Tascam POCKETSTUDIO 5 Release Notes

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4 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Version 2.0 Release Notes2 – Upgrade proceduresWe assume that you already know how to open fold-ers, copy and move files, etc. on your computersystem.If you are in any doubt as to how to perform theseoperations, please consult the documentation sup-plied with your computer.First steps (Windows systems)The update software comes in a ZIP format archivefile, which means that you should have a programinstalled on your system capable of expanding sucharchives. A program such as WinZip® is ideal.Following the instructions supplied with your archivesoftware, extract the archive to a location you canremember (for example “My Documents”).After extracting the ZIP archive, you should see afolder containing one file, called UTILITY.LDR, andone folder, called UTILITY, containing two files:FPRG101.UTL and PS5PRG.204.First steps (Mac OS 9 and OS X 10.1 and above)The update software comes in a Zip format archivefile, which means that you should have a programinstalled on your system capable of expanding sucharchives. A program such as Stuffit Expander™ isideal.Following the instructions supplied with your archivesoftware, extract the archive to a location you canremember (for example the Desktop).After extracting the ZIP archive, you should see afolder containing one file, called UTILITY.LDR, andone folder, called UTILITY, containing two files:FPRG101.UTL and PS5PRG.204.Back up your dataNOTEIf you are upgrading a Pocketstudio 5, now is the time toback up your songs and data, as we suggest that you for-mat the Pocketstudio 5 card before performing theupgrade.Perform this and all steps related to the upgrade using theAC adapter. Do not attempt these operations with batteries.If your batteries run out before the upgrade is complete,your Pocketstudio 5 will be left in an unpredictable state,and you may not be able to use it.1 Turn off your Pocketstudio 5. Make sure theCF card is inserted. Connect the Pocketstu-dio 5 to the computer using a USB cable.Connect the AC power adaptor to the Pock-etstudio 5, but do not turn it on yet.2 Press and hold the ENTER key on the Pocket-studio 5 and turn on the Pocketstudio 5 whileholding the ENTER key. The display showsUSB MODE – you can now release theENTER key.After a short while, the Pocketstudio 5 willappear as a removable drive on your com-puter (if you have one hard disk and a CD-ROM drive already on your Windows com-puter, it will probably appear as drive E:).On Windows Me/2000/XP systems, a smallcard icon will appear in the taskbar. OnMacintosh systems, it will appear as a drivecalled POCKET_5.3 Create a folder on your computer’s hard diskcalled PS5Backup or something similar.4 Drag any song folders (they have the samenames as the titles of the songs on the Pocket-studio 5) and their contents into the backupfolder on your computer.5 If you have MP3 or SMF (Standard MIDI)files on your Pocketstudio 5, drag the MP3and SMF folders and their contents into thebackup folder on your computer.6 Copy the PATTERN.001 file into the backupfolder on your computer.