Restoring songs, Track import and export, Importing tracks – Teac DP-03 User Manual

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When the backup is complete, the

DATA BACKUP

menu reopens.

NOTE

If the open space necessary to back-up a songs is not

available in the FAT partition, an error message appears.

In this case, connect this unit and a computer, and erase

unnecessary files on the partition using the computer to

make enough open space.
7 Connect this unit to a computer using a USB cable

(see Connecting with a computer on page 65).

8 Use the computer to copy backup files from the

BACKUP directory on the FAT partition of the unit to

the computer.

9 After copying finishes, disconnect the unit from

the computer using the proper procedures and

then remove the USB cable (see “Disconnecting” on

page 66).

CAUTION

If you use a computer to change the name of a song

file that has been backed up, use no more than eight

ordinary single-byte English letters and numbers.
Do not change the file extension.

Restoring songs

Basically, restoring is the reverse of backing up. In short,

transfer a backup file on a computer to this unit to restore

a song.
1 Connect this unit to a computer using a USB cable

(see Connecting with a computer on page 65).

2 Use the computer to copy backup files from the

computer to the BACKUP directory on the FAT

partition of the unit.

3 When copying finishes, disconnect the unit from

the computer using the proper procedures and

then remove the USB cable (see “Disconnecting” on

page 66).

4 After this unit restarts automatically, press MENU

to open the

MENU

screen.

5 Turn the DATA wheel to select

DATA BACKUP

and

press the F4 (¥) button.

DATA BACKUP

screen appears.

6 Turn the DATA wheel to select

SONG RESTORE

,

and press the F4 (¥) button.

The screen shows the backup files on the FAT partition.

NOTE

An error message appears if there are no files on the FAT

partition.
7 Turn the DATA wheel to select the file that you

want to restore, and press the F2 (

EXEC

) button.

The actual song name and a confirmation message

(

Are you sure

?) appear.

NOTE

If the file name is short, spaces appear after the file name

on the FAT partition, but those spaces are not included in

the actual file name.
8 Press the F3 (

YES

) button.

After the currently loaded song is saved, the song

selected in step 6 is restored and loaded.

NOTE

If the open space on the card is insufficient, an error

message appears.
9 Press the HOME button to return to the Home

Screen.

Track import and export

You can import and export individual tracks between

a computer and this unit’s FAT partition. Files that can

be imported/exported as tracks must be WAV files (with

the “.WAV” extension). You can import both mono and

stereo files and export mono files. If you want to import

audio into this unit that is of a different format, you must

convert it to a 16-bit, 44.1-kHz mono/stereo WAV file first.

Importing tracks

1 Connect this unit to a computer using a USB cable

(see Connecting with a computer on page 65).

2 Use the computer to copy WAV files on its drive to

the WAVE directory in this unit’s FAT partition.

3 Disconnect the unit from the computer using the

proper procedures and then remove the USB cable

(see “Disconnecting” on page 66).

4 After this unit restarts automatically, press the

MENU button to open the

MENU

screen.

5 Turn the DATA wheel to select

IMPORT/EXPORT

,

and press the F4 (¥) button to open the

IMPORT/

EXPORT

menu.

12 – Exchanging Data with a Computer

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