Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-03SD Owner's Manual

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TASCAM DP-03SD 5711 – SD Card ManagementOverview of partitionsAs described in “Partitions and songs” on page 30, SD cardsformatted by this unit are divided into partitions. MTR partitionsare for recording data while the FAT partition can be accessedwith a personal computer.The FAT partition is FAT32 format and can be accessed by acomputer connected to this unit by USB. This FAT partitionis used to save songs and export stereo master tracks tocomputers, as well as to allow this unit to import audio files intosongs, for example. For this reason, two steps are necessary tocopy from a MTR partition and a computer. You can also formatan entire card or individual partition as well as change thedivisions between partitions (repartition) as necessary.CAUTIONFormatting and repartition operations cannot be undone!NOTE• The FAT (File Allocation Table) format is a disk format thatcan be read by a computer.• SD and SDHC card that are at least 512MB in size can beused.Formatting cardsThis operation formats the entire card.CAUTIONThis operation erases all the data on the card and cannotbe undone! Confirm that you will not lose important databefore formatting a card.1 When the recorder is stopped, press MENU to open theMENU screen.2 Turn the DATA wheel to select CARD, and press the F4 (¥)button to open the CARD menu screen.3 Turn the DATA wheel to select FORMAT and press the F4(¥) button.The FORMAT screen opens.MTR partition sizeFAT partition sizeTotal card sizeThe following table shows the FAT and MTR partition sizesfor different SD card capacities. The FAT partition size is setautomatically according to card capacity.Card capacity and partition sizeCard capacity FAT partitionsizeMTR partitionsize32 GB 4GB 28 GB16 GB 4GB 12 GB8 GB 2GB 6 GB4 GB 2 GB 2 GB2 GB 1 GB 1 GB1 GB 512 MB 512 MB512 MB 256 MB 256 MBA message warning that all songs will be erased appears.4 Press the F3 (YES) button to format the card.For example, if you format a 16 GB card, 12 GB are left forMTR partitions after 4 GB is used for the FAT partition. (Since1GB is actually 1024 MB, the total size of the partitions doesnot always match the card size.)• When formatting finishes the CARD menu screen reopens.• After formatting, one song is automatically created in eachMTR partition.• To cancel formatting, press the F4 (NO) button.