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Hey guys, just got my first emulator II today... I'm going thru an online manual but I'm sure 
this won't be my last question here as I'm still learning all the functions..

It came with around 50 disks and I've only got 11 of them to work...
The two main error messages i get are "Null Preset Disk Read Error" and "HD MiniS 20 R2.6" 
<---I get that one the most. Does anyone know what these mean? Also I read in the online 
manual that slider A is supposed to scroll through the sounds on the disk but I havent gotten 
it to do that.. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance

Hi was it one of the ones on Ebay from seller dean1418
On 2/10/2008, at 12:16 AM, jakeschrock wrote:

> Hey guys, just got my first emulator II today... I'm going thru an  
> online manual but I'm sure
> this won't be my last question here as I'm still learning all the  
> functions..
>
> It came with around 50 disks and I've only got 11 of them to work...
> The two main error messages i get are "Null Preset Disk Read Error"  
> and "HD MiniS 20 R2.6"
> <---I get that one the most. Does anyone know what these mean? Also  
> I read in the online
> manual that slider A is supposed to scroll through the sounds on the  
> disk but I havent gotten
> it to do that.. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance
>
>
> 



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It was from ebay but not from that seller. 
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> To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> From: d2ba@...
> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:22:41 +1300
> Subject: Re: [emulatorII-list] New Emulator II user here with some questions
> 
> 
> Hi was it one of the ones on Ebay from seller dean1418
> On 2/10/2008, at 12:16 AM, jakeschrock wrote:
> 
>> Hey guys, just got my first emulator II today... I'm going thru an
>> online manual but I'm sure
>> this won't be my last question here as I'm still learning all the
>> functions..
>>
>> It came with around 50 disks and I've only got 11 of them to work...
>> The two main error messages i get are "Null Preset Disk Read Error"
>> and "HD MiniS 20 R2.6"
>> <---I get that one the most. Does anyone know what these mean? Also
>> I read in the online
>> manual that slider A is supposed to scroll through the sounds on the
>> disk but I havent gotten
>> it to do that.. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
> 

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--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "jakeschrock" <fuzzykoto@...>
wrote:
>
> It came with around 50 disks and I've only got 11 of them to work...

Make sure your E-II floppy drive is clean and free of dust. Try some
compressed air (computer duster), and if that fails Ive had some luck
in the past after using a 5-1/4" cleaning disk (eBay). You can also
try gently spinning the inner media portion of the problem floppy disk
by hand before inserting it (use the center hub, dont touch the data
surface). If the disk is no longer functioning correctly mechanically,
it can cause problems.

Due to age and use it also just be bad or failing media. The ideas
above are just to get a previously defective disk to read once; at
which point you should immediately save the bank to a brand new,
freshly formatted, and known good disk.

> The two main error messages i get are "Null Preset Disk Read Error"
and "HD MiniS 20 R2.6" 

Did you buy a II+ HD model? I do not have a HD model, but the second
error would probably indicate a "MiniScribe 20mb Harddrive".

> slider A is supposed to scroll through the sounds on the disk but I
havent gotten 
> it to do that..

IIRC Slider A just "catalogs" the *samples* used in a preset. To
actually scroll through different presets in a bank, you would key in
preset numbers using the keypad.

Happy Emulating and congrats on your new machine.