Disk Drive

Part VI

Disk Drive

2. Press the YES button to format the disk, or

4. Press the OK button.

press the NO button to cancel the format.

The FORMAT display can also be accessed from the DISK

When the YES button is pressed, disk format begins. After

about 1–2 minutes, formatting is completed and DISK

TOOLS menu when, for example, you wish to reformat a

NAMING display is shown.

disk. (Refer to page 102.)

3. Use the buttons below the display to assign a

 

name.

 

Use the POSITION buttons to highlight the character

 

position in the name box. Use the ABC...123 buttons to

 

select the alphanumeric character. Repeat these steps to

 

type the whole name.

 

Press the INS button to enter a space at the cursor

 

position.

 

Press the DEL button to erase the character at the cursor

 

position.

 

Press the CLR button to erase the entire name.

 

Press the →← button to center the name.

 

SAVE

1.Insert a formatted disk into the Disk Drive slot.

Push it all the way in until you hear a click.

A disk which is used with this instrument for the first time must first be formatted.

2.On the DISK MENU display, select SAVE.

The display looks similar to the following.

3.Select the type of data save you want.

TECHNICS FORMAT:

Save this instrument’s data in the Technics File format.

SMF FORMAT 0:

Save the SEQUENCER data in the “Standard MIDI File” format (FORMAT 0).

TECHNICS FORMAT

1.Use the buttons below the display to specify

the file number you wish to save to.

The types of data that can be saved are shown in a frame on the right side of the display. If you press the SAVE button, all the indicated data is saved. Ordinarily PER- FORMANCE data is selected, but you can use the SAVE OPTION to select specific data to save.

2.If you wish to assign a name to the file, press

the NAME button.

The display looks similar to the following.

3.Use the buttons below the display to assign a

name.

Press the ABC button to enter alphabetical characters. While the SHIFT button is pressed, upper case letters are entered.

Press the 123 button to enter numbers, etc. While the SHIFT button is pressed, you can enter symbols.

Press the POSITION button to move the cursor.

You can also use the TEMPO/PROGRAM dial to select the characters.

Press the INS button to enter a space at the cursor position.

Press the DEL button to erase the character at the cursor position.

Press the CLR button to erase the entire name.

Press the →← button to center the name.

4.Press the OK button.

The display returns to the SAVE display.

5.Press the SAVE button.

The SAVE operation begins.

If you attempt to save data to a file number in which data is currently saved, the display changes to the confirmation display. Press the YES button to continue the SAVE pro- cedure, or press the NO button if you wish to cancel it.

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