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1. Press [SYSTEM] several times until “SYS System
PRM?” appears in the display.
2. Press PARAMETER [ ] several times until
“D.CpyProtect” appears in the display.
3. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Digital Copy Protect (Digital Copy Protect
Switch)
This setting determines whether or not the digitally
mixed down tape can be later copied digitally. If you
wish to prohibit digital copying, set this “On.”
Off: Digital copying is not prohibited.
On: Digital copying is prohibited.
4. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].
Returns to Play condition.
With this procedure, you have made it so that your
digitally mixed master tapes cannot be later copied
digitally onto DAT tapes or similar digital media.
* Some DAT recorders do not conform to SCMS standards
or cannot be connected digitally to CD players. If you are
using such a DAT recorder, then if you set the Digital
Protect Switch to “On,” the digital output from the VS-
880EX cannot be copied to the DAT recorder. In such
instances, set the Digital Protect Switch to “Off.”
SCMS (Appendices p. 124)
Protecting Songs (Song Protect)
The possibility that a performance saved to the disk
may still be mistakenly overwritten (recorded over), or
that the song itself may be accidentally deleted has
been considered. You can protect songs from being
rewritten in situations such as these. The function is
called Song Protect.
Turning on Song Protect disables the following opera-
tions.
• Recording
• Undo (and Redo)
• Song Name, Song Optimize
• Track Edit
• Recording to Sync Tracks
• Creating Tempo Maps
• Song Store
About Effective Use
Song Protect performs the same function as the
protect tab or switch on floppy disks and magnet-
optical disks. Thus, even if Song Protect is turned
on, you can still store locate points and mark
points, and carry out operations such as changing
Scenes. However, when you try to save the work
you have done, “Song Protected” appears in the
display, and you are prevented from continuing
any further with the save. However, when you
remove Song Protect, any settings made when
Song Protect was on are lost.
After you have finished all work for the day, turn
on Song Protect immediately before shutting off
the power to the VS-880EX. Furthermore, right
after turning on the power to the VS-880EX at the
beginning the day’s operations, you should imme-
diately turn off Song Protect.
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