BOSS BR-8 RECORDING STUDIO

https://www.boss.info/global/support/by_product/br-900cd/owners_manuals/

I had this problem when I operated mine in the `studio shed` it in the winter, try warming it up with a hair dryer, even better dont use it in `freezing` conditions

Free online manuals from Panasonic web site using https://www.google.com to search the internet:

https://panasonic.ca/viewing/ALL/KX-TG4732/OI/TG4731_PNQX5092ZA/TG4731_PNQX5092ZA.pdf


Recording
your greeting
message
1
M
MENU
N#302
2
MbN
:
“
Yes
”
a
M
SELECT
N
3
After a beep sounds, hold the handset
about 20 cm (8 inches) away and speak
clearly into the microphone (2 minutes
max.).
4
Press
M
STOP
N
to stop recording.
5
M
OFF
N


https://panasonic.ca/viewing/ALL/KX-TG4732/OI/TG4731_PNQX5092ZA/TG4731_PNQX5092ZA.pdf

The possibilities are almost endless. It's going to have to go to a qualified repair shop.

hdd should not be damaged, if your hd and cd are on same ide cable it might be taking the cd as master and not the hd, ensure the jumper on the back of the new cd drive is set in the same position as the old one was, as test remove cd and boot system, hd should act again as usual. this will show that there is a ide conflict.

my assumption is that your cd jumper should be set to slave or cable select position.
you may have to try each until you find the position that works.

I hope this was useful.

regards Martin.

If the disk had music that was not CREATED on the BR-8 you will get the error. The format is incompatible with computer formats.

If the files were created on the same BR-8, then you probably have a disk drive failure.

Try initializing a blank disk. If it will not, then you have a drive failure.

Also is it possible you are trying to read a 250Mb disk on a 100Mb drive? That won't work either.

Probably the drive has gone bad as a first thought... this happens. Possibly the heads got dirty...

Make sure nobody has smoked tobacco around the unit as that is a killer for Zip drives.

Sometimes they have a second level of initializing/formatting. If the BR* has that, try it.

If the disk had data put on with a PC you might try deleting all files and folders using the PC before formatting the disk in the BR8.

It is also possible that the media has gone bad.

A final try would be to degauss the disk and try to format on the BR8.

Midi doesn't actually "make sound". If your trying to record the patterns you made on the DR-5 to the recorder you need to use an audio output(I don't remember if they are RCA or 1/4" on the DR-5.) The midi output would be used to"trigger sounds" in another device that has sounds built in, or you could also trigger sounds in a program that supports midi input.

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