Samsung HMX-M20SD manual Selecting a Suitable Memory Card, Compatible memory cards

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SELECTING A SUITABLE MEMORY CARD

Compatible memory cards

•You can use SD (Secure Digital) and SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards with this camcorder.

We recommend you use an SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) card.

The camcorder supports SD cards up to 2GB. We cannot guarentee normal operation with SD cards bigger than 2GB.

•MMC (Multi Media Card) and MMC Plus are not supported.

•Compatible memory card capacity: SD 1 ~ 2GB, SDHC 4 ~ 32GB

•Use compatible memory card brands. Others are not guaranteed to work. A list of compatible brands is below:

-SDHC/SD cards: Panasonic, Sandisk,

TOSHIBA

•To record videos, use a memory card that supports faster write speeds (above SDHC Class 6 card).

•SD/SDHC memory cards have a mechanical write-protection switch. Setting the switch prevents accidental erasure of files recorded on the card. To enable writing, move the switch up in the direction of the terminals.To set write protection, move the switch down.

Usable memory cards

Protection tab

Terminals

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SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards

•SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory card

-An SDHC card is a higher version (Ver.2.00) of the SD card and supports capacities above 2GB.

-SDHC cards cannot be used with current SD enabled host devices.

Common cautions for memory cards

•Damaged data may not be recovered. We recommend you make a back-up of important data separately on the hard disk of your PC.

•Turning the power off or removing a memory card during an operation such as formatting, deleting, recording, and playback may cause data loss.

•After you modify the name of a file or folder stored in the memory card using your PC, your camcorder may not recognise the modified file.

Handling a memory card

•We recommend you turn the camcorder off before inserting or removing the memory card to avoid data loss.

•We can not guaranteed that you can use memory cards formatted by other devices. When you format a card, be sure to format the memory card using this camcorder.

•You must format newly-purchased memory cards, memory cards with data that your camcorder cannot recognise, and cards with data saved by other devices. Note that formatting erases all data on the memory card.