Precautions
• Do not remove the disk or move the instrument while
the disk drive is operating (disk drive LED and WRITE/
DISK IN USE LED lit up).
• Make a backup copy of the disks, in order not to loose
data forever in case of damage. If you have a personal
computer, you can keep a copy of the data on its hard
disk.
• Do not open the metallic shutter on the disk, and do not
touch the surface of the magnetic media inside it. If the
magnetic media becomes scratched or soiled, data can
be lost.
• Do not leave a disk in the disk drive while carrying the
instrument: the read/write heads may scratch the disk
and damage saved data.
• Keep the disks away from sources of magnetic fields, for
example televisions, refrigerators, computers, monitors,
speakers and transformers. Magnetic fields can alter the
contents of the disks.
• Do not keep disks in very hot or wet places, do not
expose them to direct sunlight and do not store them
without use in dusty or dirty places.
• Do not place heavy objects on top of the disks.
• After use, replace the disks in a case.
Possible problems
• In exceptional cases, the disk can get stuck in the disk
drive. In order to avoid this happening, you should only
use high quality disks. If the disk does get stuck, do not
try to force it out using sharp objects. Contact your local
dealer or your nearest KORG Service Center.
• Magnetic fields, dirt, humidity and usage can damage
data on disk. You can try to recover the data with disk
repair utilities for personal computers. It is, however,
advisable to make a backup copy of data.
HARD DISK PARTITION SIZE
The Pa80 supports FAT32-formatted (MS-DOS® compati-
ble) hard disks, as found in most Microsoft Windows™ com-
puters. This means that there are virtually no limits to the
size of the hard disks you can fit into your instrument.
Hard disks formatted with an older version of the operating
system (pre 3.0) can be used on the Pa80. If you want to
change them to the new format, to avoid wasting space
exceeding the 2GB limit, use the Format function found on
“Page 5 - Format” of the Disk edit environment.
Warning: Make a backup of your hard disk before formatting.
All data contained on the disk will be lost during formatting!
FLASH CARD HANDLING
You can use RAM (Rewritable) Flash Cards to store your
data. To save data, you need a (optional) Korg FMC-8MB
card.
Note: Only Korg cards are certified for use with the Pa80.
Note: Since it is a RAM Flash Card, you can use the Korg FMC-
PCM01 (Real Drums) card to save your data. You must format
the card before using it for Sampling operations. Don’t forget to
backup the data before formatting it!
You can use the card exactly as you would any other storage
device (floppy disk or hard disk). You can select it for Load,
Save, Copy, New Directory etc. operations. The card is identi-
fied by the CRD abbreviation.
Warning: Extracting the card during writing, or a sudden lack
of power, may cause the loss of all data contained into the card.
Always backup the card’s data.
Note: Writing on a card is a slow operation. This is not a fault
of the Pa80, but the standard behavior of the Flash Card tech-
nology. On the other hand, the Flash Card is very fast when
reading data from it.
Note: When writing or formatting a card, the Pa80 is “frozen”.
No other operation may be carried out until the writing or for-
matting is completed.
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