Operator`s manual

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder
5-30
January 2000
number, of your archival media. This way you never have to relinquish control of your originals.
Either single or dual drive recorders also allow you to recreate a media
Index
from media
whose index is missing or corrupted, should circumstances so require.
5-21.1 Copy.
To have access to the Copy menu, one drive must be
Ready
and loaded with the source
media,
and the other
Ready
and loaded with the destination
media. Use the
Drive
soft key to select
the drive loaded with the source media, then press the
PrepMedia
soft key to access the
Copy
soft key and menu. As stated earlier, the menu options change as appropriate. In this case,
you will not see the
Copy
soft key unless there is recorded media loaded in at least one drive
and both drives are in the
Ready
state.
The
Copy
operation is a lengthy process. The destination media is formatted with the
information on the source media, then data is read from the source in blocks and transferred to
the destination. When this is complete, both media are rewound. If
WholeMedia
is selected, all
data between the beginning and ending index times of the source material is copied to the
destination, if possible. The time required to
Copy
is largely dependent upon how nearly full the
source is.
The VR240 does not automatically prevent you from attempting to copy a larger medium to a
shorter one. Of course, if you do this, it may not be possible to get all the data to the
destination. Less obvious is the fact that a copy may not be complete under other
circumstances. For example, if a media is recorded beyond the normal switch-over point
(because there was no other media ready to record), the normal margin may be used up. In
such a case, the destination media, even if nominally the same length may not have sufficient
capacity to record everything on the source. If the destination media runs out before the copy is
complete, it will still be usable but data will be missing at the end. The label and status printers,
if used, will reflect the disparity in length between the media.
Copy
selects as the source media that which is loaded in the drive selected using the Drive
function key.
To access the
Copy
feature:
a. Load your Source and Destination media into the drives.
b. Use the
Drive
function key to select the drive in which the Source media is loaded.
c. Press the
>
(next) soft key.
Upper: Ready
< Controls GoTo Drive Resume
>