Fostex PD204 owner manual Default file name setting Default file name, Date, Take, Reel

Chapter 8: MENU mode/SYS SETUP menu

Default file name setting [Default file name]

The "Default file name" menu item selects the default name format of an audio file which is created automatically when recording starts.

You can give a file name of date information (according to the internal realtime clock), a scene name with a take number, or a reel number with a file number.

1)While the unit is stopped, press the [SHIFT] key to light the SHIFT indicator, followed by the [ENTER/YES] key.

2)While “SYS SETUP” is highlighted, press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen.

3)Use the [MENU] dial to select the “Default file name” menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

4)Press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The currently selected mode starts flashing (the default mode is “Take”).

Flashing

5)Use the [MENU] dial to select the desired option and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

When setting the file name mode to “Take”, the SCENE NAME and TAKE NUMBER specified on the same screen are used for each file name.

Even if you set the file name to “Date” or “Reel”, the SCENE NAME and TAKE NUMBER currently set are used as the SCENE data in the meta data.

	Options
	You can select from among “Date”, “Take” and “Reel” (the default is “Take”).
Date	The internal realtime clock data is the file name.
	Example: B05h 05m 06s 10oct 2007.wav (“<DATE>.wav” is shown in the “Next file name”
	field on the Home screen.)
	“<SCENE NAME>+<TAKE NUMBER>” (with “.wav”, the file extension) is the file name.
Take	The take number is incremented automatically each time recording is made.
	Example: Scene-001,wav, Scene-002.wav,
	The reel number of a drive (DVD drive or a partition of the internal HDD) currently selected
Reel	for recording with the file number is the default file name.
	Example: S001_005.wav, S002_008.wav, etc.

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