Panasonic TH-37PV500E Operating Instructions Manual page 27

Card operations
Folders and Files
• Photo view can only show still images recorded by a digital still camera with DCF
∗ DCF (Design rule for Camera File system)
Unifi ed standard established by Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA).
• MPEG4 view can only show moving pictures recorded by this unit, Panasonic DVD recorder DIGA or mobile camera
D-snap.
• When recording in MPEG4, format the SD card with this unit. The card may not operate properly if formatted with
different equipment.
• Memory cards must be formatted with FAT12 or FAT16 in order to be viewed on TV. If the card is not formatted, it
may cause incompatibility with certain memory card adapters. If this happens, reformat the card using your digital
camera.
Reformatting the card will erase the images and pictures stored in it. Refer to your camera manual for more
information.
• Maximum number of fi les that can be displayed: 65,535.
• Picture resolution: Compatible in the range 8 x 8 - 5,120 x 3,840
If the picture resolution is not compatible, the image will be shown as the error display.
• If the image is imported from a PC, it must follow the EXIF (Exchangeable image fi le format) 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 in addition
to the DCF (design rule for Camera File system) format.
• The JPEG modifi ed using a PC will not be displayed on TV.
• This function cannot display Motion JPEG and still image not DCF formatted (i.e. TIFF, BMP).
• If the fi le is partially corrupted, it may be shown in lower resolution.
• The displayed image size depends on the recorded image size.
• The number of pixels for movies is 320 x 240 (QVGA) or 176 x 144 (QCIF).
• When the number of fi les exceeds 65,535, no further recording is possible.
• The audio format used is G.726 (32 Kbps, 8 kHz sampling frequency, monaural).
Example folder structure
When the Card fi le hierarchy is displayed on the PC as shown below.
ROOT
DCIM
SD_VIDEO
Notes:
• Folder and fi le names may vary according to the digital camera.
• Do not use two-byte characters or other special codes.
• The card may become unusable with this unit if fi le or folder names are changed.
100_PANA
P1000001.JPG
P1000002.JPG
P1000003.JPG
P1000004.JPG
(Use the characters "a-z", "A-Z", "0-9" and "_" to name a directory or a fi le.)
PRL001
MOL001.ASF
MOL002.ASF
MOL003.ASF
MOL004.ASF
(Use the three characters "a-f", "A-F" and "0-9" to name a directory or a fi le.)
Folder names consist of a 3-digit folder number which is
followed by fi ve arbitrary characters.
File names consist of four arbitrary characters followed by a
4-digit fi le number.
Created automatically
Folder names consist of "PRL" followed by three characters.
File name consist of "MOL" followed by three characters.
∗
and EXIF standard JPEG fi le.
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