Change The Media Select Setting To Smartmedia; Formatting Smartmedia Cards - Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-305 Owner's Manual

Reference Using SmartMedia™ Memory

Change the Media Select Setting to SmartMedia

In order to perform any SmartMedia operations you will first need to make sure that the FUNCTION display Media
Select item is set to SmartMedia. The media select procedure is outlined on page 67. If the FUNCTION Display
Media Select item is set to SmartMedia and a SmartMedia card is properly inserted in the instrument's card slot the
file control icon will appear in the MAIN display.
1
Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the
FUNCTION display.
2
Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to
select the Media Select item.

Formatting SmartMedia Cards

New SmartMedia cards must be formatted before they can be used by this instrument.
CAUTION
• If you format a SmartMedia card that already contains data, all of
the data will be erased. Be careful not to erase important data
when using the format function.
1
After inserting the SmartMedia card to be
formatted into the instrument's card slot,
check that the file control icon is showing in
the MAIN display. If the icon is not showing
make sure that the Media Select item is set
to SmartMedia.
2
Press the [FILE CONTROL] button so that
the FILE display Format item appears.
The display prompts you for confirmation.
NOTE
• If the Format item does not appear when you access the FILE CON-
TROL display, use the CATEGORY [
74
DGX-505/305 Owner's Manual
3
3
4
5
] and [ ] buttons to locate it.
Press the [+] button to select SmartMedia.
Press the [EXECUTE] button and the display
prompts you for confirmation.
You can press the [-] button at this point to cancel
the operation.
Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or the
[+] button, and the format operation will
begin.
CAUTION
• Once the format-in-progress message appears on the display
the format operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the
power or remove the SmartMedia card during this operation.
A message will appear on the display to
inform you that the operation has finished.
Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN dis-
play.
NOTE
• If the SmartMedia card has been write-protected, an appropriate
message will appear on the display and you will not be able to exe-
cute the operation.