Fostex D1624, D824

D824/D1624 Quick Operation Guide

SETUP

REMAIN

FORMAT

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7. Press the EXIT/NO key or the STOP button.

The screen changes from the format menu in SETUP

mode to the ABS Time Base display.

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6. Press the EXECUTE/YES while holding down

the RECORD button.

The size of unformatted area on the hard disk appears

on the display, and counts down as the formatting

progresses. (The following example shows a disk with

2100MB of unformatted space.)

Also, the segments in the “∞” column of the level meters

light up, and they turn off one by one starting from

the right end.

It will take a while to complete formatting, especially if

you are formatting a large-capacity disk.

This indicates the size of the unformatted area on the

hard disk.

The segments turn off one by one from

the right end as the formatting

progresses.

When the format operation is complete, the screen

changes as follows and disk operation stops.

When the format operation is

complete, [COMPLETED!] appears

and the disk stops.

For the D824, the indicators for tracks 1 -

8 will always light regardless of the se-

lected sampling frequency. For the D1624,

the indicators for tracks 1 - 16 light when

selecting 44.1kHz or 48kHz while tracks

1- 8 light when selecting 96kHz.

4. Select the desired sampling frequency

using the JOG dial and press the EXECUTE/

YES key.

By pressing the EXECUTE/YES key after selecting the

sampling frequency, the screen for the multiple undo On/

Off setting will appear. To select On or Off, the JOG dial

can be used. (The default setting is On.)

5. Select On or Off via the JOG dial, and press

the EXECUTE/YES key.

The screen for selecting the format appears (the default

shows [Standard Format?]).

You can select the format type between Standard Format

and Quick Format using the JOG dial. See the following

table about the format types.

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Format type

Standard Format (default) Quick Format

Multiple Undo function

On (default) Off

During formatting, the re-

corder checks the hard disk

performance including the

access time of each block.

The time required for the for-

mat is longer but the reliabil-

ity is enhanced.

In general, it is best to select

this default format type.

Formatting this way, the re-

corder assumes that all sec-

tors in the hard disk are good

and simply formats the disk.

The time required to format

is very short, however, bad

sectors on the disk will not be

found.

Select this format type only

when using a new hard disk

that is checked by FOSTEX.

Indicates the selected sampling fre-

quency (44.1kHz or 48kHz). When 96kHz

is selected, nothing will be indicated.

44.1kHz

SETUP

FORMAT

COMPLETED!

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When set to On, the undo

function is applied to all takes

(recording, editing, etc.) ex-

ecuted after the disk has been

formatted. However, con-

sumption of the hard disk in-

creases, so if the disk capac-

ity is not large enough, we

recommend setting this func-

tion to Off.

When set to Off, the undo

function is only applied to the

current take (recording, edit-

ing, etc.).

If the disk capacity is not large

enough, we recommend set-

ting this function to Off.

For details on multiple undo function, refer to the Refer-

ence Manual.