M8609A Tabletop Tape Drive Installation and User's Guide (H06.14+, J06.03+)

Operating the Tape Drive
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Unloading a Tape Cartridge
2. The Ready light flashes green while the tape drive performs its load sequence.
When the cartridge is loaded, the Ready light shows steady green.
Unloading a Tape Cartridge
1. Press the Eject button on the front panel. (See Figure 3-2.)
2. The tape drive completes its current task, rewinds the tape to the beginning, and
ejects the tape cartridge. The rewind process may take up to fifteen minutes. The
Ready light flashes to indicate that the unload is still in progress.
Caution. Never try to remove a tape cartridge before it is fully ejected and avoid powering off
the tape drive while a cartridge is still loaded (because the tape loses tension in the power-off
state).
Figure 3-2. Unloading a Tape Drive