Formatting a current drive disk (scsi disk), Formatting a new disk – Fostex VR800 User Manual

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VR800 Owner’s Manual (Formatting a Disk)

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Formatting a current drive disk (SCSI disk)

The VR800 supports SCSI removable and fixed disks and 3.5-inch E-IDE hard disks as the current drive. This section
explains how to format a SCSI removable (or fixed) disk. To format a SCSI disk, the [SCSI] indicator in the [DRIVE]
section of the display should be lit. If a 3.5-inch E-IDE hard disk is also connected, make sure that the [SCSI] indicator
is lit as shown below.

Turn on the power to the VR800 and the current

drive.

The [Initial...] message, then [No Disk] message appears
on the display. (If a fixed hard disk is connected, the
[Initial...] message, then the [Un Format !] message ap-
pears and the VR800 enters SETUP mode. Skip to Step 3
below.)

Formatting a new disk

The following procedure explains how to format a new SCSI disk, and assumes that a SCSI drive (removable or
fixed hard disk) is connected to the VR800 as the current drive.

Insert a new removable disk into the current drive.

The VR800 displays the “UnFormat!” message, then au-
tomatically enters SETUP mode, and displays the “For-
mat ?” menu. At this time, the ID number (e.g., [ID-2])
of the connected SCSI drive (or fixed disk) will appear
and [SURE ?] will blink on the display.

Make sure that the ID number is correct and the
[SURE ?] message appears, then press the EX-
ECUTE/YES key.

The VR800 displays [Pls Wait !], then immediately dis-
plays the recording mode menu, with [ADAC 8ch] (ADAC
8ch mode) and [SURE ?] flashing.

Turn the JOG dial to select the desired recording
mode.

Turn the JOG dial to select [ADAC 8ch], [Master 8ch], or
[Master 4ch], according to the media or your application.

If you wish to format another removable disk, insert the
disk and repeat the procedure described above.

Press and hold the RECORD button and press the
EXECUTE/YES key.

The VR800 starts formatting in selected recording mode.
[REMAIN] lights up on the display, and a negative value
of the unformatted disk area size will count down as the
format operation progresses. Please wait a while.
When formatting is complete, [COMPLETED !] lights up
on the display, and the VR800 stops spinning the disk.

Press the EXIT/NO key or the STOP button to exit
SETUP mode.

Formatting will automatically create one Program 1 on
the disk. The Time Base will change to ABS 0.

Press the DISP SEL key to change to the REMAIN
display and check the available recording time.

Press the DISP SEL key again to return to the Time Base
display.

Press the EXIT/NO key while holding down the SHIFT
key to eject the removable disk from the drive.

Note:

If you are using a removable MO or Zip disk as the

current drive, select [ADAC 8ch] or [Master 4ch].

Note that you cannot save or load data via a DAT or adat if

you recorded the data on a disk formatted in [ADAC 8ch]

mode.

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