Fostex VF-16 User's Manual
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1. Save POM SCSI Insert Disk Loading data from a CD RW drive In the following procedure we assume that a CD RW drive is connected to the VF 16 SCSI port and a CD RW disc to which data has been saved is prepared lt Note gt Do not carry out any VF 16 key operation until the ac cess process to the CD RW disc is completed 1 After turning on both the VF 16 and the CD RW drive connected insert the disc to the CD RW drive lt Note gt If you load song data which is saved to more than one disc set DISC 1 first If you set the other disc and go on the following pro cedure the VF 16 automatically recognized that the disc order is not correct and the display shows Wrong Disk followed by Illegal No momentarily and the disc is automatically ejected 2 Press the SETUP key to enter the setup mode The display shows the screen for selecting the setup menu a Select Meru empa Set Title Edit FG Delete FPG Clicka 3 Use the JOG dial to select highlight Load PGM and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for selecting a load device where SCSI is flashing SUGEH Meru ee non ave Pishi Reserved Fader FIX OFF SETUP Fel Load P Load Device Se SPOIF adat 1 REL FFWD Hit YES or HO Key Flashing While SCSI is flashing press the ENTER YES key After showing the model name of the CD RW drive the2. Fostex 8288681100 VF 16 Owner s Manual lt Supplement gt Save Load using CD RW The VF 16 software has been upgraded to Version 2 0 which allows save load of song data using a CD RW drive This supplementary manual only de scribes the operations and notes regard ing the save load functions of song data using a CD RW drive See Chapter 6 Save Load of song data on the main manual about details for save load using SCSI S P DIF and adat Please read this first lt Caution on CD RW drive gt Check by either of the following methods the model number and manufacturer of CD R RW drives which we confirmed the SAVE LOAD operation of song data With a CD R RW drive other than we confirmed the operation SAVE LOAD of song data cannot be properly executed lt Customers who are accessible to Fostex internet web site gt Confirm the model number and manufacturer of operation confirmed CD R RW drive by access ing the following URL lt http www fostex co jp int pages sets faqset htm gt lt Customers who are not accessible to Fostex internet web site gt Contact your local Fostex distributor lt Care and handling of CD RW CD R discs gt With a CD RW drive you can use not only CD RW discs but also CD R discs Note that CD R discs has some restrictions as shown below CD RW disc I gt CD R disc You can save record data to a disc as You can save record data to a disc only ma
3. display shows the backup number and title as well as recorded space ee Pod SCSI F ce PGM Select Flashing EEEE UP OOWH JOG Hit YES or MO Kes By rotating the JOG dial you can select a desired program number title from among available programs in the VF 16 current drive You can also select Eject If you select Eject and press the ENTER YES key the disc is ejected lt Note gt If there is not enough available space for loading on When you load song data which is saved to more than one disc the display also shows the disc number currently set The example below shows DISC 1 is set the current drive the display shows Disk Full and the display returns to the previous screen When completing the load operation Load Completed Load PEM SCSI appears on the display as shown below and the VF 16 Source Pan Select stops access to the drive while the disc in the CD RW Flashing Ai EE J drive is automatically ejected Lighting E Hit TES or MI HO Ked Key Load PEM SCSI PRS fase Load Comeleted EXIT 5 While the desired backup numberrtitle is shown on the display press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for creating a new program on the current drive to which data will be loaded New PGM lights When loading data from more than one disc the first disc will be ejected immediately after all disk data has SETUP Ril been loaded
4. while Insert Disk appears on the screen Load can SCSI u Hit YES or HO Kes After inserting the second disc the VF 16 automatically resumes the load operation After completing loading Flashing Lighting all the discs the above screen appears GH MB UP DOWH JOG Sure Hit YES or HO Key lt Note gt You cannot abort the load operation before completed As described earlier when loading data from a CD RW drive the VF 16 creates a new program on the current p drive which isthe load destination 7 Press the EXIT NO key or the STOP key to exit the Therefore New PGM is shown on the right of the setup mode flashing program number The program number for the newly created destination program is the next number to the highest existing lt About load error gt program number If an error rs for some reason during the 1 For example if there are 8 existing programs PO1 through ee eee PO8 on the current drive the newly created program is operation the error Meera 45 below appears numbered P09 If it appears press the EXIT NO key The display returns to the previous screen before lt Note gt performing the load operation If you rotate the JOG dial while the above screen Destn PGM Select is shown you can select an exist ing program on the current drive as the destination However as mentioned earlier when loading data using CD RW you cannot actually load data to
