User Manual

*Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 1: December 2014 7
What you also need
Here are some things that you should bear in mind when using
spinning disks:
• Even though spinning drives can withstand substantial shocks
when they are not in use, they are more vulnerable when running.
Harsh treatment that may not actually damage the drive may interrupt
recordings at a much lower level of severity. We recommend that you
experiment with your drives by testing them in the conditions that you
normally work in.
Spinning drives have a gyroscopic effect that you will feel faintly if you
rotate the Shogun up or down or from side to side. They are particularly
sensitive to this type of motion. If you do this too quickly while the drive
is spinning, you may get a small gap in your recording.
• Be very gentle when changing batteries if you are recording. Practise
this manoeuvre so that you are able to do it smoothly. It is always
better to do this in-between takes.
• Do not bang or jolt the Shogun while recording. Gentle and
cushioned movement may be OK.
• Youwillndnoticeabledifferencesintheabilityofdrivestowithstand
shock and to continue recording during vibration and movement. As
we receive reports of drive durability and reliability, we will post them
on www.atomos.com
File Recovery
• Your Shogun is able to detect when the drive is under stress and it
will recover from any break in a recording by waiting until the drive is
ready to continue, and then resuming from that point. If frames have
beendroppedbecauseofshockorvibration,a“Skippy” Kangaroo
symbol will appear on the home screen on the Shogun, just above
the disk capacity indicator. This means that you will not normally
have to restart the Shogun, even if a recording has been interrupted
by mechanical disruption to the disk drive. (see Recording and
Monitoring: Atomos Anti-shock Technology for more information)
Taking into account most usage scenarios, we think that mechanical
disks will be suitable in the majority of cases. Spinning disks are most
sensitive when they are rotating. It is obviously best to avoid dropping
thembutmanydisksnowhavea“dropdetector”thatwilllockthemost
fragile mechanical parts in place and protect them from surprisingly
hard knocks. We recommend that if you want to experiment with this,
you do so with a drive that doesn’t contain the day’s shoot!
Backing up and archiving
Remember that no storage medium, including tape, optical disks, spinning
disksandashmemory,iscompletelyimmunefromfailure.
You should bear this in mind when deciding how to manage your
recorded content. At the very least, you should consider the consequences
for you and your business if your storage medium were to suffer from a
sudden failure, and you should back up your content accordingly. Hard
drives that you can use for archiving are becoming increasingly affordable.
Youmayndthatitiscompletelyfeasibleforyourtokeepyourmaster
Shogun disks on a shelf (just like tapes!), and, as a backup, store copies
on large hard drives, RAID arrays or Network Attached Storage (NAS).
4KSDIcables(notincluded)
SDI cables are robust physically and electrically: you should rarely have
problems with signal transmission unless your cables are either damaged
or too long. Please remember that SDI cables use locking connectors and
will not simply pull out if they are jerked or tripped over. They are therefore
asignicanttriphazard,andalsoahazardtoyourequipment,whichmay
be damaged if the cables are mishandled.
HDMI cables (not included)
HDMI cables are robust physically and electrically: you should rarely
have problems with signal transmission unless your cables are either
damaged or too long.
We recommend the use of Atomos Branded HDMI cables which provide
theaddedbenetof
IftheSDI/HDMIcableisremovedwhilerecordingthe“Skippy”
image will also be displayed. To remove touch Skippy and he will
disappearreadyforhisnextnotication.
Refer to page 25: Atomos Anti-skip Technology for more
informationabout“Skippy”.
Standard1/4”CamcorderMount
Thismusttastandard1/4”screwmount.Selectthetypethatbestsuits
your application and conditions.