Preparations; 4-1: Formatting A New Disk - Yamaha DOM-30 Owner's Manual

ESSENTIAL RECORDING PREPARATIONS
- Formatting Disks and MIDI Channel Matching --
If you intend to record your own music disks using the DOM-30,
read this section carefully before going on to the next section.
EX] Formatting a New Disk
The music data that you record using the DOM-30 is stored on a
3.5" floppy disk loaded into the DOM-30 disk drive unit. The
DOM-30 uses only 3.5" 2DD type floppy disks. We recommend
that you use Yamaha 2DD disks. Before you can use a new disk
for recording, the disk must be "formatted" so that the DOM-30
can recognize it and correctly write the music data onto it.
1. Turn the Power ON
If you haven't already done so, connect the AC adapter and
turn the power ON as folows:
First plug the DC output cable from the AC adapter unit into
the DOM-30 DC-IN jack, then plug tie AC adapter's AC plug
into a convenient AC outlet. After the AC adapter has been
properly connected, turn the DOM-30 power switch ON. The
LED next to the LCD display will begin to flash and the follow-
ing display will appear on the LCD panel:
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2. Insert a New Blank Disk
Make sure that the disk's write protect tab is set to the "write"
position (tab closed), and insert the new disk into the disk drive
unit with the metallic door facing the drive slot and the label
side of the disk facing upward. The disk should click securely
into place, and the disk drive lamp should light briefly.
Write Protect tab
Write Protect OFF
Every time you insert a brand new unformatted disk, the
"Unformat DISK!!" message will appear on the DOM-30
display. This informs you that the DOM-30 cannot identify the
disk you have inserted and must be formatted before it can be
used for recording with the DOM-30
Note: Disks can be ejected from the drive by pressing the button
near the disk drive door. NEVER eject a disk, however, while
the disk drive lamp is lit.
3. Select the DISK FORMAT Function
The DISK FORMAT function is one of the DOM-30's DISK
CONTROL functions. It can be accessed by holding down the
FUNCTION button and pressing the DISK/8 button a few
times until the DISK FORMAT display appears.
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SONG DELETE
DISK
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DISK COPY
DISK FORMAT
Note: If the "PROTECT!!" display appears, this usually means that
the loaded disk's write protect tab is ON. Remove the disk
(by pushing the button on the disk drive) and slide the write
protect tab to the OFF position, then start again from the
beginning of the format operation. (Pre-recorded "Disk
Orchestra Collection" disks and disks recorded on a Yamaha
Disklavier are specially protected and cannot be formatted).
4. Start the Format Operation
Once the DISK FORMAT function has been selected and you
release the FUNCTION and DISK/8 buttons, the DOM-30 will
ask you to confirm the format operation with the "FORMAT
START?" display.
FORMAT START ?
Press the YES button to confirm the format operation. The
DOM-30 will then ask you to press the START button.
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Press the START button and the formatting operation will
actually begin. The display will then count down from 80 to 1
as the format operation progresses (the disk is formatted with
80 "tracks"? — which are not related to the DOM-30 record
tracks).
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FORMAT 01
After the last disk track has been formatted ('FORMAT 01"),
the format operation ends and the DOM-30 switches automatical-
ly to the SONG SELECT mode.
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