External Hard Disk Operating Precautions - Akai DR4vr Operator's Manual

External
Hard Disk Operating
Precautions 73
External
Hard
Disk
Operating
Precautions
•
Before connecting
a
hard
disk,
make
sure that the
DR4vr
and
hard disk
are
powered
off. If
a
hard
disk
is
connected
with
its
power
on
it
could be damaged.
•
Always power on
the external hard disks before
the
DR4vr.
Otherwise,
the
DR4vr
will
not
recognize them.
•
When
you
connect
a
hard disk
that
has already
been used
for recording with another DR4vr,
or
have connected
then disconnected
it
from
the
same DR4vr,
erase
all
the material
on
the disk
Of format
it
before recording any
new
material.
•
New
unformatted
disks
can be connected
to the
DR4vr
quite safely,
and
will not
be used
until
formatted.
The
letter
"F"
will
appear on
the
display
when
the
DR4vr
performs
a
hard
disk
search.
The
letter
"F"
will
blink
when
the
DISK
sub-menu
function
is
used.
•
Do
not
set
an external hard
disk's
SCSI ID number
to that
used by
the internal hard
disk.
Operation
will
be
unpredictable and any
recorded
material
may
be
destroyed.
See "SCSI IDs"
on page
7
1
•
Do
not
power
off a hard disk while
it is
accessing
data.
The
left-most
dot
on
the
DR4vr
display
indicates
that
a hard
disk
is
being accessed.
•
Do
not
move
or disturb a hard disk while
it
is
powered
on, especially
when
it
is
accessing
data.
•
Hard
disks should be
mounted
horizontally or
vertically
when
in use.
See
the
hard
disk's
operating
manual
for
more
details.
Version
4.0
12/9.5