Hitachi 8450H/R manual Write inhibition lamp, Recording density display lamps

Ch 2: Installation and Use of Devices

7.Write inhibition lamp

The four lamps shown above indicate operation status as shown in the following table. When all the four lamps are on, a self-test is being conducted. When all four lamps are blinking, the drive is faulty.

Lamp	Lighting		Operation status
Handle operation lamp	Comes on in green	The cartridge insert/eject handle is usable.
	Goes off	The cartridge insert/eject handle is unusable.
Cleaning tape use lamp	Comes on in yellow	•	Cleaning required.
		• The cartridge is broken.
	Goes off	•	Cleaning completed.
		•	Cleaning unnecessary.
Tape-in-use lamp	Blinks in yellow	The cartridge is in operation.
	Comes on in yellow	The cartridge is being loaded.
Write inhibition lamp	Comes on in orange	The cartridge is write-protected.
	Goes off	You can write data to the cartridge.

8.Recording density display lamps

The six lamps indicate operation status as shown in the following table. When all six lamps are blinking, the drive is faulty.

Lamp	Lighting	Operation status
2.61	Comes on in yellow	Data is recorded in the cartridge with the 2.6 format (up to 2.6GB).
	Blinks in yellow	The 2.6 format has been selected.2
6.01	Comes on in yellow	Data is recorded in the cartridge with the 6.0 format (up to 6.0GB).
	Blinks in yellow	The 6.0 format has been selected.2
10.0/15.01	Comes on in yellow	Data is recorded in the cartridge with the 10.0 format.
	Blinks in yellow	The 10.0 format has been selected.2
20.0	Comes on in yellow	Data is recorded in the cartridge with the 20.0 format (up to 20GB).
	Blinks in yellow	The 20.0 format has been selected.2
Compress	Comes on in yellow	Compressed write is performed. (10.0/15.0 and 20.0 format only)
	Goes off	Compressed write is not performed.
Recording density	Comes on in yellow	The recording density has been changed.
change1 (Density
	Goes off	The recording density has not been changed. (host selection)
Override)
	Blinks in yellow	The recording density is being changed.

1 This function is not supported.

2 Data is recorded in the cartridge with another recording density.

9.Cartridge insert/eject handle Used to insert and eject a cartridge.

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