Tascam DP-006 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM DP-006 7911 – SD Card ManagementOverview of partitionsAs described in “Partitions and songs” (page 45), SD cards formatted by thisunit are divided into partitions. MTR partitions are for recording data while theFAT partition can be accessed with a personal computer. High-capacity cardscan have multiple MTR partitions. In this case, you can use the MTR partitionsfor different songs, for example, or copy songs to a different MTR partitions tosave their information. The FAT partition is FAT32 format and can be accessedby a computer connected to this unit by USB. This FAT partition is used to savesongs and export stereo masters to computers, as well as to allow this unitto import audio files into songs, for example. For this reason, two steps arenecessary to copy from a MTR partition and a computer. You can also formatan entire card or individual partition as well as change the divisions betweenpartitions (repartition) as necessary.CAUTIONFormatting and repartition operations cannot be undone!NOTE• The FAT (File Allocation Table) format is a disk format that can be read by acomputer.• SD cards that meet SD/SDHC standards and are at least 512 MB can beused with this unit. A list of SD cards that have been confirmed for use withthis unit can be found on the TASCAM website (http://tascam.com/).• See “Selecting the active partition” on page 45 for how to change theactive partition.Formatting SD cardsThis operation formats the entire card and allows you set MTR partition sizesfor high-capacity cards.CAUTIONThis operation erases all the data on the card and cannot be undone!Confirm that you will not lose important data before formatting a card.1. When the recorder is stopped, press the MENU button to open theMENU screen.2. Use the DATA wheel to select (highlight) the CARD item, and press theF4 [t] button to open the CARD screen.3. Use the DATA wheel to select the FORMAT item, and press the F4 [t]button to open the FORMAT screen.MTR partition sizeFAT partition sizeSize of entire SD cardThe following table shows the FAT and MTR partition sizes for differentSD card capacities. The FAT partition size is set automatically accordingto card capacity. The size of the MTR partition on cards 4 GB or smaller isalso fixed, but cards that are 8 GB or larger have multiple MTR partitionsand their sizes can be chosen. However, the last MTR partition is set tofill the remaining space on the card automatically, so its size cannot bechosen.