Fostex FR2-le "IN DA FIELD" (fr2le thread, pt 2)

[Nick's Picks]

same place sells them.

[ArchivalAudio]

He means this place:
http://www.thomas-distributing.com/index.htm

They offer great prices on lots of stuff...

that said, when I owned a FR-2LE I bought a couple batteries and a charger here:
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1299

Hope that helps 

I'm a big fan of Thomas distributors when I need batteries of any kind.

Jmos
thanx
the other link with the double battery and charger looks like a good deal!

[stevetoney]

Would anyone know where to buy a car charger to charge the 7.2 4200mAh batteries described in the post above this one?  Thinking of picking one up for Langerado in case I cannot find AC power anywhere.

Why not get a DC > AC converter and use your car's cig lighter as a remote power generator?  Then just use your regular RC battery charger.  I bought mine last year from Wally World for $30 and it worked like a champ all weekend long.  Just remember to give your cars battery a recharge now and then, but even if your car battery voltage goes low, most chargers will cut off before draining your car battery dead.  If you're REALLY worried about a dead car battery, pack your jumper cables as an emergency back up plan.

[johnlynn]

2. Metering
This is where things get good.  on the top LCD screen you get the same cluttered layout as the FR2.  Metering is good.  Nice little segmented bars w/a quick peak hold that you easily calibrate.   Hard to see in the bag though...but they thought of that.  It also has LEDs on the front, which you can see easily when you have it sitting up in a gear bag.  These meters just show you the peak level, and nothing behind it.  They stay lit up for about 2 seconds.  The meters run in db from 48 24 12 6 3 and over.  So you know that if you are recording 24 bit and peaking at -6db, you are in the neighborhood of being -8db to -4db (averaging at -6db, which is the LED segment).  So it gives you an "at a glance" average of your levels.  the low tech approach, you could say.  I think its handy as hell.

The LCD screen on the fr2le is actually more cluttered than that on the fr2. I didn't find the LCD meters on the le as detailed and readable as those on the fr2, mainly in the all important -6 to 0 range. The fr2 meters went across the whole length of the lcd where as the le meters are compacted to show Phantom Power, HPF and Limiter status. I do like the addition of the front panel LED's and especially the front panel 'mic-pre clip' LED. Does anyone know when they added that one? I wasn't expecting it as the photo of the unit on the oade site don't have them. Very handy feature for sure.

[JiB97]

Would anyone know where to buy a car charger to charge the 7.2 4200mAh batteries described in the post above this one?  Thinking of picking one up for Langerado in case I cannot find AC power anywhere.

Why not get a DC > AC converter and use your car's cig lighter as a remote power generator?  Then just use your regular RC battery charger.  I bought mine last year from Wally World for $30 and it worked like a champ all weekend long.  Just remember to give your cars battery a recharge now and then, but even if your car battery voltage goes low, most chargers will cut off before draining your car battery dead.  If you're REALLY worried about a dead car battery, pack your jumper cables as an emergency back up plan.

I will probably do this, or just buy one more battery.  Did some tests yesterday and I was getting more than 13 hours on a single 4200mAh 7.2v RC battery.  Had the display lights off and the phantom on powering my 460s.  Think I should be fine with 3 batteries for the whole weekend. (Hopefully)

[spcyrfc]

has anyone ever had any problems shutting down the unit?  it has happened to me twice where the unit wont shut down, but i stop the recording fine, pop out the flash card and then shut down. info is not lost on the CF card.
anyone know whats happening?

fortunately i have not been able to cause this to be repeated.  but afaik, if the recording is stopped, the CF cards can be "hot swapped" or changed without shutting down the unit... What do others think of this practice?
the one time i did it was the time quoted above, but no data was lost.

luke

[JiB97]

has anyone ever had any problems shutting down the unit?  it has happened to me twice where the unit wont shut down, but i stop the recording fine, pop out the flash card and then shut down. info is not lost on the CF card.
anyone know whats happening?

fortunately i have not been able to cause this to be repeated.  but afaik, if the recording is stopped, the CF cards can be "hot swapped" or changed without shutting down the unit... What do others think of this practice?
the one time i did it was the time quoted above, but no data was lost.

luke

I was testing my battery on this unit a few days ago and something similar happened.  Couldn't shut down the unit, so I took out the flash.  Still couldn't shut down the uinit so I disconeected the battery and then plugged it back in and everything was fine.  Files were still there on the CF card, and no issues with the formatting.

