Tascam 2488neo owner manual 11 − Backup and restoration

11 − Backup and restoration

Backup

You can use the 2488neo’s CD-RW drive to back up your work to disc. You can either use CD-R media (cheaper, but you can only use it once) or CD-RW media (slightly more expensive, but you can erase and reuse it many times).

NOTE

The operations all deal with songs on the currently- selected partition. If the song you want is on another partition, you must select another disk partition as the active partition before proceeding (see “Selecting the active partition” on page 13).

A disc that you make in this way is not an audio CD—you cannot play it on a CD player, and it can be read only by a 2488neo.

NOTE

Observe the usual precautions when working with recordable media: handle discs by their edges, avoid getting fingerprints or grease on the recording sur- face, and keep them clean. Also, avoid using hard pens or pencils or oil-based markers to label the discs.

8Continue the process if more discs are needed until the backup is complete.

NOTE

If you are backing up to more than one disc, you must ensure that the discs are identical (from the same manufacturer). Even if two discs from different manu- facturers have the same stated capacity, you may not be able to use them in the same backup operation.

CAUTION

Never turn off the 2488neo's power when data is being written to disc. If the power is turned off in the middle of a backup, the loaded disc may become unusable and song data could be damaged.

Do not press the disc tray eject button when data is being written to disc as this may cause the operation to fail.

1Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc in the disc drive.

2With the transport stopped, press the MENU key and select DATA BACKUP, then press YSE/ENTER.

The DATA BACKUP menu appears.

3Select CD BACKUP and press YSE/ENTER.

5Select your song using the dial (or the cursors) and press YES/ENTER. A pop-up message appears tell- ing you how many discs will be needed to back up the song.

6Press YES/ENTER again. A pop-up message tells you the progress of the backup operation.

A backup may span more than one disc.

7When the backup is complete or if the first disc is full, the disc drive tray opens. Remove the disc, label it and store it in a safe place.

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