Satellite A500/A500D

Memory media

This section provides the important safety precautions in order to handle your memory media.

Points to note about the SD/SDHC memory card

SD/SDHC memory cards comply with SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative), which is a technology adopted to prevent unlawful copy or playback of digital music. For this reason, you cannot copy or playback protected material on another computer or other device, and you may not reproduce any copyrighted material except for your personal enjoyment.

Below is a simple explanation for distinguishing SD memory cards from SDHC memory cards.

■SD and SDHC memory cards appear the same externally.

■The logo on SD and SDHC memory cards is different, so pay careful attention to the logo when purchasing.

■ The SD memory card logo is ( ).

■The SDHC memory card logo is ( ).

■The maximum capacity of SD memory cards is 2GB. The maximum capacity of SDHC memory cards is 32GB.

Card TypeCapacities

 

 

SD

8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB,

 

512MB, 1GB, 2GB

 

 

SDHC

4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB

Memory media format

New media cards are formatted according to specific standards. If you wish to reformat a media card, be sure to do so with a device that uses media cards.

Formatting an SD/SDHC memory card

SD/SDHC memory cards are sold already formatted in conformity to specific standards. If you reformat an SD/SDHC memory card, be sure to reformat it with a device such as digital camera or digital audio player that uses the SD/SDHC memory cards, not with the format command provided within Windows.

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