Operator`s manual

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder
3-8
January 2000
c. Whatever is showing on the display when you press
Done
will be the current
configuration.
MEDIA USAGE: Record over previous media
–
If you have selected this option under
Media Usage
, when the media in the
second drive is full, the recorder will switch back to recording on the first one,
whether or not you have removed the previously recorded media and inserted a
fresh one. This option should only be used if you are certain that nothing on that
medium will ever be required.
In the
Record over
mode, and especially when you are recording many
channels at a high sampling rate, it is possible to overuse a particular medium.
Please be sure to adhere to recommendations about media lifetime and head
cleaning. (Ignore this last statement if you are using disks as they can be
rewritten indefinitely.)
On a
single drive
recorder, there is no automatic switch-over from one drive to
another. On these units, selecting
Do NOT
requires you to physically remove the
media and either insert a new one or reinsert the old one before you can
continue recording. Selecting
Record over
will not restart the single drive once
the medium has automatically rewound, but it will allow you to begin recording
when the medium is ready, whether or not it has been changed. In other words,
you do not have to remove and reinsert the medium (or new medium) before
starting again if “Record over previous media” is set.
MEDIA USAGE: Do NOT record over prev media –
If you select this option, the system behaves as follows:
If the unit is
LOCKED
, the medium just recorded will not eject. You must
manually unlock the recorder, eject the medium, and insert a new one. You can
then
LOCK
the recorder if desired.
If the unit is
NOT LOCKED
, each medium will be ejected upon completion of
recording.
In the
Do NOT
mode, in order to record on a drive on which media has already
been recorded, it is necessary to eject the old medium and insert another. When
you insert medium, the unit does not check to make sure it is new, unrecorded or
even a different medium. It just checks for the ejection.
MEDIA USAGE: Disable transfer –
On a dual-drive recorder, selecting
Disable transfer
prevents the completion of
recording on one medium from starting the other medium in record, even if it is
otherwise ready and can be started with a manual command.