5. in the saving order such as DISC 1 DISC 2 etc so that you will easily know the order for inserting discs when load ing data lt Note gt You cannot abort the save operation before com pleted Especially during the save operation to more than one disc if vou happen to press the EXIT NO key while removing or inserting a disc you have to redo the save operation from the beginning with the first disc lt About save error gt If an error occurs for some reason during the save operation the error message as below appears If it appears press the EXIT NO key The display returns to the previous screen before performing the save operation Note that saved data before the error message appears is all invalid a Pah SCSI Pekik Z kek kak kok kek kak Save Hot Completed Error occurred EXIT Hit YES or WO Key lt Note gt If the message above appears while saving data to a CD R disc you can no longer use the disc lt Hint 1 gt In the description for saving data above we assume to use a non recorded CD RW disc If you use a recorded disc including a disc on which computer data is recorded also note the following By performing step 4 in the save operation procedure shown above While SCSI is flashing press the ENTER YES key when a recorded disc is inserted the display shows a warning message followed by the confir mation screen where Sure flashes With this scree
6. cable length should be as short as possible Only a single SCSI device can be connected to the VF 16 SCSI port Attach an active terminator to the CD RW drive used If vou attach a terminator that is not active you may not be able to save or load data correctly When a CD RW drive connected to the VF 16 is turned on only the eject switch of the drive can be used Other controls such as the level control and the play button are not effective 4 Lo LS p ji D f 1 1 jr G E pi 7 j EDA li a VW amp 6 Ik CD RW 00 6 pr RIE fee tf q 1 Half pitch 50 pin type i connector High i d SCSI cabl Attach an active N 2 J terminator Saving data using a CD RW drive In the following procedure we assume that a CD RW drive is connected to the VF 16 SCSI port and a non recorded CD RW disc is used lt Note gt Do not carry out any VF 16 key operation until the ac cess process to the CD RW disk is completed 1 After turning on both the VF 16 and the CD RW drive connected insert a disc to the CD RW drive 2 Press the SETUP key of the VF 16 to enter the setup mode The display shows the screen for selecting the setup menu Select Menu empo Det Title Edit PGMe1 Delete Piate 1 Clicka off 3 Use the JOG dia
7. l to select highlight Save PGM and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for selecting a save device where SCSI is flashing pan Select Henu Eun Fader Fis oft Fader Fecall CEM Save Pir Save Device SPOIF adat Flashing FEL FFWD Hit YES or HO Keg 4 While SCSI is flashing press the ENTER YES key After showing the model name of the CD RW drive the display shows the screen for selecting a program to be saved the program number of the selected program flashes eats Pan SCSI m ce PEM Select Flashing Foto UP OOWHM JOG Hit YES or HU Key Recorded space By rotating the JOG dial you can select a desired program number title from among available programs in the VF 16 current drive The recorded space of the selected program is also shown If you select a program which requires more than one disc for saving the display shows the required number of discs see the screen example below 5 After selecting a program press the ENTER YES key The display shows a screen as below Save PEM SCSI tn Fall Select HE BME UP DOWM TOG Hit YES or HO Key Flashing In the example above the selected program data will be saved to a CD RW disc with the backup number B01 The program title is copied to the backup title you can not edit it By rotating the JOG dial when the ab
8. more than one program data pr even if there are enough disc space However you can save a program data to more than one disc if the data amount is larger than a disc space As shown on the right you can save almost all necessary information such as song data of all tracks real and additional tracks and mixer scene data as with using other SCSI devices Program 1 P01 Program 2 P02 Program 99 P01 Current drive of the VF 16 lt Load Tk 1 amp 2 amp 3 amp 4 amp 58 amp 687 88898 108 11 8 128 13 Unlike data load using other SCSI drives data 814815816 8178184 loading using a CD RW drive is took place aftera 19 amp 20 amp 21 amp 23 amp 24 new program is created in the current drive piip the load destination You cannot overwrite an T Load existing program with the loaded data The newly created program is numbered the next number to the highest existing program num ber Program 1 P01 Program 2 P02 New Program Current drive of the VF 16 lt Note gt You can save or load data using a CD RW drive only with the FDMS 3 Fostex Digital Manage ment System 3 format Note that unlike other SCSI devices vou cannot save or load data with the WAV file format See the main manual for saving loading a WAV file lt Notes for using a CD RW drive gt e Use a high impedance SCSI cable for connection between the VF 16 and a CD RW drive The
