Panasonic AJ-PX5000G Preventing accidental erasure, P2 card access LEDs and status of P2 cards

Chapter 3 Recording and Playback — P2 card

-Lift the eject button (Fig. 1), and press in. (Fig. 2) ffmicroP2 memory cards

-Press in the microP2 card further into the camera and let go.

-The microP2 memory card is released from the card slot, and the microP2 memory card can be removed.

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tt After insertion, do not remove the P2 card while it is being accessed or recognized (the P2 card access LED is flashing orange). Doing so may result in a malfunction.

tt If the P2 card is removed while being accessed, [TURN POWER OFF] is displayed on the viewfinder screen, and the camera gives out a warning indication by an alarm, <WARNING> lamp, etc. All P2 card access LEDs flash rapidly in orange. Turn off the power. (page 194)

tt If the P2 card is removed while being accessed, clips on it may become irregular. Check the clips and restore them, if required. (page 115) tt If the P2 card being formatted is removed, formatting of the P2 card is not guaranteed. In this case, [TURN POWER OFF] is displayed on the

viewfinder screen displays. Turn off the power then back on again, and reformat the P2 card.

tt If a P2 card is inserted into another slot during playback, the inserted card is not recognized and the P2 card access LED does not light. The P2 card starts to be recognized when playback ends.

tt Even if a P2 card is inserted in a vacant card slot during recording, the P2 card may not be recognized immediately in the following instance:

-Immediately after a pre-recording

-Immediately after a recording slot is switched

tt The P2 card access LED can be set to off at all times in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC/PB SETUP] → [ACCESS LED]. In this case, turn off the power before removing the card, or, after the card is inserted or after operation (recording, playback, etc.) has stopped, and wait for the charging to complete before removing the card.

Preventing accidental erasure

To prevent the content of a P2 card from being accidentally erased, set the write-protect switch on the P2 card to the Protect (or LOCK) position.

Write-protect switch Write-protect switch

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tt Write-protect switch can be switched while the card is being accessed (during recording or playback), but does not take effect until accessing of the card stops.

P2 card access LEDs and status of P2 cards

P2 card access LED		P2 card status	Mode check display*
Is illuminated green	Recording possible	Reading/writing are both possible.	[ACTIVE]
Is illuminated orange	Recording target	Reading/writing are both possible. The card is currently	[ACTIVE]
		the recording target (including loop recording).
Flashing orange	Accessing card	Reading/writing are currently being performed.	[ACCESSING]
Flashing orange rapidly	The card is being	The P2 card is being recognized.	[INFO READING]
	recognized.
	Card full	There is no free space on the P2 card. Reading only is	[FULL]
		possible.
	Write protect	The write-protect switch on the P2 card is at the Protect	[PROTECTED]
		position. Reading only is possible.
Flashing green slowly		Recording is not possible by the currently set recording
	Unrecordable card	format since the SD memory card, etc. is inserted. To	[REC IMPOSSIBLE]
		record the card, change the recording format or use a
		P2 card.
	Slot that is not recording	The card is inserted in a slot that is different from the
		slot selected in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC/PB	No display
	target
		SETUP] → [REC MEDIA] ([P2] or [microP2])

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