Fostex VR800 - Manual (Page 8)

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VR800 Quick Operation Guide
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Before attempting to load a disk in the SCSI drive, make sure [No Disk] is shown in the VR800 display.
* If the [Initial...] message and the [No Drive!] message flash alternately, the VR800 dose not recognized the
connected SCSI drive. In this case, turn off the power to both devices. Check to make sure the SCSI
cable is connected securely and that the cable is not defective, then turn on the power to both devices.
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Turn on the power to the connected SCSI drive and the VR800.
If the SCSI connection has been made correctly, the SCSI drive will start running and the display on the VR800 indicates
the [Initial...] (Initialize) message, then the [No Disk] (there is no disk) message. (The following example assumes that a
removable SCSI drive is connected. If you have connected an unformatted fixed disk or 3.5-inch internal hard disk, the
[UnFormat !] message appears instead of the [No Disk] message.)
Formatting (initializing) a disk
After you make connection, follow the steps below to format (initialize) the E-IDE hard disk (or SCSI
disk) for use a current drive.
The VR800 uses FDMS-3 (Fostex Disk Management System-3) as the recording format. To perform
real time recording and playback on the VR800, you need to format the disk (regardless of whether
the disk has been used). If you format a used disk, first make sure that the disk does not contain any
important data. Formatting a disk erases all existing data. The following procedure assumes that you
are using a removable SCSI drive disk or fixed disk as the current disk. You can follow the same steps to
format a 3.5-inch E-IDE hard disk, except that you should note the following:
When you turn on the power to the VR800 to format an connected E-IDE hard disk, the [Unformat!] message appears, then
changes to the following indication (instead of the [No Disk] message for a SCSI disk).
Other than this indication, the formatting procedure is identical to the one explained below. If you use an E-IDE hard disk as the
current drive, the [IDE] indicator lights up in the [DRIVE] section on the display.
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Insert a disk in the SCSI drive.
If you insert an unformatted disk in a different format in the SCSI drive, the VR800 indicates [Un Format!] on the
display, then shows the [Format ?] (formatting a current drive disk) menu located in Setup mode.
At this time, the SCSI ID number for the drive will appear as shown below ([SCSi id-2), and [SURE?] flashes.
This means that the VR800 has entered the formatting standby mode.