Chapter 2 Basic Operation; Before You Begin; Turning On The Power; If You Have Trouble Understanding Displays Or Operations - Roland VS-880EX Owner's Manual

Chapter 2 Basic Operation

This chapter explains the basic operation of the VS-
880EX. This covers all of the fundamental processes,
including recording and editing, so please read and
understand this chapter.

Before You Begin

Turning On the Power

* To prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers or
other devices, always turn down the volume, and turn off
the power on all devices before making any connections.
* Once the connections have been completed (Quick Start p.
3), turn on power to your various devices in the order
specified. By turning on devices in the wrong order, you
risk causing malfunction and/or damage to speakers and
other devices.
* Always make sure to have the volume level turned down
before switching on power. Even with the volume all the
way down, you may still hear some sound when the power
is switched on, but this is normal, and does not indicate a
malfunction.
1. Turn on the power with the POWER switch on
the rear panel of the VS-880EX.
When the VS-880EX starts up properly, the following
display will appear.
CONDITION MARKER#
INPUT TRACK
* When you turn on the power of the VS-880EX, the disk
drive must be recognized and certain required data must
be loaded. Thus, it takes a short while for the unit to start
up.
2. Turn on the power of connected audio equipment.
3. Raise the volume of the audio devices to appro-
priate levels.
4. If the display screen is difficult to read, hold
down [PLAY(DISPLAY)] and rotate the
TIME/VALUE dial.
32
TIME
dB
0
4
12
24
48
AUX MASTER
If You Have Trouble Understanding
Displays or Operations
If you are unfamiliar with what is displayed on a
screen or find you are having difficulty understanding
a certain procedure, press [PLAY (DISPLAY)]. This
allows you to return immediately to the screen that
appears when the power is turned on. Try whatever
procedure you were working on from the beginning
once more.
• If an operation has been performed incorrectly or
cannot be executed correctly, an error message
appears in the display. When this occurs, please
refer to "Error Messages" (Appendices p. 9), and
perform the specified measure.
• If even after you perform an operation using the pre-
scribed procedure the result differs from that stated
in Quick Start or in the Owner's Manual, please refer
to "Troubleshooting" (Appendices p. 6).
• If the above steps do not resolve your problem, con-
tact t a nearby Roland Service Center, or authorised
Roland distributor.

Before You Finish Operations

Saving the Performance to Disk
(Song Store)
Song data that you recorded or edited will be lost if
you simply turn the power off. Thus, you must exe-
cute the Shutdown procedure before turning the
power off.
When you switch songs or change disks, a message
will ask you to confirm whether the song should be
saved (STORE Current?) (p. 33).
Additionally, the contents of a recorded performance
can be lost because of unforeseen accidents, or even if
there is an accidental power failure or power outage.
Once lost, the contents of a recorded performance
cannot be restored to the previous conditions. To
avoid this from happening, use the following proce-
dure to save your songs to the disk drive.
Current Song (Appendices p. 123)
* When handling important song data, or when using the
VS-880EX for extended periods, we strongly recommend-
ed you to execute the Song Store procedure frequently.