Formatting A Disk - Yamaha Electone EL-57 Owner's Manual

2 Formatting a Disk

Before recording a performance to your blank disk, the
disk must first be formatted.
To format a disk:
Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive
1
(insertion slot).
"Fort" will appear on the LED display indicating that
the inserted disk requires to be formatted.
While holding down the SHIFT button, press the
2
FORMAT button.
This step puts the format operation on stand-by,
indicated by the dashes on the LED display and the
flashing LED above the FORMAT button.
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Press the FORMAT button again to begin formatting.
3
The LED above the FORMAT button stays lit. The
number "160" appears on the LED display and
counts down to "001" as the disk is being formatted.
When formatting is completed, operation returns to
the original STOP status.
About SHIFT button:
You will find the SHIFT button (printed in green) at the top
right side of the M.D.R. section. Some buttons in the M.D.R.
section have dual functions: the first function is printed in
white above each button; the second function is printed in
green below each button. The SHIFT button is used to select
the second functions by pressing each function button while
holding down the SHIFT.
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RECORD PLAY
UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER
SONG FROM TO
SONG COPY
REPEAT
PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT
– TEMPO +
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
RECORD PLAY
UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER
SONG FROM TO
REPEAT SONG COPY
----
PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT
– TEMPO +
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
If you format a disk that contains previously
recorded data, all data on the disk will be erased.
To avoid inadvertently formatting a disk after this
step, press the STOP button.
RECORD PLAY
UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER
SONG FROM TO
SONG COPY
REPEAT
160
PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT
– TEMPO +
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
SONG DEL.
RECORD CUSTOM PLAY
FORMAT
PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
SONG DEL.
RECORD CUSTOM PLAY
FORMAT
PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
SONG DEL.
RECORD CUSTOM PLAY
FORMAT