Fostex MR-8CD About power, Power connection, Turning on the unit, About the standby mode

MR-8HD/CDOwner’s Manual (Basic operations)

About power

The MR-8HD/CD operates by AC power. Before you start using the MR-8HD/CD, you must con- nect the supplied power cord.

Power connection

Connect between the [AC IN] connector on the MR-8HD/CD rear panel and an AC outlet using the supplied power cord. The MR-8HD/CD enters the standby mode when the power cord is connected.

AC-IN

			INPUT A SEL
			GTR CLEAN	MIC/LINE
			GTR DIST
USB	USB HOST	MIDI OUT	DIGITAL	FOOT SW
			OUT

[AC IN] connector

AC outlet Supplied power cord

About the standby mode

The standby mode is the condition when the power cord is connected and the [POWER] switch is set to OFF. In the standby mode, a small amount of power is consumed and the indicator of the [POWER] switch flashes slowly.

<Note>: When you do not operate the MR-8HD/CD for a long period of time, we recom- mend disconnecting the power cord.

Turning on the unit

You can turn on or off the MR-8HD/CD power using the [POWER] switch (pointed by an arrow below). To turn off the power, press and hold down the [POWER] switch for a few seconds.

[POWER] switch

When you press the [POWER] switch to turn on the power for the first time, the MR-8HD/CD starts up and the display

INPUT A SELECT
INPUT A			INPUT B		INPUT C
BAL			BAL		BAL
UNBAL	INSERT		UNBAL		UNBAL
/GUITAR
DISTORTION	TRIM		TRIM		TRIM
MIN MAX LINE		MIC	LINE	MIC	LINE	MIC
GUITAR	PEAK		PEAK		PEAK
	ON/			ON/		ON/
	OFF			OFF		OFF

TO STEREO BUSS

INPUT D
BAL	STEREO OUT
	L	R
UNBAL	PHONES
	1	2
TRIM	PHONES VOL
LINE MIC	MIN	MAX
PEAK
ON/
OFF
	POWER

shows the screen as below (note that it takes some time until the screen as be- low is shown).

This screen shows that the demo song is loaded and stopped at the beginning (ABS 0) of the song named "FOSTEX_FEVER".

DYNAMIC	CONDENSER	TUBE	MIC SIMULATION
			INPUT A
BRIT STACK	US METAL	60'S COMBO	AMP SIMULATION

							EFFECT SEND
0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10

				L	R	L	R	PAN
L	R	L	R
	1		2		3	4	5/6	7/8

MAX

MIN

EFFECT	RHYTHM	TIME BASE	CONTRAST
	GUIDE	SELECT
REVERB / DELAY TIME

	1-4 > 5/6	NEW	STEREO
MIN	1-6 > 7/8	1-8 >SONG	7/8 >WAV FILE
	MAX
ROOM	HALL		BOUNCE

			MENU / ENTER
	ABC1	DEF2	GHI3
	POWERFUL	NATURAL	BRIGHT
PLATE	DELAY
			MASTERING

	JKL4	MNO5
				LOCATE
	AUTO PUNCH	PLAY MODE	A / IN	B / OUT	STORE	UNDO/REDO
REC SELECT
MASTER	PQR6	STU7	VWX8	YZ9	+-_0	DELETE
MAX
	RECORD	STOP		PLAY	REWIND	F FWD
MIN			A-B PLAY			Follow the procedure described on the
		LOCATE REC END

LOCATE ABS ZERO

next page to play back the demo song.

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