User Guide

If you format a disk that contains previously recorded

data, all data on the disk will be erased. To avoid

inadvertently formatting a disk after this step, press the

STOP button.

Formatting a Disk

Before recording a performance to your blank disk, the

disk must first be formatted.

To format a disk:

Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive

(insertion slot).

“Fort” will appear on the LED display indicating that

the inserted disk requires to be formatted.

While holding down the SHIFT button, press the

FORMAT button.

This step puts the format operation on stand-by,

indicated by the dashes on the LED display and the

flashing LED above the FORMAT button.

Press the FORMAT button again to begin formatting.

The LED above the FORMAT button stays lit. The

number “160” appears on the LED display and counts

down to “001” as the disk is being formatted. When

formatting is completed, operation returns to the

original STOP status.

About SHIFT button:

You will find the SHIFT button (printed in green) at the

top right side of the M.D.R. section. Some buttons in the

M.D.R. section have dual functions: the first function is

printed in white above each button; the second function

is printed in green below each button. The SHIFT button

is used to select the second functions by pressing each

function button while holding down the SHIFT.