If an error occurs in operation, or if an operation could not
be processed correctly, and error message will appear. Refer
to the displayed error message and take the appropriate
action.
Aborted Command
Illegal Request
Situation: This disk drive cannot be used by the VS-880.
Already Selected
Situation: The currently selected disk drive was selected.
Action: If you wish to switch to another disk drive, re-
select the disk drive.
Arbitration Fail
Busy Status
Check Condition
Status Error
Wait For BUSS Free
Situation: Normal communication with the disk drive
could not be accomplished.
Action: Make sure that the disk drive is connected cor-
rectly.
Can’t Communicate
Drive Time Out
Message Error
Phase Mismatch
Undefined Sense
Unit Attention
? Unknown Error
Situation: There is a problem with the connections to the
disk drive.
Action: Make sure that the disk drive is connected cor-
rectly.
Can't Recover
Situation: The drive check Recover procedure could not
be executed because there was insufficient free
space on the disk.
Action: Delete unneeded songs. Alternatively, perform
the Song Optimize procedure.
Digital In Unlock
Situation 1: A digital signal is not being input to the DIGI-
TAL IN connector.
Action 1: Press [YES], and then make sure that power of
the digital equipment is turned on and that the
digital equipment is connected correctly.
Situation 2: The sample rate specified for the song is differ-
ent than the sample rate of the digital device
connected to the DIGITAL IN connector.
Action 2: Press [YES], and set the sample rates of both
devices to match.
Disk Memory Full
Situation 1: There is insufficient free area on the disk.
Action 1: Erase unneeded data. Or, select a different disk
drive.
Situation 2: The maximum number of songs that can be
recorded on a disk drive (200) has been exceeded.
Action 2: Delete unneeded songs. Or, select a different
disk drive.
Disk Write Error
Situation: An error occurred while writing data to the
disk drive.
Action: The song data has not been correctly saved to
disk. Back up the song data to a DAT recorder,
initialize the disk drive, and restore the backed
up song data to the disk drive.
Drive Too Slow
Situation 1: If this message appears when you first begin
using a disk drive with the VS-880, the disk
drive is not fast enough.
Action 1: When using this disk, create a new song with a
lower sample rate or recording mode, and
record using this song.
Situation 2: If this message appears after you have been
using the disk drive with the VS-880, the data
on the disk drive has become fragmented, caus-
ing delays in reading and writing data.
Action 2: Either use the track bouncing operation to re-
record playback data to another track, or use
the optimize operation. If the same message
appears even after these measures have been
taken, copy the song data to another disk drive
and initialize the disk drive that produced the
problem.
Event Mem Full
Situation: The VS-880 has used up all the events that can
be handled by one song.
Action: Delete unneeded auto mix data. Alternatively,
perform the Song Optimize operation.
MarkerMemory Full
Situation: The VS-880 has used up all Marker Memory
(1000 Markers) that can be handled by one
song.
Action: Delete unneeded Marker.
Hardware Error
Situation: There is a problem with the disk drive.
Action: Contact the manufacturer or dealer of the disk
drive.
Medium Error
Situation: There is a problem with the disk drive media.
Action: This disk cannot be used by the VS-880. In some
cases recovery can be achieved by executing
Drive Check (p.38).
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