Operator`s manual

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder
5-8
January 2000
While in this special
FFwd
mode, both the
Play
and the
Stop
keys are active, and
the
FFwd
transport key LED is illuminated.
If you hit
Play
, the
Play
transport key LED starts blinking, and as soon as the media
reaches an index boundary, it will begin playing at that point.
If you hit
Stop
, the
Stop
transport key LED starts blinking, and as soon as the
media reaches an index boundary, the VR240 will enter the
Pause
mode. From
Pause
you can, as usual, hit
Play
to continue playing from that point or hit
Stop
twice to exit from the play menu.
While in the normal
FFwd
mode, the
FFwd
transport key blinks and no keys are
active until the media reaches the end.
Stop
Hitting
Stop
from
Play
returns to a paused mode.
When you
Stop
from
Rec
, the VR240 will ask if you wish to
Stop
(end all recording
completely) or
Suspend
(temporarily suspend the transfer of data from the internal
hard disk to the drive). If you
Stop
from
Record
, additional information must be
written to index the media. If you hit
Stop
during
DualRec
, a soft key menu is
displayed asking you to select which drive to stop or suspend.
If you
Stop
from normal
Rew
or
FFwd
, the operation will complete before
Ready
is
displayed.
Eject
The
Eject
button ejects the media from the currently selected drive.
Eject
is active
when the media is stopped, or when in
FFwd
or
Rewind
. Note that
Eject
is
shorthand for
Rewind/Eject
since the media is always rewound before it can be
removed. Depending upon media location and status, it can take a significant
amount of time to eject. This is especially true if you have just recorded on the DDS
or DVD-RAM disk. Before media can be ejected, the index must be written, which
takes even more time. The best case
Eject
time occurs with rewound, write-
protected media. Worst case occurs when you have manually stopped a recording
in process near the end of the media.
Eject
can also be used to abort a media loading operation, or to have the media
automatically released after a formatting operation is complete. Simply hit
Eject
at
any time during either process. Load will be canceled; format will go to completion
before the media is ejected.
While the media is in the process of being ejected or an
Eject
operation is pending
completion of some other operation, the
Eject
transport control key is illuminated.
The VFD display may not indicate
Ejecting
immediately, depending upon what
other tasks must be performed by the VR240 first.
If the optional label printer is connected, a label will be printed and extruded, as
described in Appendix F.