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Mainparts01theDigitalDiskRecorder
Disk slot
Access indicator
Eject button
Eject button:
Press to remove the memory disk from the Digital
Disk Recorder.
Access indicator:
Lights when data is being loaded from or saved
to a disk. .
. To prevent data loss, do not remove the
memory disk from the Digital Disk Recorder or
turn off the power when the access indicator
is lit.
Note: The memory disk is provided with a write
protect window. To format the disk, the window
must be closed, as illustrated.
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Diskformat
New memory disks can be used only after they
have been formatted. Follow the procedure below
to format a new disk or erase the contents of a
recorded disk.
. This procedure clears the entire contents of
the disk.
. Reformat a disk if it cannot be saved to or
loaded from properly because of exposure to
a magnetic field.
. If using commercially available floppy disks
other than the SY-D20 memory disk, be sure
to use 3.5 inch 2DD (double-sided, double-den-
sity, double-track) floppy disks.
1. Insert the disk into the Digital Disk Recorder
slot as shown in the illustration. Push it all the
way in until you hear a click.
2. Use the CONTROL 1 button to select DISK
FORMAT.
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3. Press the EXECUTE button.
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" - - - " appears on the display while the
disk is being formatted. when formatting is
completed," End" is shown on the display,
and after a few seconds the TEMPO display
returns.
. Formatting takes approximately one minute.
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