Owner`s manual

3.6.1 Manual Tape Loading
Use the following procedure to load tape manually. You may need to use
this procedure with six-inch tape reels.
CAUTION
Lifting the top cover whenever the tape drive is pow-
ered on stops tape motion and prevents tape loading or
unloading.
1. Place the drive in the tape access position (see the appropriate section
in Chapter 2 for your tape drive model).
2. Make sure the tape is completely wound onto the reel, and, if you
intend to write data to the tape, that a write-enable ring is installed
on the reel. See Figure 3–2.
3. Place the tape reel on the supply hub with the write-enable ring side
of the reel down. The reel must lie evenly on the supply hub.
4. While pressing the manual release switch, rotate the supply hub
clockwise until the hub locks. The hub has three pawls that raise
and hold the tape reel in place. Figure 3–4 shows the manual release
switch.
Operation 3–11