Selecting a Suitable Memory Card

about the storage media

Compatible memory cards

•This camcorder can be used with SD (Secure Digital) and SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards. It is recommended to use an SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) card. SD cards up to 2GB are supported with this camcorder. Normal operation is not guaranteed with SD cards bigger than 2GB.

•MMC (Multi Media Card) and MMC Plus are not supported.

•Compatible memory card capacity: SD 512MB ~ 2GB, SDHC 4 ~ 32GB

•Use compatible memory card brands. Others are not guaranteed to work. Check the compatibility when buying a memory card.

-SDHC/SD cards: Panasonic, SanDisk,

TOSHIBA

•To record videos, use a memory card supporting at least 2MB/s.

•SD/SDHC memory cards have a mechanical write-protection switch. Setting the switch prevents accidental erasure

of files recorded on the card. To enable writing, move the switch up in the direction of the terminals. To set write protection, move the switch down.

Usable memory cards

Protection tab

Terminals

32	<SD/SDHC>

SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards

•SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory card

-An SDHC card is a higher version (Ver.2.00) of SD card and supports capacity above 2GB.

-Cannot be used with current SD enabled host devices.

Common cautions for memory cards

•Damaged data may not be recovered. It is recommended you make a back-up of important data separately on the hard disk of your PC.

•Turning the power off or removing a memory card during an operation such as formatting, deleting, recording, and playback may cause data loss.

•After you modify the name of a file or folder stored in the memory card using your PC, your camcorder may not recognise the modified file.

Handling a memory card

•It is recommended that you power off before inserting or removing the memory card to avoid data loss.

•It is not guaranteed that you can use a memory card formatted by other devices. Be sure to format your memory card using this camcorder.

•You have to format newly-purchased memory cards, memory cards with data that your camcorder cannot recognise or has been saved by other devices. Note that formatting erases all data on the memory card.

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