9–SD Card Management
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Overview of partitions
As described in “Partitions and songs” (page 47),
SD cards formatted by this unit are divided into
partitions. MTR partitions are for recording data
while the FAT partition can be accessed with a
personal computer. High-capacity cards can have
multiple MTR partitions. In this case, you can use
the MTR partitions for different songs, for example,
or copy songs to a different MTR partitions to save
their information. The FAT partition is FAT32 format
and can be accessed by a computer connected to
this unit by USB. This FAT partition is used to
save songs and export stereo masters to computers,
as well as to allow this unit to import audio files
into songs, for example. For this reason, two steps
are necessary to copy from a MTR partition and
a computer. You can also format an entire card or
individual partition as well as change the divisions
between partitions (repartition) as necessary.
CAUTION
Formatting and repartition operations cannot
be undone!
NOTE
The FAT (File Allocation Table) format is a disk format
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that can be read by a computer.
This unit can use both SD (512 MB – 2 GB) and SDHC
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(4–32 GB) cards.
See
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“Selecting the active partition” on page 47 for
how to change the active partition.
Write-protected cards
SD cards have write-protect (lock) switches.
Unprotected Protected
Files cannot be recorded or edited on a card if you
slide its switch down.
Slide the switch down if you want to prevent the
contents of the card from being changed or erased.
9–SD Card Management
