6 – Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5
Optimizing a card
When you record or edit a song, the data may not live | 1 From the main menu, select the CARD | |||
in a continuous block on the card. No damage will | menu, move the cursor down to CARD | |||
occur to your data or to the Pocketstudio 5 if you do | OPTIMIZE and press ENTER: | |||
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Connecting the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer
1Make sure that the computer is switched on and that you are logged into the computer.
2With the Pocketstudio 5 turned off and with a card inserted, connect the larger (A) end of a USB cable to the computer, and the smaller
(B) end to the Pocketstudio 5.
3Press ENTER/YES and hold it down while you turn on the Pocketstudio 5. The display shows USB MODE. After a short time, the
contents of the card appear as a disk on your computer.
For Windows machines, the Pocketstudio 5 will usually appear as the first free drive available after your hard disk and CD drive (probably E:).
On Macintosh machines, the Pocketstudio 5 will appear as a disk called POCKET_5.
Disconnecting the Pocketstudio 5
Windows 98(SE) With Windows 98 SE, simply unplug the Pocketstudio 5 from the computer.
Windows Me/Windows 2000/Windows XP With Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, the procedure is a little more complex.
In the system tray (typically at the bottom right of the screen), you see an icon picture of a PC card and an arrow.
Click this popup bar to allow the Pocketstudio 5 to be removed from the computer. When the panel telling
you it is safe to remove the Pocketstudio 5 appears, unplug the USB cable.
If a panel telling you that it is not safe to remove the Pocketstudio 5 appears, do not remove the Pocketstu- dio 5. Close all programs and windows that are accessing the files on the card and try again.
Macintosh When removing the Pocketstudio 5 from a Macintosh system, drag the disk icon to the trash, or press
Exiting USB mode (any system) Turn off the Pocketstudio 5, wait a few seconds, and turn it on again to exit USB mode.
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