DIGITAL PORTA STUDIO OWNER'S MANUAL DP-02, DP-02CF
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 11
1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CF
Navigation
The unit uses 4 menu systems (MENU, SONG, TRACK 
EDIT) (and also CD on the DP-02 only) which allow you to 
make settings, and perform many operations. This section 
explains how to use the menu system and to check and 
make settings.
Here the TRACK EDIT system is explained as an example.
1.  Press the TRACK EDIT key to bring up the opening 
menu screen:
2.  Use the DATA dial or the cursor (§/¶) keys to scroll 
up and down through the list of top-level menus. 
  Here the CLONE TRACK action is highlighted.
  An inverted triangle appears when the menu is 
highlighted.
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The DATA dial icon is also shown right at the bottom 
which indicating the dial can be used to select items.
  At the bottom right of all menu screens is a symbol 
showing whether there are more menus below the 
current list (¶), above the current list (§), or above 
and below the current list ( ).
3.  Press the ¥ cursor key or YES/ENTER key to enter 
the selected menu. The screen shows as below:
4.  Use the cursor (§/¶) keys to highlight the value of 
the item shown on the left.
  Rotate the DATA dial to change the value.
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To go up a level in the menu “tree”, press the NO/EXIT 
key or the ˙ key.
Some screens show a number of lists to select, or confirm 
the action. In these cases, you should use the cursor (§/¶
) keys or the DATA dial to highlight and select the item, or 
use the YES/ENTER key to enter the action.
If you want to adjust the contrast of the display:
1.  Press the MENU key and select the PREFERENCE 
action using the cursor (¶/§) keys or the DATA dial. 
2.  Press the YES/ENTER or ¥ cursor key to bring up 
the PREFERENCE screen.
3.  Select the value shown to the right of the CONTRAST 
preference using the cursor (¶/§) keys, and rotate 
the DATA dial to adjust the value 1 to 10. The 
contrast of the display changes equally as the value 
is changing.
4.  Press NO/EXIT to go back to the MENU screen.
The SHIFT key modifies the behavior of a number of 
different keys. When you press and hold it while pressing 
another key, the other key takes on the function shown in 
the label shown below the key (black-on-orange).
The SHIFT key
You can give titles to your songs, exported tracks, etc. 
Here’s how you do it:
Press and hold the SHIFT key and press the TITLE key to 
bring up the screen like the one below:
Use the DATA dial to change the letter above the under-
lined cursor. You can choose from common punctuation 
marks, numbers, capital (UPPERCASE) letters, and small 
(lowercase) letters.
Use the § cursor key to insert a blank space at the cursor 
position, and use the ¶ cursor key to delete the character.
When you have finished entering the name, press YES/
ENTER. The song, with its new name, is stored to record-
ing media.
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