Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
Other disk operations
Viewing information about media – Disk Media Info
This displays information about the media selected in
"Drive Select."
Setting the date and time
OASYS has an internal calendar, which is used to
record the date and time when you save data. You can
set the date and time by using the Disk Utility page's
"Set Date/Time" menu command.
You will need make these settings after you purchase
the OASYS, and after you replace the calendar backup
battery.
1. Press the MODE DISK switch to enter Disk mode.
2. Select the Disk–Utility page. Press the File tab,
and then the Utility tab.
3. Open the page menu, and select the Set Date/Time
command.
Restoring the factory settings
Restoring the original sounds
You can easily restore the Programs, Combinations,
Drum Kits, and Wave Sequences to their original state,
as shipped from the factory. This is done by loading the
PRELOAD.PCG file, which is included both on the
Restore CDs and the internal hard disk.
This operation will erase all of the internal OASYS
sounds. If there are any non‐factory sounds that you
want to keep, save them to disk now! For more
information, see "How to save data" on page 175.
Make sure that Memory Protect is off
Before loading, make sure that Memory Protect is
turned off:
1. Press the front‐panel GLOBAL button.
2. Go to the Basic tab of the Basic Setup page.
3. Make sure that all of the Memory Protect check‐
boxes are not checked.
Loading from the internal hard drive
Generally, it will be more convenient to load sounds
from the internal drive:
1. Press the DISK button to enter Disk mode.
2. Go to the Load tab of the File page.
3. Use Drive Select to select HDD.
This stands for "Hard Disk Drive." The LCD screen
will show the files and folders on the disk.
4. Touch the FACTORY folder to select it.
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Mounting USB storage devices
Use the Disk Media Info page menu command Scan
device to mount a device connected via USB 2.0. For
more information, see "Scan device" on page 784 of the
Parameter Guide.
The following dialog box will appear.
4. Use the VALUE controllers to set the correct year,
month, day, hour, minute, and second.
5. Press the OK button.
If the calendar backup battery runs low, a message
of "Battery voltage for calendar IC" will appear in
the LCD screen. If the calendar backup battery runs
down completely, the calendar will be initialized,
and the date and time will not be recorded correctly.
Note: You can replace the calendar backup battery
by yourself. For more information, see "Installing
the calendar battery" on page 1093 of the Parameter
Guide.
5. Press the on‐screen OPEN button.
The LCD will now show the contents of the FACTORY
folder.
6. Select the PRESET.PCG file.
7. Choose the Load Selected command from the page
menu.
The following dialog box will appear.
8. Use ".PCG Contents" to select the data you want to
load. To completely restore the factory sounds,
select All.
All will load all of the factory sounds, including:
• Programs: see "Program Bank Contents" on page 2
• Combinations: see "Combination Bank Contents"
on page 3
• Drum Kits: 40 kits loaded into Bank INT