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Cantar-X User Manual v2.26 (r13) 2009 April 27
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DVD-RAM formatting (UDF 1.5)
Cantar can record onto FAT32 formatted DVD-RAMs but
for Mac/PC interchangability, it only formats them under
UDF
1.5.
Instructions
please read completely before proceeding
1
With Cantar powered, go to SESSION.04 'Disk Format',
press [ok], '
Shift+Gold
' is displayed.
2
Insert a DVD-RAM in either the external or internal burner,
and before the 'one-platter' icon appears, press [shift] [gold]
together. Keep them pressed until the '
Formatting
' message
is displayed on the rectangular screen.
3
'
Done
' will be displayed when the format has finished.
The 'one-platter' icon appears on the right circular screen to
indicate the DVD-RAM is ready for use. Go to STOP.
note:
To work with a DVD-RAM on a Mac, see p.43. To
play it on a DV40/824, contact Aaton.
05 Scan HDD
Int.HDD Ext.HDD
Scanning an 80GB HDD may require two hours to com-
plete. At the end of the scan, the message should be
'
No error
'. If '
One error
' appears, immediately copy all of
your files and discard the disk. Remember that a hard jolt
can force the disk heads to crash and scratch the surface
resulting in one or more dead clusters.
If for some reason you must perform an urgent REC while
scanning the internal disk, abort the scan by pressing [esc]
for a few seconds until '
aborted
' is displayed.
06 Erase Day
No Yes
To reduce disk fragmentation, file erasure is performed on
full workday folders only. '
Select
Day'
, [ok]; [jog] to select
a day, [ok]; the bottom line displays '
ScanningDay
' then the
cursor jumps to '
Day Eraser
'; [jog] to select '
Int.HDD
' or
'
Ext.HDD
', [ok]; [jog] to '
Yes nnnMB
', [ok]. Once the day's
files have been erased '
No Files Found
' is momentarily
displayed, then the bottom line changes to '
No 0.0MB
'.
[ok] returns to '
Select
Day
', [esc] goes back to
SESSION.01 'ProjectName' where another project can be
selected.
Reminder:
when
trashing
an individual file its .wav extension
becomes .rip. It is hidden but not erased from the workday
folder (p.25).
Sound-Report – Headers
Eight header items –
FileType, TapeRef, ToneLevel, Sample
rate, Bit-depth, FPS, Date and Media
– are automatically
filled with the recording parameters, while seven others (see
08 to 14 below) carry operator entered data.
Multiple changes to each header item are allowed per
workday. If one header item changes, a new PDF and ALE
page is started with this information.
07 (PFull Title
For consistency the 8 character Project name is automatically
inserted in the header before the operator entered Full Title.
(max: 39 characters). All of the header entries below are
automatically recalled when re-opening the project.
note:
[shift] [esc] clears each of these fields individually.
08 Production
(max: 30 chars.)
09 Director
(max: 25 chars.)
10 Sound Mixer
(max: 25 chars.)
11 Location
(max: 25 chars.)
12 Day's Topic
(max: 19 chars.)
13 Pic Format
(PAL, NTSC, HD1, HD2)
Built-in easy to read and print PDF report
SESSION 2,
SOUND REPORT 1
