Can I use the Focus FS DTE Recorder with any FireWire (IEEE-1394) drive?
Yes. You can use a Focus FS DTE Recorder with virtually any DV (read/write) capable FireWire hard disk drive. As a rule of thumb, the drive should be capable of reading/writing at least 7MB/s and relatively fast access time (at most 10-12 milliseconds). The drive MUST be first partitioned as a FAT32 volume to work with the FS DTE Recorder (even if you intend to use the drive on a Macintosh or other computer system later). If your drive is formatted in a format other than FAT32, it is possible to partition and format the drive on FS DTE Recorder itself as long as you have version 2.2 or later.
