Line 6 BackTrack Series manual Computer, Connected to computer, BackTrack Setup Utility, Files

Computer

Connected to computer

•BackTrack will automatically charge its battery and mount as a mass storage device (appears on your computer like a CD-Rom, Flash Drive, etc.) when its USB jack is connected to a computer

•While mounted, normal BackTrack operation is defeated: audio capture and playback are disabled

•To unmount from Windows®, click “safely remove hardware” icon in your onscreen System Tray, and remove BackTrack. If unsuccessful, quit Backup Setup Utility, close all files, and disconnect USB cable to unmount.

•To unmount from Mac®, drag BackTrack icon to trash (eject icon replaces trash icon as you are dragging)

BackTrack Setup Utility

•For Windows, install BackTrack Setup Utility by launching installer available from BackTrack when mounted on computer

•For Mac, double-click disc image (.dmg) file, and a disc image mounts, providing the BackTrack Setup Utility, which you can drag to you Applications folder or another location on your computer to install

•Set date and time from utility software so files created by BackTrack will have accurate date/time information

Files

•BackTrack stores audio as .WAV files

•The BackTrack MARKED folder/directory holds all marked audio

•The BackTrack UNMARKED folder/directory holds the other captured audio that was not marked

•Drag any of these audio files from MARKED or UNMARKED to your computer to copy/backup

•Double-click any of these audio files to play in your default audio player software

•To have additional .WAV’s available for playback from BackTrack, put them only in the USER folder/directory

•Files stored in the UNMARKED folder/directory may be deleted by BackTrack during normal operation

•Files stored in the MARKED folder/dorectory are never deleted by BackTrack during normal operation

•BackTrack can play properly formatted mono or stereo .WAV files that are:

•16 or 24 bit word length

•11, 22, 32, 44.1 or 48 kHz sample rate

•BackTrack can not play files such as .mp3, .m4p, .AIFF, compressed or .WAVs that don’t match above options

Erasing Files

•You can erase files while BackTrack is mounted on a computer to free up space for additional audio capture

•Copy these files to your computer first if you do not want to lose them permanently

•After installing the utility software, you can delete those files from BackTrack to maximize audio capacity

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