Restoring Sxs Memory Cards - Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual

• If you continue recording, the message "Media
Full" appears and recording stops when the total
remaining recording time falls to 0.
Note
About up to 600 clips can be recorded on one SxS
memory card.
The display of remaining recording time changes to "0"
and the message "Media Full" appears when the clip
limit is reached.

Restoring SxS Memory Cards

If for any reason an error should occur in a
memory card, the card must be restored before
use.
When you load an SxS memory card that needs to
be restored, a message appears in the viewfinder
to ask whether you want to restore it.
To restore a card
Turn the MENU knob to select [Execute], and
then press the knob.
The restoration starts.
During the restoration, a execution message
appears, the progress is displayed (%), and the
ACCESS lamp lights in orange.
When the restoration finishes, a completion
message is displayed for three seconds.
If restoration fails
• Write protected SxS memory cards and cards on
which memory errors have occurred cannot be
restored. A warning message appears for such
cards. Follow the instructions in the message
and unprotect the card or replace it with another
card.
• SxS memory cards on which memory errors
have occurred may become usable if they are
reformatted.
• In some cases, some clips can be restored while
others cannot. The restored clips can be played
normally.
• If the message "Could not Restore Some Clips"
keeps appearing after repeated attempts at
restoration, it may be possible to restore the SxS
memory card with the following procedure.
1 Use the camcorder's copy function (see
page 100) or the supplied application
software (see page 169) to copy the
required clips to another SxS memory card.
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2 Format the unusable SxS memory card on
the camcorder.
3 Copy the required clips back to the newly
formatted SxS memory card.
Recording and playback during restoration
Even while restoration is in progress, you can
record and play an SxS memory card in the other
card slot.
Note
For restoration of media recorded with this camcorder,
be sure to use this camcorder. Media recorded with a
device other than this camcorder or with another
camcorder of different version (even of the same model)
may not be restored using this camcorder.