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6. Have ready the required number of tapes.
The MEASURE field will show the approximate length
of time required to perform the backup. The SYNC
MODE field will show the number of tapes required for
the backup. Prepare the displayed number of tapes.
7. Begin the backup. Press [YES] to get the “Backup
Ready?” display, and press [YES].
The display will indicate ÒPlease Rec DAT,Ó so put
your DAT recorder in record mode. Press [YES] once
again, the backup will begin. At this time, time dis-
played in the MEASURE field will begin counting
down.
If the backup does not fit on a single tape, the backup
will be paused at the specified time. At that time, insert
the next tape, resume recording on the DAT recorder,
and press [YES]. The backup will continue.
* To halt the operation, press [NO]. You can halt the opera-
tion even during the backup, but in this case it will not be
possible to recover the song data back into the VS-880.
8. When the backup operation is completed, the display
will indicate “Please Stop DAT.” Press [YES] to end the
procedure, and stop the DAT recorder.
9. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to Play condition.
Bak (backup):
Select the song that you wish to backup. If you wish to
backup all song data on the current drive, select ÒALL.Ó
Tape Len (Tape length):
Specify the interval at which backup will be paused. Set this
appropriately for the length of tape on which you are
recording.
Backup Wait:
If this is ÒOn,Ó the data transmission speed will be slower.
When using a disk drive whose data read/write speed is
slower, turn this ÒOn.Ó
SampleRate:
Specify the sample rate used for the backup. Normally you
will set this to 48 kHz.
Loading performance data
from a DAT recorder (Recover)
To load song data that was backed-up on a DAT recorder,
use the following procedure. If two or more songs were
saved together during the backup, the data of all songs will
be loaded.
1. Connect the recorder to the VS-880.
Using an RCA phono type coaxial cable, connect the
DIGITAL IN connector of the VS-880 to the digital out-
put of your DAT recorder.
2. Insert the tape which contains the song data into the
DAT recorder. If the song data is backed up on two or
more tapes, insert the first tape.
Then prepare the tape to playback from the beginning.
3. Press [SONG]. Then use PARAMETER [ ][ ] to
get the “SNG DAT Recover?” display, and press [YES].
4. Begin the recover operation. Use PARAMETER [ ][ ]
to get the “SNG Recover Ready?” display, and press [YES].
The display will indicate ÒInit ✱✱✱:✱ OK?.Ó If you
wish to initialize the current drive and recover the song
data, press [YES]. In this case, all song data which had
been saved on the current drive will be lost. If you wish
to recover without initializing, press [NO].
5. The display will indicate “Please Play DAT.” Begin play-
back of the song data, and loading will begin.
If the data was backed up on two or more tapes, the
recover operation will pause when the tape finishes
playing back. Insert the next tape, press [YES], and
begin playback.
* To halt the operation, press [NO]. You can halt the opera-
tion even during recover, but in this case it will not be
possible to playback the song data.
6. When the recover operation is completed, the display
will indicate “Please Stop DAT.” Press [YES] to end the
procedure, and stop the DAT recorder.
7. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to Play condition.
< Capacity that can be backed up and time required >
A 60 minute tape can save a song of approximately 330
MB. For example if the internal hard disk (540 MB) is used
to its full capacity, a 120 minute tape (or two 60 minute
tapes) will be necessary. However as the number of songs
increases, the capacity that can be stored will decrease. For
your reference, the backup operation will display the
number of tapes that will be necessary.
Since a 120 minute tape can backup a 660MB song, it will
take approximately 100 minutes to backup the internal
hard disk (540 MB) if it has been used to its full capacity
(approximately 36 minutes, calculated with 8 tracks of
MT2 at 44.2kHz).
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