The following are internal and external hard drive (HDD) specifications for the VS-880:
- 2.5" IDE drive (Also known as Parallel ATA).
- 4GB maximum
NOTES:
- Before using a new disk drive or a disk drive that has been previously used by another device, it is necessary to initialize the drive. This will enable it to be used with the VS-880. For details, please see the "Initializing a disk drive" section in the VS-880 Owner's Manual.
- Larger drives are not compatible and will not work.
- Any standard drive speed, buffer and cache specification is compatible.
- Recommended brands would be Maxtor, Seagate and IBM.
- The VS recorder formats the hard drive into a maximum of 1GB partition size.
- Hard drives can be found at most electronic/computer stores or online. Due to the age of the VS recorder, Roland no longer carries these hard drives.