Fostex PD606 File name/Next file name, Disk remaining, Current drive/file number, Protect icon

Chapter 3: Names and Functions

File name/Next file name

During playback or recording, this area shows the name of the current audio file. In record pause mode, it shows the name of the next audio file to be created.

During playback (including while stopped) or recording, the name of the current audio file is shown. During recording, the remain- ing time is also shown.

If any track is record-armed, the name of the next audio file to be created is shown, as well as the remaining time.

A file name is automatically given and shown according to the setting of the "Default file name" item in the "SYS SETUP" menu of the MENU mode, as follows.

(By default, the "Default file name" item is set to "Take". See page 140 for details about the "Default file name" item.)

When "Take" is selected	The file name is given as "<Scene name> + <Take number>". You can
	specify the Scene name and the starting take number via the MENU mode.
	The Take number is incremented automatically each time a file is created.
When "Date" is selected	The file name is given as the internal realtime clock data when you start
	recording.
When "Reel" is selected	The file name is given as "<Disk (or partition) volume label> + <File num-
	ber>".

Disk remaining

When any track is record-armed, the remaining recordable time of the disk or partition is shown.

Depending on the number of record-armed tracks, the remaining time changes.

Current drive/file number

This area shows the current drive name and the audio file number.

The following shows the examples when an audio file recorded on a DVD-RAM disk or hard disk partition is loaded.

The DVD drive is selected as the current drive and the audio file "002" is currently loaded.

Partition 1 is selected as the current drive and the audio file "001" is currently loaded.

Protect icon

When a hard disk partition is protected, "" is shown.

You can protect or unprotect a hard disk partition via the "DISK UTILITY" menu of the MENU mode (see page 211).

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