Tascam user service Connecting the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer, Disconnecting the Pocketstudio

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:
not perform the optimization technique described
here, but you may find that some operations are a lit-		C a r d O p t i m i z e
tle slow if you do not do this.
		S u r e ? > > [ E N T E R ]
	2 Press EXIT to leave this screen.
	TIP
	If you find that you have less room on a card than you
	expect, you can use this operation to clean up unneces-
	sary data, and create more usable space on your card.

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.

Left-click this icon to show a popup bar:

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 Command-E(eject). When the icon has disappeared from your desktop, you can disconnect the Pocketstudio 5.

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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