Configuration (System); Setting The File Name Type; Restoring The Dr-44Wl To Factory Settings; Completely Format A Sd Card - Tascam dr-44wl Reference Manual

13 – Settings and Information

Configuration (SYSTEM)

The screen allows you to initialize the setting of the
SYSTEM
unit and format the SD card.
Follow the below steps to display the
1. Press the MENU button to open the
2. Using the wheel, select (highlight)
ENTER/MARK or / button.
screen appears.
SYSTEM
Use . button and / button, ENTER/MARK button
and wheel to make settings for different items.
The following settings for each item can be made in the
screen.
SYSTEM

Setting the file name type

This unit can set name types of the recording files.
1. Use the wheel to select
FILE NAME
ENTER/MARK or / button.
appears selected for the
Exec
2. Press the ENTER/MARK button to open the
screen.
NAME
3. Use . button and / button, ENTER/MARK button
and wheel to make settings for different items.
The following settings for each item can be made in this
screen.
File name type
In the item, select either the
TYPE
Options:
(default value): dates will be included in file name.
DATE
Example: 140101_0001S12.wav
: the six characters set in
WORD
in file name.
Example: TASCAM_0001S12.wav
NOTE
The internal clock of the unit is used to set dates. (See
"Setting the date/time" on page 14.)
Setting characters (WORD)
In the item, use either the . button or the /
WORD
button to move the cursor, and turn the wheel to set characters.
In addition to alphabets and numbers, the following characters
can be used: ! # $ % & ' ( ) + , - . ; = @ [ ] ^ _ ` { } ~
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TASCAM DR-44WL
screen:
SYSTEM
screen.
MENU
and press the
SYSTEM
and press the
item.
FILE NAME
FILE
or options.
DATE WORD
will be included
WORD
Initializing the numbers (COUNT)
To execute, press ENTER/MARK button in the
item. All newly created files will be assigned with numbers set in
the item, starting from the
WORD

Restoring the DR-44WL to factory settings

Use the item to execute initialization; this
INITIALIZE
will restore the unit to factory settings.
1. Use the wheel to select
INITIALIZE
ENTER/MARK or / button.
appears selected for the
Exec
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 card

Use the
MEDIA FORMAT
Formatting erases all music files on the card and automatically
creates new "MTR", "MUSIC" and "UTILITY" folders as well as a
"dr-1.sys" file.
1. Use the wheel to select
MEDIA FORMAT
the ENTER/MARK or / button.
appears selected for the
Exec
item.
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.
CAUTION
When formatting the SD card, make sure that the unit is
connected to either the dedicated AC adapter (GPE053B)
provided with the unit or the USB bus power from a
computer, or operating on fully-charged batteries.
Formatting may not complete successfully if the battery
runs out.
COUNT INIT
count.
0001
and press the
item.
INITIALIZE
item to format the SD card.
and press
MEDIA FORMAT