Fostex CR500 owner manual Initial format of a disc, 3,4,5,6,7,8

CD-R/RW MASTER RECORDER CR500 (Preparation before using the CR500)

Initial format of a disc

The following description shows how to do the initial format of an unused disc, assum- ing that the CR500 is turned on and no disc is set on the disc tray.

<The recordable time and the maximum number of tracks>

The table on the right shows the approximate recordable time and the maximum number of tracks after formatting a 700 MB CD-R/RW disc.

Note that the actual re- cordable time is slightly different depending on discs.

You can check the record- able time and the maxi- mum number of tracks on the input monitor screen.

Format type	Recordable time	Maximum number of
		tracks
CD-DA (44.1/16)	Approx. 79 min.	Max. 99 tracks
BWF (44.1/16)	Approx. 66 min.	Max. 97 tracks
BWF (44.1/24)	Approx. 44 min.	Max. 97 tracks
BWF (48/16)	Approx. 61 min.	Max. 97 tracks
BWF (48/24)	Approx. 40 min.	Max. 97 tracks
BWF (88.2/24)	Approx. 22 min.	Max. 97 tracks
BWF (96/24)	Approx. 20 min.	Max. 97 tracks

<Note>: The recordable time of a BWF formatted disc decreases not only by making recording but also by closing the disc (see page 46) and by rewriting the file system data (see page 88).

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ACCESS

DISPLAY

MEMORY MEMORY SET

LOCATE

EXIT/NO

SHIFT

1

2

3

CONTRAST

space

ABC

DEF

EDIT TIME

PUSH

PLAY MODE

CLEAR

MENU/ENTER/YES

FILE SEL

4

5

6

+10

PROGRAM SET

DIR SEL

GHI

JKL

MNO

REPEAT

REC RDY

SKIP/CURSOR

7

8

9

0

L

R

PQRS

TUV

WXYZ

symbol

OPEN/CLOSE

REC END

ABS 0

POWER

USB

MIN

MAX

MIN

MAX

MIN

MAX

(KYBD ONLY)

PHONES

INPUT LEVEL

RECORD

STOP/HOME

PLAY

REWIND

F FWD

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1)Press the [OPEN/CLOSE] key to open the disc tray.

On this screen, you can format the disc after setting the disc volume label and format type.

2)Set an unformatted CD-R/RW disc and press the [OPEN/CLOSE] key to close the disc tray.

The unit recognizes that the disc is blank and enters the "Format" screen of the "DISK UTILITY" menu in the MENU mode.

We recommend to set the volume label because it can be used as the default file name when making recording to a BWF formatted disc.

If you do not edit the volume label, skip the next three steps and go to step 6.

<Note>: With a CD-DA disc, the vol- ume label setting is ineffective and is not stored.

3)Use the [MENU] dial to highlight "Vol.Label" at the top and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The rightmost digit of the current volume label flashes and you can now edit the label.

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