Fostex MR-8 Turning on the LCD display backlight, Low battery display, Turning off the power

MR-8 Owner’s Manual

If the LCD display does not show the startup screen when turning on the power, check the following.

•The power is supplied to the unit. (i.e. the AC adaptor is correctly connected, or batteries are not exhausted and correctly set.)

•The card is correctly set to the slot.

Note that the demo song is protected and the "" icon is shown at the top right of the screen. You can play back a protected song but cannot make recording or edit data. See page 20 for the details.

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Note when external devices are connected.

If external devices are connected to the MR-8, follow the procedure below when turning on the power.

1.Turn down the MR-8 [MASTER] fader.

2.Turn on the power of source devices.

3.Turn on the power of the MR-8.

4.Turn on the power of monitor devices (such as an amplifier, speakers with built-in amplifiers, etc.).

Turning on the LCD display backlight

If you hardly see the screen on the LCD display in the dark place, turn the LCD display backlight by setting the [POWER] switch to the "LIGHT" position.

ON

OFF LIGHT

LIGHT position

POWER

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When using the MR-8 with batteries, we recommend not to turn on the backlight except when it is needed. Turning on the backlight consumes the battery power, therefore, the operation time becomes shorter.

Low battery display

When using the MR-8 with batteries and the bat- tery power becomes low, "Low Battery!" flashes on the display.

If you see this, interrupt the current work and replace batteries.

Note that when "Low Battery!" flashes on the dis- play, you cannot turn on the backlight.

flashing

Turning off the power

When turning off the power, make sure that the MR-8 is stopped. If external devices are con- nected, reverse the procedure shown above (i.e. monitor devices -> MR-8 -> source devices).

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If you turn off the MR-8 power while the card is accessed, the recorded songs or card itself may be damaged.

You do not have to shut down the MR-8 before turning it off. All data recorded before turning off the power are memorized.

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If you continue your work after "Low Battery!" starts flashing, the batteries finally become empty. In such a condition, the warning message as shown below appears on the display and the MR-8 does not accept any key operation.

We recommend to replace batteries as soon as "Low Battery!" starts flashing.

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