Elation Show Designer Disk Drive SD manual

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    © Elation Professional ® www .elationlighting.com SD Disk Drive™ User Manual Page 2 SD Disk Drive™™ Introduction Introduction: T hank you for purchasing the SD D isk Dr ive ™ from Elation Prof essiona l ® , the per fect comp anion to any Show Desi gner ™ controller . The SD Dis k Drive ™ is a 1 9” rack mount acce ssor y that allows[...]

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    © Elation Professional ® - www .elationlighting.com - SD Disk Drive™ User Manual Page 3 © Elation Professional ® - www .elationlighting.com - SD Disk Drive™ User Manual Page 4 SD Disk Drive™ Safety Precautions • T o reduce the risk of electrical shock or fir e, do not expose this unit rain or moisture • Do not spill water or other li[...]

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    © Elation Professional ® - www .elationlighting.com - SD Disk Drive™ User Manual Page 5 SD Disk Drive™ Set Up © Elation Professional ® - www .elationlighting.com - SD Disk Drive™ User Manual Page 6 For permanent installation be sur e to mount the drive in a rack and secure the unit to the rack via the built-in rack ears. If the unit is no[...]

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    This pr ocess must only be completed once. After the softwar e update has been completed the SD Disk Drive can then be accessed directly from the Show Designer and all futur e updates can be completed through “Update Softwar e” function in the Show Designer’ s menu. Upgrading Show Designers with Software V ersions 1.00 - 1.11 - For Show Desig[...]

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    © Elation Professional ® - www .elationlighting.com - SD Disk Drive™ User Manual Page 10 © Elation Professional ® - www .elationlighting.com - SD Disk Drive™ User Manual Page 9 SD Disk Drive™ Saving MIDI Files Y ou can use the disk drive to save MIDI system exclusive files from other devices that use MIDI as a memory backup method; 1) Co[...]

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    © Elation Professional ® - www .elationlighting.com - SD Disk Drive™ User Manual Page 11 Model: SD Disk Drive™ V oltage*: AC 120v - 60v Dimensions: 7.25”(L) x 19”(W) x 1.75”(H) W eight: 5.5 Lbs. / 2.6 Kgs. W arranty: 1 Y ear (365 days) *Supplied by the controller . Please Note: Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit[...]