TASCAM DA-3000 Owners Manual English - Page 20

3 - Preparations Inserting and ejecting SD and CF cards Inserting SD and CF cards Insert an SD card or CF card into the appropriate card slot on the front panel to use it for playback and recording. NOTE You can insert SD and CF cards regardless of whether the power is ON or OFF. 1. Pull the card slot door forward to open it. Ejecting SD and CF cards Turn the unit off or stop operation before ejecting an SD or CF card. CAUTION Never remove an SD or CF card when the unit is in use (recording, playing back, writing data to a card, etc.). Doing so could cause recording to fail, recorded data to be damaged, sudden loud noise to be output from monitoring equipment, damage to equipment and harm to hearing. 1. Pull the card slot door forward to open it. 2. To eject an SD card, press the SD card in slightly. To eject a CF card, press the square button located to the right of the CF card slot to eject the CF card partially. 2. Insert the SD/CF card with the correct orientation. The label should be facing up and the contacts facing in. 3. Pull the SD or CF card out the rest of the way. SD card write protection SD cards have write-protection switches. 3. Close the card slot door. Writing possible Write-protected If the protection switch is slid into the "LOCK" position, adding and editing files will not be possible. To record, erase or otherwise change files, disable write protection. CAUTION If a protected SD card is loaded, the unit will check all of the audio files on it each time the device is changed. For this reason, changing devices takes time. Moreover, editing the playlist and other operations are not possible. NOTE If the SD/CF card slot door will not close, remove the card, and then insert it once again. To remove an SD card, pull it. To remove a CF card, pull it and press the square button located to the right of the slot. 20 TASCAM DA-3000