Yamaha F11 Manual Do Utilizador

F11/F01 Owner’s Manual

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Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disks

The floppy disk drive allows you to load data from floppy disk to the instrument.
Be sure to handle floppy disks and treat the disk drive with care. Follow the important precautions below.

■ Floppy Disk Compatibility

3.5" 2DD and 2HD type floppy disks can be used.

■ Inserting/Removing Floppy Disks

• Hold the disk so that the label of the disk is facing 

upward and the sliding shutter is facing forward, 
towards the disk slot. Carefully insert the disk into the 
slot, slowly pushing it all the way in until it clicks into 
place and the eject button pops out.

• After checking that the instrument is not accessing* 

the floppy disk (checking that the use lamp on the 
floppy disk drive is off), firmly press the eject button 
at the upper right of the disk slot all the way in.
When the floppy disk is ejected, pull it out of the 
drive. If the floppy disk cannot be removed because it 
is stuck, do not try to force it, but instead try pressing 
the eject button again, or try re-inserting the disk and 
attempt to eject it again.

* Access of the disk indicates an active operation and 

the loading of data.
If a floppy disk is inserted while the power is on, the 
disk is automatically accessed, since the instrument 
checks whether the disk has data.

Do not remove the floppy disk or turn off the instrument 
itself while the disk is being accessed.
Doing so may result not only in loss of data on the disk 
but also damage to the floppy disk drive.

* Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive 

before turning off the power. A floppy disk left in the 
drive for extended periods can easily pick up dust and 
dirt that can cause data-read and -write errors.

■ Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head

• Clean the read/write head regularly. This instrument 

employs a precision magnetic read/write head which, 
after an extended period of use, will pick up a layer of 
magnetic particles from the disks used that will even-
tually cause read and write errors.

• To maintain the disk drive in optimum working order 

Yamaha recommends that you use a commercially-
available dry-type head cleaning disk to clean the head 

about once a month. Ask your Yamaha dealer about 
the availability of proper headcleaning disks.

■ About Floppy Disks

• Do not place heavy objects on a disk or bend or apply 

pressure to the disk in any way. Always keep floppy 
disks in their protective cases when they are not in 
use.

• Do not expose the disk to direct sunlight, extremely 

high or low temperatures, or excessive humidity, dust 
or liquids.

• Do not open the sliding shutter and touch the exposed 

surface of the floppy disk inside.

• Do not expose the disk to magnetic fields, such as 

those produced by televisions, speakers, motors, etc., 
since magnetic fields can partially or completely erase 
data on the disk, rendering it unreadable.

• Never use a floppy disk with a deformed shutter or 

housing.

• Do not attach anything other than the provided labels 

to a floppy disk. Also make sure that labels are 
attached in the proper location.

• To prevent accidental erasure of important data, slide 

the disk’s write-protect tab to the “protect” position 
(tab open). When saving data, make sure that the 
disk’s write-protect tab is set to the “overwrite” posi-
tion (tab closed).

Never insert anything but floppy disks 
into the disk drive. Other objects may 
cause damage to the disk drive or 
floppy disks.

Write-protect tab open

(protect position)