Displaying Card Status Information

After completing the settings described on the previous page, you can use the procedure described below to check the status of P2 cards in P2 card slots.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [PROPERTY] – [CARD STATUS] and press the SET button to display P2 card status.

1)Write protect mark

A write-protected P2 card is indicated by the mark displayed here.

2)P2 card status

The remaining free memory on the P2 card is displayed here in the form of a bar meter and a percentage value.

Memory used on the P2 card is also displayed in the form of a bar meter and a percentage value.

The following status information may also appear depending on card status.

FORMAT ERROR:

An unformatted P2 card is

 

inserted.

 

 

NOT SUPPORTED:

This unit does not support the

 

inserted card.

 

 

NO CARD:

No P2 card has been inserted.

 

 

Management Clip

1)

2)

 

3) P2 card remaining memory (or memory used)/total

 

 

 

 

 

memory

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates P2 card remaining free memory (or memory

 

 

 

 

 

3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used)/total memory in time left in minutes. Fractions of

 

 

 

 

 

a minute are rounded off on the display so that the sum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

total of the remaining memory available for recording

 

 

 

 

 

on each P2 card may not tally with the figure for the

 

 

 

 

 

total memory.

 

 

 

or

 

4) Slot remaining memory (or memory used) total

4)

5)

6)

The figure obtained by totaling the remaining free memory on the six P2 slots is shown here.

NOTE:

• Free space of write-protected P2 cards is not included in the free space total.

5) Detailed P2 card status

Select the slot of the P2 card whose status you want to check and press the SET button to view the P2 card model number and other detailed information.

Press the SET or EXIT button again to close the detailed information screen.

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