Disk/Cf Card Management; Selecting The Active Partition - Tascam DP-02 Owner's Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 2 – Advanced techniques

Disk/CF card management

The DP-02/DP-02CF allows you format and re-partition
their recording media (see "DP-02 Line-up" on page 7) to
suit your needs. The recording media on your unit can be
divided into partitions. Songs can be created on a partition
and moved to another one later for archive purposes, etc.,
or you can use different partitions for different types of
songs.
CAUTION
Formatting and re-partitioning are "destructive"
actions. You cannot undo them, and the changes are
permanent.

Selecting the active partition

Choose the active partition, from which you can load exist-
ing songs and on which you can create new songs, etc.
On the DP-02:
1. From the screen, select and enter the
M E N U
2. Highlight the
P A R T I T I O N
cursor or YES/ENTER
An asterisk ( ) shows the active partition. The sizes
Ú
of the partitions are shown (not the available space).
NOTE
You cannot select the FAT partition here.
3. Use the cursor ( / ) keys or rotate the
§ ¶
select the partition to make it active and press
ENTER . The display shows:
4. Press to select, or
YES/ENTER
the partition action.
The unit stores the current song, loads the current
song on the new partition and shows a series of
messages about the progress of the operation.

TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF
.
D I S K
action and press the
¥
key. The display shows:
dial to
DATA
YES/
to cansel
NO/EXIT
In addition to the song partitions, there is also a
FAT-formatted partition. This is the part of the record-
ing media that can be read by a personal computer when
the unit is connected using USB. Whenever you want to
archive or store a song on a computer, export a mix to a
computer, or import an audio file for inclusion in a song,
the data must be copied in two operations, copying first to
the FAT partition and then from there to your computer.
NOTE
The FAT format (File Allocation Table) is a disk format
which can be read by all personal computers.
On the DP-02CF:
1. From the CARD screen, select the
action and press YES/ENTER
display shows the partition list as shown in the step
2 on the left column.
An asterisk ( ) shows the active partition. The sizes
Ú
of the partitions are shown (not the available space).
2. Move the cursor ( /
§ ¶
to the partition to make it active and press
ENTER .
The display shows the message,
shown in step 3 on the left column.
NOTE
If a CF card under 5GB is used, just one partition
appears on the display, and that is the only partition
available as the current active partition, marked with
an asterisk.
3. Press YES/ENTER to select, or
the partition action.
P A R T I T I O N
or cursor key The
¥ .
) keys or rotate the dial
DATA
YES/
A r e y o u s u r e ?
NO/EXIT to cancel
as