RC-3: FACTORY RESET (INITIALIZATION):
PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR RC-3 OR RC-30 FACTORY RESET
RC-3 AND RC-30: CLEARING THE INTERNAL MEMORY (FACTORY RESET)
If you need to RESET to FACTORY DEFAULTS it should reset back to the last VERSION FIRMWARE UPDATE.
NOTE: BACKUP ANY OF YOUR LOOPS AND CUSTOMIZED DATA BEFORE DOING THE FACTORY RESET. COPY THE ENTIRE ROLAND FOLDER TO YOUR COMPUTER.
Begin with device POWER TURNED OFF:
1. Press and hold the [WRITE] and [RHYTHM ON/OFF] buttons and TURN ON the POWER by connecting a MONO INSTRUMENT cable to the OUTPUT A L/MONO of the RC-3 or RC-30 OUTPUT JACK.
2. Release the buttons, and then press [RHYTHM ON/OFF] again—"FN" flashes in the display.
3. Press [WRITE] — "FN" flashes rapidly for approximately 10 seconds.
4. When the phrase number appears, the FACTORY RESET is complete.
Recycle POWER OFF then back ON again for normal play mode.
NOTE: DO NOT turn OFF the POWER while the display is flashing.
RC-3 and RC-30 FACTORY DATA for LOOPS 90-99 can be found in links below:
RC-3 Factory Restore Data
RC-30 Factory Restore Data
RC-3 KNOWLEDGE BASE ARTICLES - SEARCH "RC-3" or "RC-30": https://www.boss.info/us/support/knowledge_base/?product=rc-3