Open" And "Close; Backing Up And Restoring Songs; Backing Up - Tascam D00871320A Owner's Manual

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You can now unplug the USB cable.
If a panel telling you it is not safe to remove the DP-01 appears, do not
"close" or unplug the DP-01. Close all programs and windows that are
accessing the files on the DP-01 and try again.
Disconnecting from a Macintosh system
necting the DP 01 from a Macintosh system (OS 9 or OS X), drag the disk
icon to the Trash, or press Command E (OS X 10.3 also has a button in the
Finder which allows ejecting removable media). When the icon has disap
peared from your desktop, you can disconnect the DP 01.

"Open" and "Close"

Before using the DP-01's FAT partition, you must "open" the system
so that it can be read by the PC. While the system is open, you can-
not perform any recording, playback, etc., or any operations involv-
ing the DP-01 hard disk.
1
Connect the DP-01 to the PC.
2
Press
and select the
MENU
3
Select the
USB OPN/CLS
4
Press
to open the disk. A popup message appears, asking if you
ENTER
are sure.
5
Press
again. The screen shows:
ENTER
The DP-01 is now locked until you press

Backing up and restoring songs

When you back up a song, you're backing up the audio tracks, as
well as any editing, etc. Reverse the process (computer hard disk to
FAT partition to DP-01 disk) when you want to restore a song.

Backing up

Before you start, make sure that you've selected the partition contain-
ing the song you're going to back up ("Selecting the active partition"
on page 40).
1
Press
and select the
MENU
2
Select the
SONG BACKUP
The current song is shown with the ← symbol beside it.
When you are discon
menu.
DISK
action and press the
key
.
EXIT
menu.
BACKUP
action and press the
key
Advanced techniques
Make sure that you
have saved songs,
copied all the files you're going to
transfer to the PC to the FAT parti-
tion, etc., before you open the DP-
01.
Remove the DP-01
from the computer
(see "Using the USB connection"
on page 44) before pressing
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.
EXIT
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