Tascam DP-02 User Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF

2 – Advanced techniques

Formatting a disk/card

As well as formatting the recording media, you can set the
size of the unit’s native partitions.

CAUTION

This destroys all data on the entire disk. You cannot
undo it. ONLY CARRY OUT THIS OPERATION IF YOU
ARE SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.

On the DP-02:

1. From the

screen, select and enter the

DISK

2. Select the

FORMAT

action and press the

cursor or

YES/ENTER

NOTE

The disk size shown on the display may vary from the
example given here.

3. Use the

DATA dial

to select the size of the partitions

(32, 16, 8 or 4 gigabytes—1 gigabyte is 1024 mega-
bytes).

All partitions will be the same size, except the last
one, which will be the size of the remaining space.

4. Press

YES/ENTER

A message reminds you that all songs will be lost.

WARNING

It is most important that the power to the unit is not
turned off when the disk is being formatted. If this
happens, the unit may become unusable.

5. Press

YES/ENTER

again to format the disk with the

new partition sizes (or

NO/EXIT

to escape without

formatting).

On the DP-02CF:

1. From the

CARD

screen, select and enter the

FORMAT

action. The display shows:

NOTE

The card size shown on the display may vary from the
example given here.

2. Use the

DATA dial

to select the size of the partitions

(64, 32, 16, or 8 gigabytes—1 gigabyte is 512 mega-
bytes).

All partitions will be the same size, except the last
one, which will be the size of the remaining space.

NOTE

If a CF card less than 5GB is used, the partition size is
not selectable, so the partition size value is not high-
lighted.

3. Press

YES/ENTER

. A message reminds you that all

songs will be lost.