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Formatting a Disk

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Music Disk Recorder 7 2 Formatting a Disk Before recording a performance to your blank disk, the disk must first be formatted. To format a disk: 1 Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive (floppy disk slot). "Fort" will appear on the LED display indicating that the inserted disk requires to be formatted. UPPER RECORD LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER PLAY LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD MUSIC DISK RECORDER - TEMPO + FORMAT CUSTOM PLAY 2 While holding down the SHIFT button, press the FORMAT button. This step puts the format operation on stand-by, indicated by the dashes on the LED display and the flashing LED above the FORMAT button. 3 Press the FORMAT button again to begin formatting. The LED above the FORMAT button stays lit. The number "160" appears on the LED display and counts down to "001" as the disk is being formatted. When formatting is completed, operation returns to the original STOP status. The following Song Name display appears after the operation. UPPER RECORD LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER PLAY LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT SONG REPEAT PAUSE FROM TO SONG COPY STOP PLAY ---- SONG SELECT SONG DEL. RECORD CUSTOM PLAY MUSIC DISK RECORDER - TEMPO + FORMAT UPPER RECORD LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER PLAY LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT SONG REPEAT PAUSE FROM TO SONG COPY STOP PLAY 160 SONG SELECT SONG DEL. RECORD CUSTOM PLAY MUSIC DISK RECORDER - TEMPO + FORMAT NOTE: Selecting UTIL./Change Name allows you to change the song name you have recorded. See page 89 for the details. The song numbers to be displayed at one time are 10. The page numbers, from 1 through 4, are also shown at the top right side of the display. A total of 40 song locations are created. The song names next to each song number are left blank and indicate that each song number doesn't contain any data. If you format a disk that contains previously recorded data, all data on the disk will be erased. To avoid inadvertently formatting a disk before this step, press the STOP button. About SHIFT button: You will find the SHIFT button (printed in green) at the top right side of the M.D.R. section. Some buttons in the M.D.R. section have dual functions: the first function is printed in white above each button; the second function is printed in green below each button. The SHIFT button is used to select the second functions by pressing each function button while holding down the SHIFT. 86

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86
Music Disk Recorder
7
2
Formatting a Disk
Before recording a performance to your blank disk, the disk
must first be formatted.
To format a disk:
1
Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive (floppy
disk slot).
“Fort” will appear on the LED display indicating that
the inserted disk requires to be formatted.
2
While holding down the SHIFT button, press the
FORMAT button.
This step puts the format operation on stand-by,
indicated by the dashes on the LED display and the
flashing LED above the FORMAT button.
3
Press the FORMAT button again to begin formatting.
The LED above the FORMAT button stays lit.
The
number “160” appears on the LED display and counts
down to “001” as the disk is being formatted.
When
formatting is completed, operation returns to the
original STOP status.
The following Song Name display appears after the
operation.
The song numbers to be displayed at one time are 10.
The page numbers, from 1 through 4, are also shown at
the top right side of the display.
A total of 40 song
locations are created.
The song names next to each song
number are left blank and indicate that each song
number doesn’t contain any data.
PAUSE
STOP
PLAY
SONG SELECT
RECORD
UPPER
LOWER
PEDAL
CONTROL
UPPER
LOWER
PEDAL
CONTROL
CUSTOM PLAY
SHIFT
RECORD
PLAY
FORMAT
SONG
REPEAT
FROM
SONG DEL.
SONG COPY
TO
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
TEMPO +
–
PAUSE
STOP
PLAY
SONG SELECT
RECORD
UPPER
LOWER
PEDAL
CONTROL
UPPER
LOWER
PEDAL
CONTROL
CUSTOM PLAY
SHIFT
RECORD
PLAY
FORMAT
SONG
REPEAT
FROM
SONG DEL.
SONG COPY
TO
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
TEMPO +
–
160
PAUSE
STOP
PLAY
SONG SELECT
RECORD
UPPER
LOWER
PEDAL
CONTROL
UPPER
LOWER
PEDAL
CONTROL
CUSTOM PLAY
SHIFT
RECORD
PLAY
FORMAT
SONG
REPEAT
FROM
SONG DEL.
SONG COPY
TO
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
TEMPO +
–
----
NOTE:
Selecting UTIL./Change Name allows you to change
the song name you have recorded.
See page 89 for the
details.
If you format a disk that contains previously recorded
data, all data on the disk will be erased.
To avoid
inadvertently formatting a disk before this step, press
the STOP button.
About SHIFT button:
You will find the SHIFT button (printed in green) at the top
right side of the M.D.R. section. Some buttons in the M.D.R.
section have dual functions: the first function is printed in
white above each button; the second function is printed in
green below each button. The SHIFT button is used to select
the second functions by pressing each function button while
holding down the SHIFT.