Fostex D2424 Formatting a brand new hard disk Current drive, Turn on the power to the recorder

Model D2424 Reference Manual (Formatting and Optimizing Disks)

<Available recording time after formatting>

A greater sampling frequency will reduce the available recording time/space after formatting. Under the same sampling frequency setting, the greater quantization (bit number) reduces the available recording time.

The following table shows the "approximate available recording time" under each sampling frequency/quantization. Depending on your medium, the available recording time may differ slightly. It will be a good idea to check the available recording time after formatting.

Capacity	44.1kHz		48kHz		88.2kHz	96kHz
	16 bits	24 bits	16 bits	24 bits	24 bits	24 bits
10.0GB	Approx. 1888 min.	Approx. 1258 min.	Approx. 1735 min.	Approx. 1156 min.	Approx. 628 min.	Approx. 577 min.

Formatting a brand new hard disk (Current drive)

This section describes how to format an E-IDE hard disk used for the current drive, assuming that a hard disk has already been installed in the recorder.

Refer to next page on newly formatting the E-IDE hard disk for backup (or the optional DVD-RAM disk).

1.Turn on the power to the recorder.

The recorder displays the ROM version, time and date, then displays “Initializing...”, “Current IDE Drv”, “(model name of the hard disk)” in this order, then “Unformat !” momentarily. Finally, the unit displays the “Disk Format?” menu in Setup mode, showing the following screen.

Flashing

SETUP		OL
OL			BIT
0	0
3	3		FS
6	6
9	9		kHz
12	12		CLOCK
18	18
24	24
30	30
42	42
∞		∞

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2.Press the [EXECUTE/YES] key.

The model name of the current E-IDE hard disk and “?” flash on the screen.

Flashing

SETUP
OL																							OL	BIT
0																							0
3																							3	FS
6																							6
9																							9	kHz
12																							12	CLOCK
18																							18
24																							24
30																							30
42																							42
∞																							∞
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24

3.Press the [EXECUTE/YES] key again.

The recorder displays the screen that enables you to set the sampling frequency and bit resolution. (With the default setting, “44.1kHz 24bit?” appears.)

Refer to the table on page 31 and turn the [JOG] dial to select the desired setting.

FlashingFlashing

SETUP
	SURE?	OL
OL			BIT
0	0
3	3		FS
6	6
9	9		kHz
12	12		CLOCK
18	18
24	24
30	30
42	42
∞		∞

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4.After you select the desired sampling frequency and bit resolution using the [JOG] dial, press the [EXECUTE/YES] key.

The recorder displays the screen which enables you to set the Multiple Undo function on or off.

Flashing

SETUP

OL	OL	BIT
0	0
3	3	FS
6	6
9	9	kHz
12	12	CLOCK
18	18
24	24
30	30
42	42
∞	∞

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5.After setting the multiple undo function on or off using the [JOG] dial, press the [EXECUTE/YES] key.

The recorder displays the screen which enables you to select the format type. With the default setting, “Standard Format?” appears.

Be sure to select “Standard Format?” to format an unformatted disk.

Flashing

SETUP

OL	OL	BIT
0	0
3	3	FS
6	6
9	9	kHz
12	12	CLOCK
18	18
24	24
30	30
42	42
∞	∞

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6.Press and hold down the [RECORD] button and press the [EXECUTE/YES] key.

The recorder starts formatting the disk, and displays the size of the unformatted area on the target disk. This value counts down as the formatting operation proceeds. Wait until the format operation is complete.

SETUP																								REMAIN
OL																							OL	BIT
0																							0
3																							3	FS
6																							6
9																							9	kHz
12																							12	CLOCK
18																							18
24																							24
30																							30
42																							42
∞																							∞
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24

Lit FS and bit resolution

SETUP COMPLETED!
OL	OL	BIT	24
0	0
3	3		FS
6	6
9	9		kHz
12	12		CLOCK
18	18
24	24		INT
30	30
42	42
∞	∞

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Lit (“INT”)

7.After formatting is complete, press the [EXIT/NO] key (or the [STOP] button).

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