NOTE

•When a P2 card is being accessed or recognised after insertion (P2 card access LED blinks in orange), do not remove the P2 card. Removing a P2 card during access could damage it.

•If a P2 card being accessed is removed, the LCD monitor and viewfinder display “TURN POWER OFF” and the camera gives a warning using an alarm and the WARNING lamp. In addition, all P2 card access LEDs blink rapidly in orange. If this is the case, turn the power off.

For details, refer to [Warning System] (page 127).

•Removing a P2 card during access may corrupt clip data. Check the clips and restore them if required.

For details, refer to [Restoring Clips] (page 96).

•If a P2 card being formatted is removed, it may be not be formatted properly. In this case, the LCD monitor and viewfinder display “TURN POWER OFF.” If this message appears, turn off the power, then restart the camera to reformat the card.

•The P2 card access LED can be set to stay off in the menu option ACCESS LED in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen. When the camera is used in this way, remove cards when the camera has been powered down or a sufficiently long time after terminating recording, playback and other operating modes.

•Removing a P2 card during thumbnail display terminates the thumbnail display.

To Prevent Accidental Erasure of

P2 Card Content

To prevent the content of a P2 card being accidentally erased, position the write-protect switch on the P2 card at [Protect].

Write-protect switch

NOTE

Write-protect switchover can be performed while the card is being accessed (during recording or playback), but does not take effect until access to the card ceases.

P2 Card Access LED and Status of

P2 Cards

 

 

 

 

 

3  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P2 card

 

 

MODE

 

 

 

 

ChapterPlaybackand

access

Status of P2 card

CHECK

 

 

 

LED

 

 

indication *1

 

 

 

 

Both writing and

 

 

 

Stays on

Target of

reading enabled,

 

 

 

and to be used

ACTIVE

 

 

in orange

recording *2

 

 

 

 

for recording at

 

 

Recording

 

 

present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinks in

Being

Writing or reading

ACCESSING

 

 

orange

accessed

being performed.

 

 

Quickly

Being

The P2 card is

INFO

 

 

blinks in

 

 

recognized

being recognised.

READING

 

 

orange

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording

Both writing and

ACTIVE

 

 

 

Enabled *2

reading enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The card is not

 

 

 

 

Card not

supported by this

NOT

 

 

 

supported

unit. Replace the

SUPPORTED

 

 

 

 

card.

 

 

 

 

 

The P2 card

 

 

 

 

Incorrect

is not properly

FORMAT

 

 

 

format

formatted.

ERROR

 

 

 

 

Reformat the card.

 

 

 

 

 

No P2 card is

 

 

 

Stays off

Card not

inserted.

NO CARD

 

 

 

inserted

Card recognition

 

 

 

 

 

standby.

 

 

 

 

 

The P2 card has

 

 

 

 

Card full

no free space.

FULL

 

 

 

Only reading is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

The write-protect

 

 

 

 

 

switch on the P2

 

 

 

 

Write-

card is positioned

PROTECTED

 

 

 

protected

at [Protect].

 

 

 

 

 

Only reading is

 

 

 

 

 

enabled.

 

 

 

*1  MODE CHECK appears on the LCD monitor and in the viewfinder.

For details, see [LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Screen Status Displays] (page 67).

*2  Used for recording when recordable P2 cards are inserted in both the L and R card slots.

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