Operator`s manual

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder
January 2000
5-1
CHAPTER 5
OPERATION
Section I. PREPARATION FOR OPERATION
5-1. GENERAL.
This chapter covers routine operation of the VR240. Topics covered include:
Recording:
Normal record operation, and the menu options available while recording.
Level setting:
Confirming and monitoring input signal presence and level.
Playback:
Playing media loaded in the drive or playing from the hard disk including
searching for a particular channel or time and date, and more complex
message storage and retrieval options.
Auxiliary:
Formatting media, copying media, and recreating the media index.
Cleaning:
How and how often to clean the drives. (Applies to tape drives only.)
In this section, we assume that the VR240 has been both installed physically and configured
using the software configuration menus. In other words, that the unit is set up and ready to
begin operation at your facility. In addition, you should also have a supply of media (4MM DDS
or rewriteable DVD-RAM) and, for those with DDS drives, a cleaning cartridge at hand.
5-2. MEDIA FORMATTING.
Before you can record on any media (4MM DDS or rewriteable DVD-RAM), it must be
formatted. Formatting is a simple process. It takes a few minutes to format tapes, a few
seconds to format a DVD-RAM disk. When media is formatted an index is created that gives
information about the machine on which it was formatted. The descriptors entered during the
configuration process are stored in this index, and whenever you access
Media Info
, this
information is displayed. For this reason, it is important to format media on the VR240 which
will subsequently be used to record on it. If you format media on a machine with different
descriptors, when you load it you will get a message
Ready, descrip.dif.
This will not affect
playback but you will not be able to record on that media unless it is reformatted on the correct
machine. All VR240s have the same factory default descriptors. If you leave the default
descriptors intact, media can be formatted on any VR240 and recorded on any other.
In the familiarization section of Chapter 2, the initial media loading process (paragraph 2-3.7)
was discussed.