2.Turning the power on/ off when an external drive is connected
■Turning the power on
✧Turn on the power of the external drive(s), and then turn on the power of the D8.
■Turning the power off
✧When turning the power off, first turn off the power of the D8, and then turn off the power of the external drives.
However if the currently selected song is on a remov- able disk drive, turning off the power of the D8 when the disk is still in the drive will make it impossible to remove the disk even if you press the eject key of the removable disk drive. As necessary, remove the disk as follows before you turn off the power.
If the currently selected song is not on a removable disk drive, you can press the eject key of the removable disk drive to remove the disk.
1Press and hold the [ ] and [ ] keys to get the “Eject→ ✽?” display which asks whether you wish to eject a disk (✽ is the SCSI ID
Eject¿A ?
NO YES
2If you wish to eject the disk, press and hold the
[] key for approximately one second. The disk will be ejected, and the display will read “Next/ PwOff”, telling you that you may either insert the next disk or turn off the power.
Next/PwOff
3Turn off the power as described above (✧).
3.Initializing and format- ting a drive
Here’s how you can initialize or format a con- nected external drive. Select Initialize when you have purchased a drive or when you wish to com- pletely erase the contents of the drive. Select For- mat when you wish to use a disk that was previously used by another device, or when a Disk Error display begins to appear frequently during playback etc.
When you initialize or format, all data that had been saved on that disk will be lost. Before you ini- tialize or format, check to make sure that you actu- ally want to do this.
1Press the [EDIT] key, and then press the [SYSTEM] key several times to make the display read “Dis- kUtil”.
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EDITSYSTEM
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2Press the [ ] key, and then press the [SYSTEM] key several times to make the display read “Ini- tial”.
Initial Ï
3Press the [ ] key, and then rotate the [VALUE] dial to select the drive number (SCSI ID
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4If you are sure that you wish to initialize or format
the disk, press and hold the [ ] key for approxi- mately one second. While the operation is being executed, the display will indicate “Working”. When the operation is finished, the display will
indicate “Completed”. Press the [ ] key to restore the previous display.
4.Exchanging disks on a removable disk drive
■Exchanging disks on the currently selected removable disk drive
If the currently selected song is on a removable disk drive, use the following procedure to exchange disks.
1Press and hold the [ ] and [ ] keys to get the “Eject→ ✽?” display which asks whether you wish to eject a disk (✽ is the SCSI ID
Eject¿A ?
2Press and hold the [ ] key for approximately one second. The disk will be ejected, and the display will read “Next/PwOff”, telling you that you may either insert the next disk or turn off the power.
Next/PwOff
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