
These three buttons serve as status indicator 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 up to 90
minutes of 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
HDV Recording Capacity FW1256H-40 180 minutes
FW1256H-60 270 minutes
FW1256H-80 360 minutes
FW1256H-100 420 minutes
Limited Warranty
The manufacturer guarantees that every CitiDISK HDV 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 HDV uses a 2.5”
hard drive, which is similar to those used in laptops. Gently
handle and carry your CitiDISK HDV, 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: Switch is toward the
bottom white “Dot”
Off: Switch is away from
the bottom 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: Charge complete or disk accessing
Quick Erase Button:
Quickly erases all files in
the “Media” folde
r
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 “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.
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-checking this item will force the CitiDISK HDV 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.
Manufacturer Suggested Operating
Procedures
The following are two of the most commonly used workflows for the
CitiDISK HDV suggested by the manufacturer.
Shooting Video to the CitiDISK HDV Simultaneously with
Tape
1. Fully charge the unit’s internal battery
2. Choose the favorable native file format for your editing
system
3. Securely connect the CitiDISK HDV to the camcorder or
mount the external battery/unit together with camcorder
4. Insert the tape and control the HDV recording from the
camcorder’s “REC” button or manually record the video if no
tape is inserted
5. Play the last captured scene or play all scenes after you have
completed shooting
6. Connect to computer and copy all of the clips to the internal
hard disk for editing
7. Re-connect the CitiDISK HDV to the 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
HDV Later
1. Insert the tape and record the video
2. Plug in the wall-mount power adapter to the CitiDISK HDV
3. Choose the favorable native file format per your editing
system
4. Connect the camcorder & the CitiDISK HDV and archive
videos to the CitiDISK HDV
5. Connect to computer and copy clips to the internal hard disks
for editing
6. Re-connect the CitiDISK HDV unit to the 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
8). Click on the “Modify device configuration setting” button.
Make sure the Hardware ID shown is “Fw1256H” and Product ID is
“Shining CitiDISK HDV”.
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 the camcorder
iLink port vertically.
• Run the FireWire cable through
the handstrap and secure it.
• Make sure the FireWire cable is
slightly tightened by the strap.
• Zip the pouch halfway,
leaving the top portion of
pouch open for the
FireWire cable.
• Run buckle across belt
and buckle it up.
• Slide the CitiDISK HDV into
the PCKT1256 pocket adapter
(item not included and 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 the CitiDISK HDV upright inside the pouch.
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7). 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 “FW1256HC-oxfw911-10062005” 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 HDV will resynchronize 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 HDV
Power on:
Toggle the “PWR” button (closest to
the external power adapter input)
once. When the internal battery has
less than 5 minutes of power
remaining, this power status light will
start to blink and will stop recording
before shutting off the unit
completely.
Power off:
Toggle the GREEN “PWR” button
again.
Turning on the battery:
Use a sharp pencil tip to slide the switch left
to the “white dot” position. Without doing
so the CitiDISK HDV will not operate.
Turning off the battery:
Use a sharp pencil tip to slide the switch to
the right position while in storage or in
transit so as not to drain the battery when
it’s not in use.
Charging power is drawn from the FireWire
bus power or external power adapter. A
minimum of 4 to 6 hours of charging time
is required before use.
The BLUE LED indicates battery charging is
in progress. Once the battery is fully
charged, the BLUE LED will turn off.
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Camcorder Controlled
HDV Recording
Recording Video Manually
Archiving HDV Tape
Content
*** 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.
Updating the CitiDISK HDV Firmware
Proceed by following these steps with caution and do not unplug the CitiDISK DV’s 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 HDV to your computer (Windows System
only) with the FireWire cable.
3). Turn on the CitiDISK HDV. 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.
5). Do NOT disconnect the Firewire cable from the system. Leave
the CitiDISK HDV power on. Wait for another 20 seconds until
the CitiDISK HDV re-synchronizes itself to the system.
6). Double-click the “CitiDISK HDV 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. “v1.6”.
Current installed firmware date code will be shown at the very
bottom. Make sure the HW Rev. is “Fw1256H R1”.
• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin end) to the camcorder’s
iLink port.
• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK HDV.
Set the 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 iLink port.
• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK
HDV. Set camcorder to “Camera” mode.
• Press “REC” button on the CitiDISK HDV unit to start
recording. The RED button will start blinking to solid
RED.
• Press the “REC” button on the CitiDISK HDV unit again
to stop recording. The RED light will shut off.
• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin end) to the camcorder’s
iLink port.
• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK HDV.
• Set the camcorder to “VCR” mode. Position the tape to the
beginning of the content.
• Press the “REC” button on the CitiDISK HDV. “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 HDV and then stop tape playing. RED LED will go
off automatically.
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HDV Streams vs. Editing Software
When HDV recording is selected, the M2T file format is the only
allowable and pre-set file format supported by the manufacturer
at the time of release of this “Quick Usage Guide”
.
DV Streams vs. Editing Software
The following is a table of various editing software’s native video file
formats and suggested key combination for FW1256B, C and H
models for incoming DV signal.
HDV Editing and External FireWire Hard Disk
• Disconnect the FireWire cable from the camcorder and re-connect
it to a FireWire port (4-pin or 6-pin type) equipped computer, PC
or Mac.
• Use the CitiDISK HDV as an external FireWire hard disk for file
archiving, backing-up and/or other video editing functions.
• CitiDISK HDV 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 clip names 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 of the
CitiDISK HDV.
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
with the “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 Mac OS X
QuickTime MOV
Apple iMovie3 on Mac OS X RawDV
Apple Quick Time in
Win2000, XP and Mac OS X
QuickTime MOV or
RawDV
Avid Xpress DV 3.0 in
Win2000, XP and Mac OS 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 the camcorder’s iLink port.
• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin
end) to the CitiDISK HDV. Set the
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 is for choosing the video file format for the
FW1256B (no middle “orange” light), FW1256C and
FW1256H when DV recording is selected, which is not
suitable for earlier released DV FW1256A models.
Operate the following steps only when the external power adapter is
plugged into the unit and it is not connected to a computer or
camcorder. DO NOT turn off the unit before the sequence is
completed.
1. Look at the front panel of the CitiDISK HDV.
2. Turn on the power of the CitiDISK HDV. Wait until both lights
start to blink.
3. Press and hold the “RED” button for over 5 seconds. Currently
stored file formats will display the light combinations illustrated
below. “Raw DV” is set as the default from the factory.
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 default is set to “Canopus
AVI2”.
4. Choose next file format by toggling the “RED” button.
5. Once the file format is determined, stop toggling and wait for
10 seconds. Both buttons will go off and stay off for 3 seconds.
6. The CitiDISK HDV will start writing the new file format
information into internal memory. Both lights will blink rapidly
for approximate 10 seconds during the writing process.
7. Once the file format is completed, both lights will blink
normally to indicate the writing process is successful. The
CitiDISK HDV is now ready to capture video using the
programmed file format. User MUST turn off the power before
programming a new format again.
• Connect the FireWire cable (4-pin end) to the camcorder’s
iLink port.
• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK HDV.
• Set the camera to “VCR” mode.
• Toggle the middle “QPlay” button to play the last captured clip
and subsequently the 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 the camcorder’s iLink
port.
• Connect the FireWire cable (6-pin end) to the CitiDISK HDV.
• Set the camera to “VCR” mode.
• Press and hold the middle QPLAY button for over 3 seconds and
the ORANGE light will start to blink.
The last captured clip will play from beginning to end first, then
it will play from beginning to end of the first recorded clip of
the “Media” folder. Additional clips will play in the sequence
they were captured.
You can reverse the order of the playback sequence by
toggling the “REC” button. The “RED” light blinks if reverse
direction is selected. Press the “REC” button again to reset to
normal order.
• Toggle the middle ORANGE button once to abort playing the
current clip and to jump forward to the next clip (Only if “RED”
light is off). It jumps backward if ” RED” light is blinking.
• Press and hold the middle ORANGE button for over 3 seconds
to stop the “PlayAll” function.
Jump Forward Jump Backward
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