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Startup & shutdown
Starting up the unit
Press the STANDBY/ON button on the rear panel.
When the unit starts, the startup screen will appear followed by
the Home Screen, as shown below.
Startup Screen
When the unit starts up it defaults to MULTITRACK recorder
mode regardless of the mode used last before shutting down.
CAUTION
When turning the unit's power ON and OFF (STANDBY), turn
down the volume of any speakers or amplifiers connected
to the unit. Moreover, do not wear headphones connected
to the unit when switching the power ON or OFF (STANDBY).
This will avoid damage to speakers and possible harm to
your hearing from noise that might occur.
Shutting down
Make the following preparations before shutting down the unit.
• Stop the recorder. (The unit cannot be shut down during
playback, recording, searching forward, etc.)
• Return to the Home Screen.
• If the unit is connected to a computer, disconnect the USB
cable after conducting the necessary procedures on the
computer to unmount the unit.
After making these preparations, press and hold the STANDBY/
ON button on the rear panel until the following screen appears.
The power turns OFF (STANDBY) after the unit completes its
shutdown process, including saving various information from
your session.
CAUTION
• Do not disconnect the power cord or otherwise cut the
power supply when the power is ON. If you do so, all
recorded data and settings made since the last time the unit
was shut down or a song was saved will be lost. These lost
data and settings cannot be recovered.
• When the power is turned OFF (STANDBY), the operation
history of the currently loaded song will be erased (cleared).
When you turn the power back ON, the song will be restored
to the previous state, but you will not be able to undo or
redo operations on the song.
Home Screen
4 – Preparations
Formatting SD cards
To use a new SD card with this unit, it is necessary to format
it first. SD cards formatted by the unit are divided into FAT
partitions and MTR partitions.
For more information about partitions see "11 – SD Card
Management" on page 57.
CAUTION
If you format a card, all data saved on it by this or any other
device will be erased and you will not be able to recover it.
NOTE
The included SD card is already formatted so formatting it
is not necessary. If you format this card the demo song on it
will be erased.
1
The first time you put a new SD card in this unit, a message
prompting you to format it appears.
NOTE
The message shown above prompting you to format it also
appears if you put in an SD card that has been formatted by
any device other than this unit.
2
Press the F3 (YES) button.
3
The Home Screen appears after formatting completes
properly.
NOTE
To cancel formatting press the F4 (NO) key instead in step 2
above.
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