Formatting A Disk - Yamaha Electone EL-500 Owner's Manual

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Formatting a Disk

Before recording a performance to your blank disk, the disk
must first be formatted.
To format a disk:
1
Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive (floppy
disk slot).
"Fort" will appear on the LED display indicating that
the inserted disk requires to be formatted.
2
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.
3
Press the FORMAT button again to begin formatting.
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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.
The following Song Name display appears after the
operation.
The song numbers to be displayed at one time are 10.
The page numbers, from 1 through 4, are also shown at
the top right side of the display. A total of 40 song
locations are created. The song names next to each song
number are left blank and indicate that each song
number doesn't contain any data.
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.
RECORD
UPPER LOWER PEDAL
SONG FROM
REPEAT SONG COPY
PAUSE STOP PLAY
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
RECORD
UPPER LOWER PEDAL
SONG FROM
SONG COPY
REPEAT
PAUSE STOP PLAY
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
RECORD
UPPER LOWER PEDAL
SONG FROM
REPEAT SONG COPY
PAUSE STOP PLAY
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
NOTE:
Selecting UTIL./Change Name allows you to change
the song name you have recorded. See page 89 for the
details.
If you format a disk that contains previously recorded
data, all data on the disk will be erased. To avoid
inadvertently formatting a disk before this step, press
the STOP button.
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PLAY
CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
TO SONG DEL.
SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY
– TEMPO + FORMAT
PLAY
CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
TO SONG DEL.
- - - -
SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY
– TEMPO + FORMAT
PLAY
CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
TO SONG DEL.
1 6 0
SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY
– TEMPO + FORMAT