Directory; Format; Backup - Yamaha V50 Authorized Product Manual

Directory

This allows you to see the number and names of files
on a disk. The procedure is as follows.
(1) Insert the disk into the disk drive.
(2) Press to get the following display.
(3) Press the below " > Dir" to get the following
display.
You can press the
to the previous display.
(4) Select the file number to view the file name and file
size. The upper line shows the total number of files
on disk. The "ETC" shown in ( ) indicates files that
were not saved by the V50.

Format

This function formats a disk. Newly-purchased disks
must be formatted before they can be used. You can
also use this format function to erase all the files on a
disk. The procedure is as follows.
Note:
Formatting will erase all the data on the disk. For-
matting is not possible if the disk's write protect slider
is on the "on" position.
(1) Insert the disk into the disk drive.
(2) Press to get the following display.
(3) Press the below " > Job" to get the following
display.
You can press the
to the previous display.
(4) Press the below " > Format" to get the message
"Are you sure"?
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below " > EXIT" to return
below " > EXIT" to return
(5) Press and formatting will begin. (Formatting
takes approximately 1 minute and 10 seconds.)

Backup

This function copies an entire disk to another disk,
making a backup copy.
It is important to make backup copies of your disks to
avoid loosing important data.
Note:
Backup works by repeating the following three steps.
(1) Read the original disk (source).
(2) Store the data in V50 internal memory.
(3) Write the data to the duplicate disk (copy).
As you can see from step (2), the backup function
uses the V50 sequencer and rhythm pattern internal
memory. When you use the backup function, sequence
data, and rhythm pattern and rhythm song data will
be lost. Before using the backup function, be sure to
store important sequence and rhythm data to disk.
The duplicate disk must already be formatted.
All the old data in the duplicate disk will be erased.
(1) Press to get the following display.
(2) Press the below " > Job" to get the following
display.
You can press the
to the previous display.
(3) Press the below " > BackUp" to get the
message "** SEQ/R.SEQ data will be cleared.
Sure?".
(4) Press to get the message "** Set original disk
& push
(5) Insert the original disk (source) into the disk drive.
(6) Press After a while you will get the message
"** Set duplicate disk & push
(7) Insert the duplicate disk (copy) into the disk drive.
(8) Press .After a while you will get the message
"** Set original disk & push
below " > EXIT" to return