Format - Yamaha Clavinova CVP-59S Owner's Manual

The Utility Functions

Format

The FORMAT page provides access to the Disk Format function which allows new disks or disks
formatted on other equipment to be "formatted" for use with the Clavinova.
The Clavinova uses only 3.5" 2DD or 2HD floppy disks. We recommend that you use Yamaha disks.
Before you can use a new disk for recording, the disk must be formatted so that the Clavinova can rec-
ognize it and correctly write the music data onto it.
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Insert the Disk To Be Formatted
Insert a new blank disk. Make sure that the disk's write protect tab is
set to the "write" position (tab closed), and insert the new disk into the
disk drive unit with the sliding door facing the drive slot and the label
side of the disk facing upward. The disk should click securely into place,
and the disk drive lamp should light briefly. The "Start disk for-
mat?" display will automatically appear if an unformatted disk is in-
serted. Press the OK LCD button to format the disk or the CANCEL
LCD button to abort.
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Confirm & Start the Format Operation
When "Are you sure?" appears press the YES LCD button to
confirm and continue, or the NO LCD button to cancel the operation.
This extra confirmation step is necessary because formatting completely
erases any data that is already on the disk — make sure that the disk
you're about to format does not contain any important data!
Formatting will begin the instant you select "YES". The progress of
the format operation will be indicated by a bar-graph on the display.
When formatting is complete, you can go ahead and record using the
Song Record function, use the Song Copy function to copy songs, or
save other data to the disk.
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Write protect tab
closed (unlocked
— write enabled)
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• If you access the FORMAT function
page via the [FUNCTION] and PAGE
buttons (i.e. you want to format a disk
that is already inserted), press the
START LCD button before proceeding
to step 2 below.
• "Protected disk!" will appear if a pro-
tected disk (DOC, etc.) that cannot be
formatted is loaded in the drive.
• The "No disk!" alert will appear if you
attempt to execute a format operation
when there is no disk inserted in the
disk drive.
• 2DD disks are formatted into 720 KB,
while 2HD disks are formatted into
1.44 MB.
• The song record or playback mode will
be turned off if the FORMAT operation
is executed while they are on.