Filter
Top Products
70 TASCAM DP-008
Reformatting the FAT
partition
You can also reformat just the FAT partition.
The size of the FAT partition cannot be
changed.
CAUTION
You cannot undo this operation! All data
on the FAT partition will be erased, so be
certain that you will not lose anything
important when reformatting.
1 When the recorder is stopped, press the
MENU key to open the
MENU
screen.
2 Turn the DATA wheel to select
CARD
, and
press the F4 (¥) key to open the
CARD
menu screen.
3 Turn the DATA wheel to select
FAT
REFORMAT
, and press the F4 (¥) key.
A pop-up message warning that all data on
the FAT partition will be erased appears.
4 Press the F3 (
YES
) key to reformat the
FAT partition.
When reformatting finishes the
•
CARD
menu
screen reopens.
To cancel reformatting, press the
•
F4 (
NO
)
key.
Initializing SD cards
If you want to use an SD card that was
used with this unit, we recommend that you
initialize it.
When you initialize an SD card, the entire card
is formatted as FAT32.
1 When the recorder is stopped, press the
MENU key to open the
MENU
screen.
2 Turn the DATA wheel to select
CARD
, and
press the F4 (¥) key to open the CARD
menu screen.
3 Turn the DATA wheel to select the
SD
INITIALIZE
item and press the F4 (¥)
key.
A pop-up message warning that all data on
the card will be erased appears.
4 Press the F3 (
YES
) key to initialize the
entire card and format it as FAT32.
To cancel initialization, press the
•
F4 (
NO
)
key.
NOTE
After initializing an SD card, it is necessary
to format it if you want to use it with the
DP-008 again. (See “Formatting SD cards”
on page 33).
10 – SD Card Management