Formatting A Disk - Yamaha Electone EL-900 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:
1
Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive (floppy
disk slot).
ﾒFortﾓ will appear on the LED display indicating that the
inserted disk requires to be formatted.
2
While holding down the SHIFT button, press the
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.
3
Press the FORMAT button again to begin formatting.
The LED above the FORMAT button stays lit. The number
ﾒ160ﾓ appears on the LED display and counts down to
ﾒ001ﾓ as the disk is being formatted. When formatting is
completed, operation returns to the original STOP status.
The following Song Name display appears after the
operation.
The song numbers to be displayed at one time are 10.
The page numbers, from 1 through 4, are also shown at
the top right side of the display. A total of 40 song locations
are created. The song names next to each song number
are left blank and indicate that each song number doesnﾕt
contain any data.
Selecting UTIL./Change Name allows you to change the
song name you have recorded. See page 92 for the details.
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.
RECORD PLAY
UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER
SONG FROM TO
SONG COPY
REPEAT
PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD
– TEMPO +
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
RECORD PLAY
UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER
SONG FROM TO
REPEAT SONG COPY
- - - -
PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD
– 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 before this step, press
the STOP button.
RECORD PLAY
UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER
SONG FROM TO
REPEAT SONG COPY
1 6 0
PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD
– TEMPO +
MUSIC DISK RECORDER
PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
SONG DEL.
CUSTOM PLAY
FORMAT
PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
SONG DEL.
CUSTOM PLAY
FORMAT
7
PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT
SONG DEL.
CUSTOM PLAY
FORMAT
89