Operator`s manual

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder
January 2000
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5-14. ROUTINE RECORD OPERATION.
This completes the description of the
Record
mode. In normal operation, it is likely that almost
none of this information will be used with any frequency. Once installed and operational, the
VR240 requires essentially no attention. If your mode of operation is typical, you will simply
press the
Record
transport button and periodically remove and replace media, a matter of a few
seconds each. If you do not enable the security feature, all you have to do is establish the
media replacement period, and this will probably become predictable after a few weeks of
operation.
With a single drive unit, you will probably want to change the media on a fixed schedule without
waiting for the “alarm” to alert you to an almost-full condition. At the change time, you will press
the
Stop
transport key followed by the
Suspend
soft key, then the
Eject
transport key. Once
ejected, you will insert one of the media you had previously formatted, wait for it to load, and hit
Record
again.
A dual drive unit is even less effort. Assuming you have selected
Do NOT record over prev
media
under the
Media Usage
menu and have not
Locked
the recorder, all you have to do is
periodically remove the recorded media that has been ejected and replace it with new or used
media. (If you have configured “
on
” for Automatic Formatting and you insert media that needs
to be formatted, it will even be formatted automatically, providing you are recording on the other
drive. This applies to unformatted media as well as media formatted on other VR240s.)
And finally, if you have selected
Record over previous media
from the
MediaUsage
options
on a dual drive unit, you need do nothing. In this case, recording will switch from deck to deck
until it is stopped. If you are using DDS cassettes and select this mode, it is important to
remember to change the media after approximately 10 passes, and to follow the
recommenDDSions for cleaning the drives. This will avoid the possibility of tape (and drive)
degraDDSion due to excessive wear. This is not the case with Rewriteable DVD-RAM disks as
you can re-record over them indefinitely and the drives do not require cleaning.
If the optional label printer is connected and media is ejected after having been recorded on, a
label is printed for the media. A label can also be requested manually if desired. Operation of
the optional label printer is described in Appendix E.
5-15. SUSPEND RECORDING ON A DRIVE.
There are certain occasions when it is desirable to suspend recording on a drive so that you
may use it to search and play currently loaded or archive media or to format new media. This
feature is particularly useful if:
a. The logger is equipped with a single drive only.
b. You are recording the same data on both drives simultaneously.
c. You wish to search and play recorded material that is on the currently recording drive but
no longer exists on the internal hard disk.
d. It is time to clean the drive.