Kurzweil PC3K8 - USB Storage Port; USB Computer Port

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USB Storage Port
YoucanplugaUSBmassstoragedevicesuchasa“thumbdrive”intothePC3Kforbackingup,
archiving,sharingyourwork,andupdatingyoursoftware.AnysizeUSBmassstoragedevice
willwork,thoughthumbdrivesarerecommendedfortheirportability,durability,andlow
price.TheUSBStorageport
isonthebackpanelofthePC3K,butitiseasilyaccessiblefromthe
frontoftheinstrument.AUSBconnectorwillonlyfitintotheportiforientedproperly,sodon’t
forceitintotheport,asthismaydamageyourPC3KorUSBdevice.Ifyouare
havingtrouble
insertingyourUSBconnectorintotheport,tryflippingtheconnectorover.
Caution:DonotremoveaUSBdevicewhilethedisplaysaysLoading...orSaving....RemovingaUSB
deviceduringafiletransfercancausedatacorruption.
USB Computer Port
NexttotheUSBStorageportonthebackpanelofthePC3KisaUSBComputerport.TheUSB
ComputerportworksforMIDI(transmitandreceive)ortoconnectyourPC3Ktoacomputer
forfiletransfer.Bydefault,theUSBportissettoMIDImode.Whenselecting
USBPC
connectioninStoragemode,USBMIDIwilltemporarilybedisabled.
WerecommendthatyouusetheUSBcableprovidedwithyourPC3Kanddonotuseextension
USBcables.ThePC3K’sUSBComputerportisonlyintendedforconnectiontoaUSBTypeA
port.
InUSBStoragemode,
aʺPC3Kʺvirtualdrivewillappearonyourcomputerdesktop.One
importantthingtoknowhereisthatthisisavirtualdrive.Youcansavetothisdrivefromthe
PC3K,butyoumustimmediatelytransferthatfiletoyourdesktop(orotherfolder).Youmust
copydatafromthe
PC3Kvirtualdrivetoyourcomputer’sdriveorelsethedatawillbelost.
Note:WhentransferringfilestoandfromthePC3KviatheUSBComputerPort,themaximum
sizeoffilesthatcanbetransferredisapproximately1.6MB.Thisissuitableformostobjects.
Fortransferringaudiosample
files,usetheUSBStoragePortwithaUSBmassstoragedevice
suchasa“thumbdrive.”WhenusingtheUSBStoragePorttotransferfiles,thefilesizethatcan
betransferredislimitedonlybythesizeoftheUSBmassstoragedevice,andthePC3K’s
availableobjectand
samplememory.
WhenyouleaveStorageMode,therewillbeaprompttellingyouthatthePC3Kisturningback
intoaUSBMIDIdevice‐whichyouhavetoacknowledge.Ifyouhaven’tcopiedthefile(s)to
yourdesktop(orotherplaceonthecomputer)itwon’tbeonthevirtual
diskwhenyouleave
storagemode.
Dependingonyourcomputer’soperatingsystem,youmaysometimesseeascarydevice
removalwarningonyourdesktop(forexample,whenthePC3KleavestheBootLoader).You
maydisregardsuchamessagewithoutworriesofdamagetoyourPC3Korcomputer.