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resides on the floppy disk, or during the performance of lists resident on the disk.
Also, never extract the disk when the instrument is in “system busy” condition, i.e.
when the name of the song resident on the floppy disk is displayed in brackets ().
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ONLY TO REMOVE the disk when the disk drive LED is off. When the current
operation requires extraction of the disk wait for the prompt, which will appear on
the display.
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NOT TO SWITCH OFF the instrument when a writing operation (copy, rename,
delete, memory compact) is in progress on the Flash Memory.
In order to obtain the best performance from the instrument, it is important to:
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Use only good quality floppy disks. Pay special attention to looking after floppy disks,
taking care not to place them close to heat sources or magnetic fields (monitors, speakers,
etc..) or in damp and dusty environments. Bear in mind that given the nature of the direct-
to-disk system, the instrument must have error-free disks if it is to give the best performance.
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Make backup copies of floppy disks periodically, since the direct-to-disk system causes
greater wear of the disk’s magnetic medium than other systems.
With regard to the type of files to be used, bear in mind that:
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The Genius only uses standard MIDI files (extension *.MID) resident on floppy disks
formatted in accordance with the MS-DOS
standard. Files with different extensions will
not be processed.
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The system supports up to 16 tracks. If a format 1 MIDI file exceeds the permitted number
of tracks, an error will be shown on the display.
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The Genius recognises the format of any lyrics on the song, identifying the copyright of the
MIDI file producer. It is therefore important to use the permitted types of Karaoke without
converting the format. In addition, do not use more than one text coding mode within the
same file.
1.3 NOTES ABOUT THE MANUAL
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Take good care of this manual.
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Read all the information provided in this manual carefully. You will avoid wasting time and
obtain the best performance from the instrument.
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Codes or numbers in square brackets ([]) indicate the names of buttons on the instrument’s
panel or connectors on the rear.
For example, [LYRICS] indicates the LYRICS button.
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The contents of the display video pages are provided purely as guideline and may differ
from what actually appears on the display.
