fostex xr5 multitracker help please!!!!!!!!!

i know its old dont laugh,,, recently got this one on ebay. i have had a simple 4 track in the past. just wanna use this new one for ideas. i cant figure it out. anyone had one ? i cant record on 1 then 2 and so forth . it seems i can do 1 then 4 trackwise etc. all tracks record. no manuals available etc. any help will be great. its very frustrating i dont know if it just dosent work and i got had or it has certain steps for recording.