Roland VS-2480 Supplementary Manual page 6

Troubleshooting
Cannot record digitally
• The CD player's digital connection is not accepted.
• The MASTER CLOCK is set to "INT".
• The DIGITAL IN connector (optical/coaxial/R-BUS)
was not properly selected.
• The sampling rate of the recording destination project is
different than the sampling rate of the digital audio
device.
→ Match the sample rate setting of the digital audio
device to the setting of the project. If it is not
possible to change the sample rate of the digital
audio device, create a new project with that sample
rate.
• The digital signal is not being transmitted from the
digital audio device.
→ Some digital audio devices do not output a digital
signal unless they are in play mode. If this is the
case, put your digital audio device in standby
(pause) mode before putting the VS-2480/2480CD
into record mode.
• The digital signal format is different.
→ Some digital audio devices may use a special digital
signal format. Please connect to a digital audio
device that is compatible with S/P DIF.
Noise and distortion appear in the
recorded sound
• Input sensitivity settings are incorrect.
→ If input sensitivity settings are too high, the
recorded sound will be distorted. Conversely, if they
are too low, the recorded sound will be obscured by
noise. Adjust the SENS knobs so that the level
meters move at as high a level as possible, within the
range of -12 dB to 0 dB.
• The equalizer is being used with the input mixer.
→ Some equalizer settings may cause the sound to
distort even if the channel number of the peak
indicator does not reverse. Readjust the equalizer.
• "ATT" (Attenuator) setting is incorrect.
→ If noise or distortion occurred as a result of track
bouncing, the track output levels were too high.
The playback pitch is strange
• The Vari-Pitch function is turned on (the VARI PITCH
icon is appeared in the display).
• The time compression/expansion function is being used.
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Disk drive problems
The internal hard disk is not being
recognized
• The hard disk has not been installed correctly.
• "IDE DRIVE" is set to "Off".
• The "Partition" settings are not right.
→ We recommend setting the partition size to "10GB."
• Although the Region Erase operation is finished, the
available recording time does not increased.
→ The audio data is erased by Region Cut,
RegionErase or Phrase Delete etc., the data that is no
longer played back is not actually erased from the
hard disk. If you wish to increase the available
recording time, please read "If "Disk Full!" appears
in the display (Project Optimize)" .
The Zip drive is not recognized
• The Zip drive is not connected correctly.
• The same device ID number is assigned to two or more
SCSI devices (Zip drives , CD-RW drives, etc.).
• The Zip drive has not been initialized.
• No Zip disk is inserted in the drive.
→ When switching Zip disks, be sure to select the
newly inserted disk as the current drive.
• A project backup Zip disk is inserted.
→ Project copies and project backup copies have
different disk formats. Take precautions such as
sticking labels on disks saved as project backup data
disks to distinguish the from other disks.
• The VS-2480/2480CD project data saved on Zip disks
cannot use the computer's internal Zip drive.
→ The VS-2480/2480CD project data format is
particular to the VS-2480/2480CD. The data cannot
be handled by other devices.
• Initialization is cancelled, with error messages such as
"Medium Error!," "Unusable Sector!," "Operation
Failed!" or other messages appearing in the display.
→ The Zip disk may scratched or be otherwise
damaged. Try another (new) disk to check whether
or not the same condition reappears.
→ The Zip drive may be broken. Connect the Zip drive
to a device other than the VS-2480/2480CD (e.g.,
your computer) to see if the drive can initialize
disks, read files, and perform other operations
normally.