14 - Messages - Tascam 12 Owner's Manual

14 - Messages

The following is a list of messages that appear in pop-up windows.
Refer to this list if one of these pop-up messages appears on the Model 12 and you want to check the meaning or determine a proper
response.
Message
Card Error
Card Full
Dup File Name
File Not Found
No sys file
Make sys file
Song Protected
Invalid Card
Change Card
I/O Too Short
MBR error
Init card
No Card
Non-supported
Card Protected
USB Fs mismatch
Current Song
Invalid I/O point
Write error
REC continue
REC stop
Card slow
Need to set
I/O point.
Sample rate
Unmatch
Remain time is
not enough
8 track
punch in limit
Song is not
loaded
Song number full
SD PLAY:
cannot record
SD CARD cluster
size error
Import error.
No track
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Meaning and response
The SD card cannot be recognized properly. Replace the SD card.
The SD card has no remaining capacity.
A file with the same name already exists. Change the file name.
The file cannot be found or the file may be damaged. Check the relevant file.
The system file is missing. This unit requires a system file for operation.
When this message appears, press the MULTI JOG dial to create a system file.
This operation is not possible because the song is protected. Remove protection.
Something might be wrong with the SD card. Change the SD card.
On the AUTO PUNCH Screen, the time between the punch in and out points is too short. Set them with at
least 1 second between them.
On the VAMP Editing Screen, the time between the VAMP in and out points is too short. Set them with at
least 2 second between them.
The SD card is not formatted properly or the card is broken.
Change the SD card or press the MULTI JOG dial while this message is being shown to format the card.
Formatting will erase all the data on the SD card.
A SD card is not set.
Insert a recordable SD card.
The file format is not supported. Please see "Playing WAV files on SD cards (SD PLAY mode)" on page 62
for file formats that this unit can use.
The SD card is write-protected. Disable SD card write-protection.
The sampling rate of the current song and the USB audio interface are not the same.
Change the sampling rate of one so that they are the same.
The current song cannot be deleted. To delete the current song, load another song first.
The punch in/out point settings on the AUTO PUNCH Screen are not set correctly.
Automatic punching in/out occurred at an invalid position for the punch in or out point.
Start the automatic punch operation from a valid point.
The VAMP in/out point settings on the VAMP Editing Screen are not set correctly.
Change the position of the VAMP in or out point.
Writing to the SD card timed out. This has caused audio to be interrupted and noise to occur.
Writing to the SD card timed out, and recording stopped.
SD card writing performance has become worse.
Execute the erase format function or change the SD card.
Neither the punch in or out points are set for the automatic punch in/out function.
Either the punch in or out point must be set.
The sampling frequency of the WAV file to be imported does not match the current song.
Select a WAV file with the same sampling frequency as the current song or convert the sampling
frequency before importing.
The SD card does not have enough open space, so importing is not possible.
Erase unnecessary files or transfer them to a computer.
The maximum number of tracks for punch in recording is eight.
Press REC buttons to reduce the number of recording tracks to eight or less.
No song is loaded.
Create a new song or load a song.
The maximum number of songs that can be created on an SD card is 100.
Erase unnecessary songs.
SD PLAY mode is for playback only.
Recording is not possible.
Recording is not possible because the SD card cluster size is not right.
Back up the contents of the SD card on a computer and then format it with this unit.
Then, restore the data from the computer.
Importing is not possible because there are no open tracks.
Use TRACK CLEAR to clear a track. (see "Clearing tracks" on page 46)