I don't know if anyone has tried on the Edirol R-09HR yet, but I found that on my new Roland R-05 which seems very very similar to the R-09HR (and R-09) firmware, that if you press the "A/B-Spit" button and the "Menu" button at the same time the menu will be displayed with an extra choice selection. This trick works with the Edirol R-09 with latest firmware v1.31 and it also works on the new Roland R-05. Try it on the R-09HR and see if you get the extra settings choices. One of them might be to disable the record indicator light when in record mode. Those who have an R-09HR, try it and see if it has this hidden menu.