9. n you can choose whether eras ing the recorded data or ejecting the disc SETUP R22 skok ARAH TAG J tkt i Hot Emret kikik ik kak kak ak ak ak kak kak ak ak ak E PGM SCSI FF Bed eset ME Flashin i Pay zo 7052 Flashing To erase the existing recorded data Press the ENTER YES key while both ERASE and Sure are flashing The display shows the screen below and the VF 16 starts erasing the disc As the erase process progresses the number of flashing increases from left to right a PGM SCSI El41 Flashing Ew ri H JOG Hit YES or Flashing Increases as the process progresses Immediately after completing erasing the disc the display shows the same screen for selecting a pro gram to be saved which appears after step 4 is performed Hereafter perform the same proce dure as described above To eject the disk Use the JOG dial to highlight Eject flashing and press the ENTER YES key The disc is ejected while the display shows Insert Disk By inserting a disc you can start the save opera tion again from the beginning lt Hint 2 gt If you try to save data to a recorded CD R disc the display shows a warning message saying Not Writ able followed by a message saying Insert Disk as below SETUP R22 CWARHIHG J kikik akak Hot Writable SEHR HERE HEHE EE REE ER EEE
10. ny times required Note that when once You cannot save data to a recorded saving new data it is recorded after the disc You can of course load data as previously recorded data is erased many times as required In other words every time you save new data all disc data is rewritten See Sav ing data described later lt Note gt Do not playback a CD RW CD R disc which has been recorded VF 16 data by other devices than FOSTEX machines Otherwise the drive or system used may be damaged lt About data writing and reading speeds for data save load gt The writing and reading speeds for data save and load of the VF 16 are automatically set as below e Writing speed according to a CD RW drive used however the maximum speed is 8 times e Reading speed according to a CD RW drive used The writing speed depends on a CD RW drive but it is limited to 8 times For save load of the VF 16 data use discs that can be written at 4 times or higher speed Do not use discs that only can be written at realtime or twice speed Save load of Song Data Using a CD RW drive Unlike save load using other SCSI devices zip MO etc save load using a CD RW drive is took place as illustrated below Read the following description together with the description on page 80 in the main manual e Save You can only a single selected program data to a pp disc regardless of the program data amount 8889810811812813 You cannot save
11. ove screen is shown you can also select Eject besides B01 If you select Eject and then press the ENTER YES key the disc will be ejected While B01 is shown press the ENTER YES key The VF 16 starts the save operation The recorded space shown on the display is counted down while the save operation progresses It will take some time for saving all data The following display example shows that the data of the selected program number is being saved to the backup number B01 PAING PaM SCSI H Data Savina Pack gt BAL kk MB When completing the save operation Save Completed appears on the display as shown below and the VF 16 stops access to the drive while the disc in the CD RW drive is automatically ejected Poko a Hk oko kook Sae Es TETES Hit YES or HO Key When saving data to more than one disc the first disc will be ejected when it is full i e there is no more recording space on the disc while Insert Disk appears on the screen After inserting the second disc the VF 16 automatically resumes the save operation After completing the save operation the final disc is ejected and the above screen appears See lt Note gt on the next page 7 Press the EXIT NO key or the STOP key to exit the setup mode lt Note for saving data to more than one disc gt If you save data to more than one disc we recom mend to put a number on each disc
12. the ex Note that loaded data before the error message appears is all invalid aa Pal 5051 H Pk i kkkk kikik kakak isting program by overwriting the program data If you press the ENTER YES key see the next step while selecting an existing program as the destina tion the display shows Void and the VF 16 ignores the operation Load Hot onpleted Error occurred EXIT Hit vE or HO Key 6 While New PGM is shown press the ENTER YES key The VF 16 starts the load operation The recorded space shown on the display is counted down while the load operation progresses It will take some time for loading all data The following display example shows that the data of the backup number B01 is being loaded to P08 which is newly created on the current drive lt Display example for loading gt FOSTEK CORPORATION 3 2 35 Musashino Akishima shi Tokyo Japan 196 0021 FOSTEX AMERICA 15431 Blackburn Ave Norwalk CA 90650 U S A PRINTED IN JAPAN JAN 2001 8288 681 100 FX
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