Fostex PD204 owner manual Maximum file length setting Max file length

Chapter 8: MENU mode/SYS SETUP menu

Maximum file length setting [Max file length]

The “Max file length” menu item sets the maximum recording volume of a file.

This setting is important especially for exporting audio file data of the unit to your PC, because each PC has the limitation of the volume of a file to be imported.

The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit.

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 “Max file length” menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option.

Flashing

Options

Selectable between “2GB” and “4GB” (the default is “2GB”).

4)Use the [MENU] dial to select the desired option and press the [ENTER/YES] key to confirm your setting.

5)Press the [EXIT] key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode.

<Note>: The remaining recordable time of the file which is shown during recording is calculated based on the “Max file length” setting. For example, if the remaining space of the disk is 4GB or more while “Max file length” is set to 4GB, the remaining recordable time of the file is calculated based on 4GB. If the remaining space of the disk is smaller than the “Max file length” setting, the remaining recordable time of the file is calculated based on disk remaining space. For example, if “Max file length” is set to 4GB while the remaining space of the disk is 2GB, the display shows the remaining time which is calculated based on 2GB.

<Note>: If the current file reaches to the maximum length during recording, the unit automatically create a new file and continues recording to it. During recording to an internal hard disk partition when the "Auto part. link" menu item (described on the next page) is set to "On", if there is no more recording space left in the current partition, the unit automatically continues recording to the next partition. See page 154 for details.

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