Furuno FELCOM 12 manual Saving a Message, Formatting a floppy disk, Select media type Press Enter

Saving a Message

Formatting a floppy disk

To save a message to a floppy disk the disk must be formatted. For- matting prepares the disk no information can be written to its surface.

1.Insert a blank floppy disk into the disk drive.

2.Press [F1].

3.Press [8].

File Edit Transmit EGC Reports Logs Options Setup Position StopAlarm

File

Format Disk

Insert new disk for drive B: And select media type

2HD (1.44MB) 2DD (720KB)

6.Rename

7.Print

8.Format Disk

9.MIME (Decode)

Figure 3-12 Format disk screen

4.Select media type.

5.Press [Enter].

File

Format Disk

Insert new disk for drive B: And select media type

Start

Yes No

6.Rename

7.Print

8.Format Disk

9.MIME (Decode)

Figure 3-13 FD Format confirmation screen

6.Select “Yes” to format the disk. Press [Enter] to begin formatting.

Note: If there is no floppy disk in the drive, “FD not inserted in drive. Press any key to escape.” appears on the display.

7.“Now Formatting” appears on the screen during formatting.

8.When formatting is completed (about one minute), “Formatting Completed.” appears on the display. You can now return to the standby display by pressing any key.

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