Reformatting mtr partitions, 10 – sd card management – Tascam DP-008 User Manual

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TASCAM DP-008

Card

capacity

FAT

partition

size

MTR partition size

512 MB

256 MB

256MB fixed

4 If the card capacity is 8 GB or more,

turn the

DATA

wheel to select the MTR

partition size, and press the

F2 (

EXEC

)

key.
A message warning that all songs will be

erased appears.

5 Press the

F3 (

YES

)

key to format the card.

For example, if you format a 16 GB card

with 4GB MTR partitions, 12 GB are left

for MTR partitions after 4 GB is used for the

FAT partition. Three partitions are created.

Two are 4 GB and the last one is 3 GB. (Since

1GB is actually 1024 MB, the total size of

the partitions does not always match the card

size.)

When formatting finishes the

•

CARD

screen reopens.
After formatting, one song is automatically

•

created in each MTR partition.
To cancel formatting, press the

•

F4 (

)

key.

Reformatting MTR

partitions

You can reformat an MTR partition if you

want. Use this function when you just want to

format a specific partition without changing

its size.

CAUTION

You cannot undo this operation! All the

data on the selected partition will be

erased, so be certain that you will not lose

anything important when reformatting.

1 When the recorder is stopped, press the

key to open the

screen.

2 Use the

DATA

wheel to select

CARD

, and

press the

(¥) key to open the

CARD

menu screen.

3 Turn the

DATA

wheel to select

REFORMAT

Press the

(¥) key to open the

REFORMAT

screen.

A list of the MTR partitions and their sizes

(not open capacities) appear.

marks the active partition.

4 Turn the

DATA

wheel to select the

partition that you want to reformat and

press the

F2 (

EXEC

)

key.

A pop-up message warning that all data on

the partition will be erased appears.

5 Press the

F3 (

YES

)

key to reformat the

partition.

When reformatting finishes the

•

CARD

reopens.
After reformatting, one song is automati-

•

cally created in the MTR partition.
To cancel reformatting, press the

•

F4 (

)

key.

10 – SD Card Management