Roland SP-404A, Owner'S Manual

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This operation will restore the SD card’s sample and 

pattern data, as well as the SP-404A’s internal settings and 

data to their factory-set condition. In order to perform 

this operation, you’ll need a computer and a commercially 

available card reader.

NOTE

When you perform this operation, the sample and pat-

tern data of all banks, as well as the SP-404A’s internal 

settings will all be lost. If you wish to keep any of this 

data, you must back it up before proceeding (p. 20).

1. 

Prepare an SD card that has been formatted on 

the SP-404A (p . 19) .

If you’re using the SD card that was included with the 

SP-404A, or an SD card that is currently being used with 

the SP-404A, there’s no need to format the card.

2. 

While holding down the [CANCEL] button, turn on 

the power to cancel all protection .

The display will indicate “

P . o F

” indicating that protection 

has been turned off for all samples and patterns.

3. 

Switch off the SP-404A’s power .

4. 

Using your computer, copy the “FCTRY” folder to 

the root directory (the top level) of the SD card .

MEMO

• 

The SD card included with the SP-404A already has the 

“FCTRY” folder, so step 4 will not be necessary.

• 

For details on downloading the “FCTRY” folder, refer to 

the Roland website.

http://www.roland.com/support/

• 

The “FCTRY” folder contains the factory-set preset data.

5. 

Insert the SD card into the SP-404A, and while 

holding down the [CANCEL], [REMAIN], and [DEL] 

button buttons, turn on the power .

The display will indicate “

i n i

,” and the [REC] button will 

blink.

MEMO

If you decide not to proceed with this Factory Reset 

operation, you can simply turn off the power at this 

point.

6. 

If you’re sure that you want to restore the SP-404A 

to its factory-set state, press the [REC] button .

The [REC] button will light, and the dot in the display 

will blink. When the operation has been completed, the 

blinking will stop.

NOTE

Never turn off the power while the dot is blinking. 

Doing so may destroy the SD card.

MEMO

If you’re using the SD card included with the SP-404A or 

an SD card that is being used with the SP-404A, and are 

executing this procedure from step 2, the backup data 

on the card will not be erased by this procedure.

Erasing the sample/pattern data of all banks

By executing this procedure starting with step 5 with 

an SD card that has no “FCTRY” folder, you can make 

the sample and pattern data of all banks be empty. The 

internal settings of the SP-404A itself will be the factory 

settings.

Restoring only the SP-404A’s internal settings to the factory-set state

By executing step 5 and following without inserting an 

SD card, you can restore only the internal settings to their 

factory-set state.

Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)