Using a SmartMedia Card
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Your keyboard is equipped with a card slot that supports use of SmartMediaTM memory cards. This makes it possible for the keyboard to directly read commercially available SMF data, which has been saved to a SmartMedia card from your computer, for karaoke and lessons. SmartMedia data can be used the same way as
This keyboard supports SMF (FORMAT 0) data.
NOTE
•An SMF that is larger than about 120 Kbytes cannot be used for a 3 Step Lesson or Evaluation Mode. Attempting to do so will cause an error message to appear on the display.
•This keyboard cannot write data to a SmartMedia card.
•The keyboard can manage up to 200 SMF data files.
IMPORTANT!
•There are two types of SmartMedia cards: 3.3V and 5V. Note that this keyboard supports use of 3.3V type SmartMedia cards only.
•Never try to use a 5V type SmartMedia card with this keyboard.
•Note you will not be able to store data to, delete data from, or rename a SmartMedia card that has a write protect sticker affixed to the card’s write protect area.
Contacts
Write protect area
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About SmartMediaTM Cards
•You can purchase SmartMedia cards at most household appliance stores, computer stores, etc.
•SmartMedia cards are commercially available in capacities ranging from 8MB up to 128MB.
•Though a SmartMedia card is about the size of a postage stamp, its capacity ranges from 8 to 100 times the capacity of a floppy diskette.
•The data read rate from a SmartMedia card is very fast.
•SmartMediaTM is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation.
SmartMedia Card and Card Slot Precautions
IMPORTANT!
•Be sure to carefully read all documentation that comes with the SmartMedia card for important information about how to handle it.
•Avoid storing and using SmartMedia cards in the following types of locations. Such conditions can cause corruption of data stored on the card.
•Areas subject to high temperatures, high humidity, or corrosive agents
•Areas subject to strong electrostatic charge or electrical noise
•Whenever handling a SmartMedia card, make sure that you never touch its contacts with your fingers.
•If the data access lamp is lit and the message “Pls Wait” is on the display, it means that data on the SmartMedia card is being accessed by a save, read, or delete operation. Never remove the SmartMedia card from the card slot or turn off the keyboard while the card is being accessed. Doing so can corrupt the data on the SmartMedia card or even damage the card slot.
•Never try to insert any type of card other than a 3.3V SmartMedia card into the card slot. Doing so can damage the keyboard.
•Inserting a SmartMedia card that is charged with static electricity into the card slot can cause malfunction of the keyboard. If this happens, turn the keyboard off and then back on again.