C Tape Status - Alesis BRC Reference Manual

5.3C Tape Status

This page indicates the current tape status of any of the connected
ADATs. Each slave will be in one of these conditions:
• Formatted/Protected: The tape is formatted, but write-protected
(the write-protection tab on the tape cartridge has been removed)
and cannot be recorded to;
• Format/Writeable: The tape is formatted and ready for recording;
• Unformatted/Writeable: The tape is not yet formatted, but is ready
for recording and formatting;
• No Tape Present: You must insert a tape before recording can
begin;
• Not Responding: The BRC does not recognize a connected ADAT
(check your cables and try again).
To find out the status of an ADAT's tape:
1. Press the MIDI/UTIL button three times (if one of the MIDI/UTIL
pages was already being displayed, press the MIDI/UTIL button
repeatedly until the Tape Status function is reached);
The display should look like this:
3: Tape x x Stat
Format Protected
...or
3: Tape x x Stat
Format Writeable
...or
3: Tape x x Stat
Unfmt Writeable
...or
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