82 TASCAM DP-0049–SD Card ManagementFormatting cards and setting partitionsizesThis operation formats the entire card and allowsyou set MTR partition sizes for high-capacity cards.CAUTIONThis operation erases all the data on the card andcannot be undone! Confirm that you will not loseimportant data before formatting a card.1 When the transport is stopped and the HomeScreen is open, press MENU to open the MENU screen.2 Turn the DATA wheel to select CARD, and press theF4 (¥) key to open the CARD menu screen.3 Turn the DATA wheel to select FORMAT and pressthe F4 (¥) key.The FORMAT screen opens.MTR partition sizeFAT partition sizeTotal card sizeThe following table shows the FAT and MTRpartition sizes for different SD card capacities. TheFAT partition size is set automatically accordingto card capacity. The size of the MTR partition oncards 4 GB or smaller is also fixed, but cards thatare 8 GB or larger have multiple MTR partitions andtheir sizes can be chosen. However, the last MTRpartition is set to fill the remaining space on the cardautomatically, so its size cannot be chosen.