[spcyrfc]

I was testing my battery on this unit a few days ago and something similar happened.  Couldn't shut down the unit, so I took out the flash.  Still couldn't shut down the uinit so I disconeected the battery and then plugged it back in and everything was fine.  Files were still there on the CF card, and no issues with the formatting.

any ideas on what caused that?

[willndmb]

just ordered by stock fr2le
now i need a battery
while i am off to search old threads if anyone sees this and can give me a link it would be appreciated
(i know i want 7.2v rc)
thanks

[rastasean]

just ordered by stock fr2le
now i need a battery
while i am off to search old threads if anyone sees this and can give me a link it would be appreciated
(i know i want 7.2v rc)
thanks

Where did you order yours from? Do you plan on getting any mods done to it?

I don't know what Oade mod people like/get the most of. The wmod seems like it would be the one everyone would like but then I notice the HDMod...

[willndmb]

just ordered by stock fr2le
now i need a battery
while i am off to search old threads if anyone sees this and can give me a link it would be appreciated
(i know i want 7.2v rc)
thanks

Where did you order yours from? Do you plan on getting any mods done to it?

I don't know what Oade mod people like/get the most of. The wmod seems like it would be the one everyone would like but then I notice the HDMod...

i got it off ebay $400 shipped
i am going to send it to busman for the mod when i get the money for that
in the meantime i will do some stock shows

i found some batteries for it
does anyone know if the 3300 vs the 3600mAh makes that much difference in run time?
now i need to find a charger - i didn't realize these were so expensive

[JiB97]

I was testing my battery on this unit a few days ago and something similar happened.  Couldn't shut down the unit, so I took out the flash.  Still couldn't shut down the uinit so I disconeected the battery and then plugged it back in and everything was fine.  Files were still there on the CF card, and no issues with the formatting.

any ideas on what caused that?

no idea, i was running the unit for like 12 hours straight testing batteries, so that might have been an issue.  nothing seemed fucked up, so no harm no foul i guess???

[drewski1986]

Here is a link to a recording I did with the Busman Cards > FR-2LE (stock).

http://www.archive.org/details/bridge2008-02-16.flac.16

[tenesejedd]

just ordered by stock fr2le
now i need a battery
while i am off to search old threads if anyone sees this and can give me a link it would be appreciated
(i know i want 7.2v rc)
thanks

Where did you order yours from? Do you plan on getting any mods done to it?

I don't know what Oade mod people like/get the most of. The wmod seems like it would be the one everyone would like but then I notice the HDMod...

i got it off ebay $400 shipped
i am going to send it to busman for the mod when i get the money for that
in the meantime i will do some stock shows

i found some batteries for it
does anyone know if the 3300 vs the 3600mAh makes that much difference in run time?
now i need to find a charger - i didn't realize these were so expensive

Check out ebay. A while back I got a package deal of 2x 3300 mAh batteries and a smart charger for like 50 bucks. One battery will run it for a looong time. You could probably do 1 day of a festival on a fully charged battery.

[willndmb]

just ordered by stock fr2le
now i need a battery
while i am off to search old threads if anyone sees this and can give me a link it would be appreciated
(i know i want 7.2v rc)
thanks

Where did you order yours from? Do you plan on getting any mods done to it?

I don't know what Oade mod people like/get the most of. The wmod seems like it would be the one everyone would like but then I notice the HDMod...

i got it off ebay $400 shipped
i am going to send it to busman for the mod when i get the money for that
in the meantime i will do some stock shows

i found some batteries for it
does anyone know if the 3300 vs the 3600mAh makes that much difference in run time?
now i need to find a charger - i didn't realize these were so expensive

Check out ebay. A while back I got a package deal of 2x 3300 mAh batteries and a smart charger for like 50 bucks. One battery will run it for a looong time. You could probably do 1 day of a festival on a fully charged battery.

thanks i got 2 3500 with smart charger for $54 shipped
now i just hope everything gets here by next tues