Yamaha W5, W7 manual - page 8

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● Make regular backup copies of important data to a separate
floppy disk, and keep your backup disks in a separate, safe
place.
● To ensure the safety of your data (and of the disk drive
itself) always use floppy disks from a well-known, reliable
manufacturer. No-name brand disks may cause trouble.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Yamaha recommends that you regularly save
your data onto floppy disks and store the disks in a safe place! Yamaha
cannot be held responsible for the accidental loss of important music
data.
HANDLE FLOPPY DISKS AND TREAT THE DISK DRIVE
WITH CARE
● Use only 3.5 2DD type floppy disks.
● The actual recording medium inside a floppy disk has a fine
coating of magnetic particles in which the data is stored. To
protect this coating as well as the disk drive s delicate read-
write head, always keep floppy disks in their protective
cases when they are not in use.
● Do not place heavy objects on a disk or bend or apply
pressure to the disk in any way. Do not open the sliding
shutter and touch the exposed surface of the floppy disk
inside. Do not expose the disk to direct sunlight, extremely
high or low temperatures, or excessive humidity, dust or
liquids. Do not expose the disk to magnetic fields, such as
those produced by televisions, speakers, motors, etc., since
magnetic fields can partially or completely erase data on the
disk, rendering it unreadable.
● Never use a floppy disk with a deformed shutter or housing.
● Do not attach anything other than the provided labels to a
floppy disk. Also make sure that labels are attached in the
proper location.
● To insert a floppy disk into the W5/W7 s disk drive, hold
the disk so that the label of the disk is facing upward and
the sliding shutter is facing forward, towards the disk
insertion slot. Carefully insert the disk shutter first into
the slot, slowly pushing it all the way in until it clicks into
place and the eject button pops out.
● When writing and reading data to and from disk, the red
LED on the floppy disk drive will light up. Never attempt to
remove the disk or turn the power off while this LED is lit.
Doing so could damage the disk and possibly the disk drive.
● To eject a floppy disk, press the eject button slowly as far as
it will go; the disk will automatically pop out. When the
disk is fully ejected, carefully remove it by hand. If the eject
button is pressed too quickly, or if it is not pressed in as far
as it will go, the disk may not eject properly. The eject
button may become stuck in a half-pressed position with
the disk extending from the drive slot by only a few
millimeters. If this happens, do not attempt to pull out the
partially ejected disk, since using force in this situation can
damage the disk drive mechanism or the floppy disk. To
remove a partially ejected disk, try pressing the eject button
once again, or push the disk back into the slot and then
repeat the eject procedure.
● Never insert anything but floppy disks into the disk drive.
Other objects may cause damage to the disk drive or floppy
disks.
● Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive before
turning off the power. A floppy disk left in the drive for
extended periods can easily pick up dust and dirt that can
cause data read and write errors.
CLEANING THE DISK DRIVE READ/WRITE HEAD
● Clean the read/write head regularly. This instrument
employs a precision magnetic read/write head which, after
an extended period of use, will pick up a layer of magnetic
particles from the disks used that will eventually cause read
and write errors. To maintain the disk drive in optimum
working order Yamaha recommends that you use a com-
mercially-available dry-type head cleaning disk to clean the
head about once a month. Ask your Yamaha dealer about
the availability of proper head-cleaning disks.
SERVICE AND MODIFICATION
● The W5/W7 contains no user serviceable parts, so never
open the case or tamper with the internal circuitry in any
way. Doing so may result in electrical shock or damage to
the instrument. Refer all servicing to qualified Yamaha
service personnel.
THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
● Yamaha cannot take responsibility for software produced for
this product by third-party manufacturers. Please direct any
questions or comments about such software to the manufac-
turer or their official agents.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Yamaha cannot be held responsible for
damage to the W5/W7 resulting from improper handling or operation.