Floppy Disks & The Disk Drive - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-6000 Owner's Manual

Type of Disk
Use only 3.5-inch 2DD floppy disks.
Disk Insertion & Removal
To insert a floppy disk in the disk drive, hold the disk
with the label side facing up and the sliding shutter
facing the disk drive door, then insert carefully until
the disk clicks into place.
To remove a floppy disk from the disk drive, make
sure the disk drive "in use" light is not lit and press the
disk eject button firmly as far as it will go and then,
when the disk is full ejected, remove it by hand.
If the eject button is only partially pressed or pressed
too quickly the eject mechanism may not function
properly, leaving the disk stuck halfway. Do not
attempt to remove the disk forcefully if this happens,
since excess force can damage the disk and/or the
drive mechanism. Try either pressing the eject button
carefully again, or push the disk all the way back into
the drive and repeat the eject procedure.
Never attempt to remove a floppy disk during a
record or playback operation!! This can corrupt the
data on the disk, and actually damage the disk drive!
Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive
before turning off the power. A floppy disk left in the
drive for extended periods can easily pick up dust and
dirt that can cause data read/write errors.
Clean the Read/Write Head Regularly
This instrument employs a precision magnetic read/
write head which, after an extended period of use, will
pick up a layer of magnetic particles from the disks used
that will eventually cause read and write errors. To
maintain the disk drive in optimum working order we
recommend that you use a commercially-available Dry-
type Head Cleaning Disk to clean the head about once a
month. Ask your Yamaha dealer about the available of
head-cleaning disks.
Floppy Disks & the Disk Drive
YAMAHA is not responsible for damage caused by improper handling or operation.
Taking Care of Your PortaTone
Floppy Disk Handling & Storage
The actual recording medium inside a floppy disk has a
fine coating of magnetic particles in which the data is
"stored". To protect this coating as well as the disk
drive's delicate read-write head, please observe the fol-
lowing:
Always keep floppy disks in their plastic case when
they are not in use. Never place heavy objects on a
disk or bend the disk in any way. Also keep disks
away from liquids and dust.
Never open the disk's shutter and touch the exposed
surface of the disk.
Keep floppy disks away from strong magnetic fields
such as those produced by television sets, speakers,
motors, etc.
Never leave floppy disks in areas exposed to strong
direct sunlight, excessively high or low temperature,
or high humidity.
Never use a floppy disk with a deformed shutter or
housing.
Do not attach anything other than the provided labels
to a floppy disk. Also make sure that labels are
attached in the proper location.
Protecting Your data
To prevent accidental erasure of important data you
have saved to floppy disk, be sure to slide the disk's
write-protect tab to the "write protect" position (the
tab window should be open). When this is done the
disk cannot be written to.
Write protected
Make regular backup copies of important data to a
separate floppy disk, and keep your backup disks in
a separate, safe place.
To ensure the safety of your data (and of the disk drive
itself) always use floppy disks from a well-known,
reliable manufacturer. "No-brand" disks can cause
trouble.
Write enabled
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