About the PC display

When the unit is connected to a PC, it is recognized as an external drive.

Removable disk (Example: ) is displayed in [Computer].

Data recorded using AVCHD format has excellent compatibility with computers, due to its file form; however, it contains not just image and sound data, but also various important information, and it is associated using a folder structure which is like a figure. If even part of this information is changed or erased, faults may occur; for example, it may not be possible for the data to be recognized as AVCHD data, or it may no longer be possible for the SD card to be used in an AVCHD device.

Data from a computer cannot be written to the SD card of this device.

Example folder structure of an SD card:

CAM_SD

DCIM

100CDPFQ

101CDPFS

PRIVATE

 

AVCHD

 

AVCHDTN

BDMV

PANA_EXT

The following data will be recorded.

1JPEG system still pictures (up to 999 still pictures can be recorded.

([11000001.JPG], etc.))

2JPEG system still pictures created from

motion pictures

3The motion picture thumbnails

4 AVCHD format motion picture files ([00000.MTS] etc.)

5 For management

Do not delete the SD card’s folders. Doing so may make the SD card unusable in this unit.

When data not supported by this unit has been recorded on a PC, it will not be recognized by this unit.

Always use this unit to format SD cards.

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