Roland TD-20 owner manual Messages and Error Messages, Message Meaning Action

Messages and Error Messages

This section lists the messages (error messages) that the TD-20 produces and explains the meaning of each message, giving you the appropriate action to take.

When an indication of “ACCEPT” is shown above [F5] as in the figure, pressing that button will close the message window.

Error Messages

Message	Meaning	Action
Backup Battery Low!	The internal backup battery of the TD-20 (a	Contact your dealer or a nearby Roland service
	battery that maintains data in the user mem-	center to have the battery replaced.
	ory) has run down.
Backup NG!	Data in the TD-20’s memory may be corrupt-	Contact your dealer or a nearby Roland service
	ed. The TD-20’s internal backup battery (the	center to have the battery replaced. Follow the
	battery used for saving User memory data) is	messages appearing on the screen to carry out
	fully drained; internal data has been lost.	Factory Reset (p. 81); you will then be able to
		use the unit temporarily.
MIDI Communication Error!	It is possible that the power has been turned	Check the power of the connected MIDI de-
	off for the MIDI device connected to the TD-	vice.
	20’s MIDI IN connector.
System Error!	A problem has occurred with the internal	Contact your dealer or a nearby Roland service
	system.	center.
Measure Maximum!	The maximum number of measures that can	Delete unneeded measures from the pattern
	be recorded to one pattern has been exceed-	being recorded or edited (p. 66).
	ed; no further recording or editing that adds
	measures can be carried out.
Step Maximum!	The maximum number of steps that can be	Delete unneeded steps from the chain being
	recorded to one chain has been exceeded; no	edited (p. 82).
	further editing that adds steps can be carried
	out.
Data Overload!	Pattern contained an excessive amount of da-	Try eliminating a part that has too much data.
	ta, and as a result could not be output suc-
	cessfully from MIDI OUT.
Not Enough Memory!	Pattern recording or editing could not be car-	Try deleting patterns that are no longer needed
	ried out because there was not enough inter-	(p. 66).
	nal memory.
No Card!	No card is in the memory card slot.	Insert a memory card.
No Space!	There are no empty space on the memory	Delete unneeded data (p. 72).
	card.
No Data!	No data you request on the memory card.	–
Unsupported!	A card the size of which is not supported by	Cards supported by TD-20 are 3.3 V Compact-
	TD-20 has been inserted.	Flash cards with the capacity of 16 to 512 MB.
		Check the card.
Unformatted!	A card the format of which is not supported	Format the card (p. 72).
	by TD-20 has been inserted.
Card Damaged!	The data stored on the card has been corrupt-	Format the card (p. 72).
	ed.
BULK DUMP	The checksum value of a system exclusive	Correct the checksum value.
Checksum Error!	message was incorrect.

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