15 − Appendix

No. Message

Meaning

Action

 

 

 

 

 

Time between IN

Repeat playback or auto-punch operations

Press NO/EXIT, and re-enter or edit the IN and

 

and OUT is too

cannot be carried out because the time between OUT points so that the time between them is

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short. Re-set

the IN and OUT locate markers is too short.

longer, before attempting the operation again.

the points.

 

 

 

Press [EXIT].

 

 

 

Too many locate

More than 999 markers have been set in the

Press NO/EXIT, and use the DELETE key

 

markers. Use

song and so a new marker cannot be entered.

from the home screen to delete some of the

 

DELETE MARK to

 

unwanted marks.

28delete some markers.

 

Press [EXIT].

 

 

 

Too many songs to

Copying a song has failed because there are

Press ENTER. Back up any songs you want

 

continue with this

too many songs already on the selected or

to keep, and then use the ERASE menu item

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operation.

target partition.

from the SONG menu to erase unwanted

 

 

 

songs, or songs you have backed up before

 

Press [ENTER].

 

proceeding with the song copy (deleting songs

 

 

 

cannot be undone).

 

Too many songs.

There are too many songs stored on the current

Press NO/EXIT. Back up any songs you want

 

Use SONG ERASE

partition (the limit is 250 songs on one partition)

to keep, and then use the ERASE menu item

 

to delete songs

for a new song to be created, or a song that has

from the SONG menu to erase unwanted

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you don’t need.

been backed up to be restored.

songs, or songs you have backed up before

 

 

 

proceeding with the creation or restoration of

 

Press [EXIT].

 

a song (deleting songs cannot be undone).

 

 

 

Alternatively, use DISK -> SELECT to select

 

 

 

another partition.

 

Too many takes.

The repeat auto-punch procedure can’t

Press NO/EXIT, stop recording, select the

 

Can’t continue

continue because more than 99 takes have

desired take from the list. Press ENTER and

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recording

been recorded.

press AUTO PUNCH again, selecting a mode

 

 

 

other than LAST TAKE LOAD. Takes recorded

 

Press [EXIT].

 

before this cannot be restored, so the first

 

 

 

selection should be made carefully!

 

Track already

Because at least one track is already present on Press NO/EXIT and replace the disc if necessary.

 

written to disc

the disc, it is not possible to burn more than one

 

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so only 1 song

track at once. To burn several tracks at one time

 

can be written.

(Disc At Once), you must start with a blank disc.

 

 

Press [EXIT].

 

 

 

Track is too

The mixdown function cannot be applied

Using the mixdown function a master track

 

short. Choose

because the recording range for the master

can be recorded from 00:00:00:00 to the OUT

 

and set another

track has not been set or the length is shorter

point.

 

OUT point.

than allowed.

The OUT point can be set by pressing the OUT

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key while holding down the LOCATE key.

Press [EXIT].

 

Moreover, a master track must be at least 4

 

 

 

seconds long in order to burn it to a CD. Set

 

 

 

the OUT point to 00:00:04:00:0 or later (the IN

 

 

 

point is not effective when using the mixdown

 

 

 

function).

 

Wrong type of

The wrong type of CD for the operation has

Press NO/EXIT and replace the disc with the

 

CD. Check the

been loaded in the drive. This could be because

correct type of disc for the operation.

 

disc.

: A non-writable CD has been selected for writ-

 

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ing. An attempt has been made to finalize an

 

Press [EXIT].

already finalized disc. An attempt has been

 

 

 

made to erase a non-CD-RW disc. A disc which

 

 

 

is not a backup disc has been loaded for a

 

 

 

restore operation.

 

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