Tascam dr-44wl Reference Manual

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56 TASCAM DR-44WL13 – Settings and InformationConfiguration (SYSTEM)The SYSTEM screen allows you to initialize the setting of theunit and format the SD card.Follow the below steps to display the SYSTEM screen:1. Press the MENU button to open the MENU screen.2. Using the wheel, select (highlight) SYSTEM and press theENTER/MARK or / button.SYSTEM screen appears.Use . button and / button, ENTER/MARK buttonand wheel to make settings for different items.The following settings for each item can be made in theSYSTEM screen.Setting the file name typeThis unit can set name types of the recording files.1. Use the wheel to select FILE NAME and press theENTER/MARK or / button.Exec appears selected for the FILE NAME item.2. Press the ENTER/MARK button to open the FILENAME screen.3. Use . button and / button, ENTER/MARK buttonand wheel to make settings for different items.The following settings for each item can be made in thisscreen.File name typeIn the TYPE item, select either the DATE or WORD options.Options:DATE (default value): dates will be included in file name.Example: 140101_0001S12.wavWORD: the six characters set in WORD will be includedin file name.Example: TASCAM_0001S12.wavNOTEThe internal clock of the unit is used to set dates. (See“Setting the date/time” on page 14.)Setting characters (WORD)In the WORD item, use either the . button or the /button to move the cursor, and turn the wheel to set characters.In addition to alphabets and numbers, the following characterscan be used: ! # $ % & ' ( ) + , - . ; = @ [ ] ^ _ ` { } ~Initializing the numbers (COUNT)To execute, press ENTER/MARK button in the COUNT INITitem. All newly created files will be assigned with numbers set inthe WORD item, starting from the 0001 count.Restoring the DR-44WL to factory settingsUse the INITIALIZE item to execute initialization; thiswill restore the unit to factory settings.1. Use the wheel to select INITIALIZE and press theENTER/MARK or / button.Exec appears selected for the INITIALIZE item.2. Press the ENTER/MARK button to open a pop-up confir-mation window.3. Press the ENTER/MARK button to initialize the unit.Press 8/HOME button to cancel initialization.Completely format a SD cardUse the MEDIA FORMAT item to format the SD card.Formatting erases all music files on the card and automaticallycreates new “MTR”, “MUSIC” and “UTILITY” folders as well as a“dr-1.sys” file.1. Use the wheel to select MEDIA FORMAT and pressthe ENTER/MARK or / button.Exec appears selected for the MEDIA FORMATitem.2. Press the ENTER/MARK button to open a pop-up confir-mation window.3. Press the ENTER/MARK button to execute the formatting.Press the 8/HOME button to cancel the formatting.CAUTIONWhen formatting the SD card, make sure that the unit isconnected to either the dedicated AC adapter (GPE053B)provided with the unit or the USB bus power from acomputer, or operating on fully-charged batteries.Formatting may not complete successfully if the batteryruns out.