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 MENUscreen, select and enter the DISK

2.Select the FORMATaction 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.

On the DP-02CF:

1.From the CARD screen, select and enter the FORMATaction. 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.

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).

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