User Manual

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Startup
Startup—the Details
USB Storage Port
YoucanplugaUSBmassstoragedevicesuchasa“thumbdrive”intothePC3Kforbackingup,
archiving,sharingyourwork,andupdatingyoursoftware.AnysizeUSBmassstoragedevice
willwork,thoughthumbdrivesarerecommendedfortheirportability,durability,andlow
price.TheUSBStorageport
isonthebackpanelofthePC3K,butitiseasilyaccessiblefromthe
frontoftheinstrument.AUSBconnectorwillonlyfitintotheportiforientedproperly,sodon’t
forceitintotheport,asthismaydamageyourPC3KorUSBdevice.Ifyouare
havingtrouble
insertingyourUSBconnectorintotheport,tryflippingtheconnectorover.
Note:MostUSBthumbdrivesarecompatiblewiththePC3K,butsomeolderUSBthumbdrivesand
largerUSBbuspowereddriveswillnotworkwiththePC3Kiftheyrequiremorethan100mAofcurrent
(highpowerUSBdevices.)WhenattemptingtouseanincompatibleUSBdevice,thePC3Kwilldisplay
themessage“USBdevicerequirestoomuchpower”.ThePC3KisdesignedtoworkwithlowpowerUSB
devicesandcanprovideamaximumof100mAtoaUSBdevice.Powerrequirementspecificationsfor

thumbdrivesarenotalwaysmadeclearlyavailablebythemanufacturer, butanewlypurchasedthumb
drivewillmostlikelybecompatible.Ifpossible,checkthepowerrequirementspecificationsofyourUSB
devicebeforepurchase.
Caution:DonotremoveaUSBdevicewhilethedisplaysaysLoading...orSaving....Removing
aUSB
deviceduringafiletransfercancausedatacorruption.
USB Computer Port
NexttotheUSBStorageportonthebackpanelofthePC3KisaUSBComputerport.TheUSB
ComputerportworksforMIDI(transmitandreceive)ortoconnectyourPC3Ktoacomputer
forfiletransfer.Bydefault,theUSBportissettoMIDImode.Whenselecting
USBPC
connectioninStoragemode,USBMIDIwilltemporarilybedisabled.
WerecommendthatyouusetheUSBcableprovidedwithyourPC3Kanddonotuseextension
USBcables.ThePC3K’sUSBComputerportisonlyintendedforconnectiontoaUSBTypeA
port.
InUSBStoragemode,
aʺPC3Kʺvirtualdrivewillappearonyourcomputerdesktop.One
importantthingtoknowhereisthatthisisavirtualdrive.Youcansavetothisdrivefromthe
PC3K,butyoumustimmediatelytransferthatfiletoyourdesktop(orotherfolder).Youmust
copydatafromthe
PC3Kvirtualdrivetoyourcomputer’sdriveorelsethedatawillbelost.
Note:WhentransferringfilestoandfromthePC3KviatheUSBComputerPort,themaximum
sizeoffilesthatcanbetransferredisapproximately1.6MB.Thisissuitableformostobjects.
Fortransferringaudiosample
files,usetheUSBStoragePortwithaUSBmassstoragedevice
suchasa“thumb drive.”WhenusingtheUSBStoragePorttotransferfiles,thefilesizethatcan
betransferredislimitedonlybythesizeoftheUSBmassstoragedevice,andthePC3K’s
availableobjectand
samplememory.