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1. Turn on the power of the Zip drive.
2. Turn on the power of the VS-880EX with the
POWER switch on the rear panel.
3. Turn on the power of connected audio equip-
ments.
4. Raise the volume of the audio devices to appro-
priate levels.
* For more detailed information regarding Zip drive con-
nections, including the necessary settings, please refer to
“About SCSI” (Appendices p. 5).
Initializing the Disk
(Drive Initialize)
A new disk just purchased at computer store or a disk
that was used by another device cannot be used on
the VS-880EX as is. You must initialize the disk so
that it can be used by the VS-880EX. When a disk is
initialized, the entire contents are irretrievably lost.
Check any such disk you plan to initialize to make
sure that it does not contain anything that you don’t
want deleted. Additionally, disks used with the VS-
880EX cannot be used on other devices (such as
personal computers).
* If you accidentally delete data that you need, that data
cannot be restored to its previous condition. Roland
Corporation assumes no liability concerning such loss of
data.
If you are using a drive or disk that has been parti-
tioned, please note that you will not be able to
choose a particular partition that you wish to ini-
tialize. When you carry out a drive initialization, the
whole drive and all its partitions will be initialized at
once.
Here is an example how to initialize new Zip disks.
1. Confirm that power of the Zip drive and the VS-
880EX is turned on.
2. Insert a disk into the Zip drive.
3. Press [SYSTEM] several times until “SYS
DriveInitialize” appears in the display.
4. Press [YES].
“Init.Drive=” appears in the display.
5. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Init Drive (Initialize Drive)
Select the disk drive (IDE, SCSI0–SCSI7). “ The inter-
nal hard disk will be shown as “IDE,” and external
disk drives will be shown as “SC0–SC7.” The number
following each disk drive indicates the partition num-
ber. For example, select “SCSI5” when selecting the
Zip drive connection.
6. Press PARAMETER [ ].
“PhysicalFmt” appears in the display.
7. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Physical Format
Select whether or not to use physical formatting. For
new disks or disks that have been used by another
device, select “On.” For new hard disks or when for-
matting disks for Windows or Macintosh platforms,
select “Off”.
8. Press PARAMETER [ ].
“Partition” appears in the display.
9. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Partition
Select the partition size (500 MB or 1000 MB). In nor-
mal circumstances, select “1000 MB.”
10. Press PARAMETER [ ].
“Surface Scan” appears in the display.
11. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Surface Scan
This confirms that the read and write functions in all
of the disk drive’s partitions are operating correctly
when the drive is initialized. In normal circumstances,
set this to “Off.” When you particularly want to con-
duct a test of the read/write functions, the set this to
“On” (p. 101).
CONDITION MARKER#
MASTER
INPUT TRACK
AUX
TIME
48
24
4
0
dB
12
Drive for initialize
(in the example, a Zip drive)
Chapter 7 Use with a Zip Drive
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