Teac LX Series, Instruction Manual

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Specifying Recording Devices and File names
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About File Names
When Recording to Memory or to Media
To specify a file name, use 5 alphanumeric characters. The following characters cannot be used :
．，；：
<> [ ]*? ="/ \ |
The system attaches a 3-digit ID number (starting from 001) to these 5 characters to make a total of 8
characters. If you specify 4 or fewer characters, the system changes the total number of characters to 8 by
using a 0 before the 3-digit ID number to pad each of the missing locations.
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When Recording to a PC
When recording to a PC, or when recording to a PC while recording to memory or media, there is no restriction
on the length of the file name.
The following characters cannot be used :
．，；：
<> [ ]*? ="/ \ |
In the entry box on the right of the file name, you can choose how many digits to use for the ID numbers
appended to the file name. Use up to 8 digits for the ID number. For example, if you enter 2 in the entry box,
Data files have the extension .dat. Header files have the extension .hdr.
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Data files have the extension .dat. Header files have the extension .hdr.
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Do not add numeric characters to the end of a file name. If you do so, the following problem might occur.
Example:
Suppose you specify the file name as "LX10", the 8-character file names are constructed as follows:
LX100001
↓
Increment
LX100002
↓
Increment
LX100003
If you then specify a new file as "LX1" and record it to the same folder, the system will find that there is an
existing file called LX100001 and so, to prevent overwriting this file, the system will use LX100004 as the new
file name.
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