Olympus DS-2200 manual Card Basics, Compatible cards

Card Basics

The xD-Picture Card is a removable recording media. “Card” in this manual refers to the xD- Picture Card.

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Compatible cards

The removable card can be used to store different kind of data. Since the card has larger memory capacity than a diskette, it can be used to transfer data between different PCs. The recorder supports cards with memory capacity between 16 to 512 MB.

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1 Index area		2 Contact area
	You can write		Comes into contact
	down the card’s		with the recorder’s
	contents.		signal read contacts.

Card Basics

Memory Sizes of Cards and Approximate Recording Times*1

Memory Size		SHQ Mode*2	HQ Mode	SP Mode	LP Mode
16	MB	30 min.	1 hr. 05 min.	2 hr. 35 min.	5 hr. 30 min.
32	MB	1 hr. 05 min.	2 hr. 10 min.	5 hr. 10 min.	11 hr. 05 min.
64	MB	2 hr. 10 min.	4 hr. 20 min.	10 hr. 25 min.	22 hr. 20 min.
128	MB	4 hr. 20 min.	8 hr. 45 min.	20 hr. 55 min.	44 hr. 45 min.
256	MB	8 hr. 50 min.	17 hr. 45 min.	42 hr. 00 min.	89 hr. 40 min.
512	MB	17 hr. 45 min.	35 hr. 30 min.*3	84 hr. 05 min.	179 hr. 30 min.*3

*1: Available recording time for one continuous file. Available recording time may be shorter if many short recordings are made.

*2: Recording in SHQ mode is enabled only when a stereo microphone is used. When using the stereo microphone, only SHQ mode is available.

*3: Total recording time of two files. The maximum recording time per file is 26 hours 40 minutes in HQ mode, and 99 hours 59 minutes in LP mode.

Notes

•When initializing (formatting) a card, confirm that no necessary data is stored on the card beforehand. Initialization completely erases the existing data on the card.

•Cards used in a recorder must be formatted in the same recorder first unless formatted with a CAMEDIA series Olympus digital camera. Card may not perform as expected when formatted by a different device.

•The card has a service life. When reaching the end of its life, writing or erasing data on the card will be disabled. In this case, replace the card.

•If you use a PC card adapter compatible with the card to save or delete some data on the card, the maximum

recording time on the card may be decreased. To recover the original recording time, initialize/format the
card in the recorder.	7
• Olympus will not be held liable for any data corruption or loss due to misuse of media card.