DIGITAL PORTA STUDIO OWNER'S MANUAL DP-02, DP-02CF
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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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 MENU screen, select and enter the DISK
2.  Select the FORMAT action 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.
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).
On the DP-02CF:
1.  From the CARD screen, select and enter the 
FORMAT action. 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.










