Switching Between Sxs Memory Cards; Formatting An Sxs Memory Card - Sony PMW-EX3 Operating Instructions Manual

Lamp Slot statuses
Lights in Accessing the loaded SxS memory card
red (writing/reading data)
Lights in Standby (ready for recording or
green playback using the loaded SxS memory
card)
Off • No SxS memory card is loaded.
• The loaded card is invalid.
• An SxS memory card is loaded, but
another slot is active.
Removing an SxS memory card
1
Open the cover, once press the EJECT
button to release the lock, then pull the
button out.
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Press and unlock the button.
2
Press the EJECT button again to
remove the card.
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44 Handling SxS Memory Cards
Notes
• Data are not guaranteed if the power is turned
off or a memory card is removed while the card
is being accessed. All data on the card may be
destroyed. Be sure that the ACCESS lamps are
lit in green or off when you turn off the power
or remove memory cards.
• When you turn the camcorder on by setting the
power switch to MEDIA (Media mode), a
display to show that an SxS memory card is
being confirmed appears in the viewfinder.
The display automatically changes to the
thumbnail screen (page 98) when a valid
memory card is inside, but it remains on the
screen if no valid memory card is loaded.
Switching Between SxS Memory
Cards
When SxS memory cards are loaded in both card
slots A and B, press the SLOT SELECT button to
select the card you wish to use.
If a card becomes full during recording, switching
to the other card is automatically executed.
Notes
• The SLOT SELECT button is disabled while
playback is in progress. Switching is not
executed even if you press the button. The
button is enabled on the thumbnail screen (page
98).
• The SLOT SELECT button becomes
temporarily inoperable after you press it to use
another slot (with an optional SxS memory
card, PHU-220R Professional Hard Disk Unit,
or MEAD-MS01/SD01 Media Adaptor inside).
To switch the slot again, wait several seconds
before you press the SLOT SELECT button.

Formatting an SxS Memory Card

Formatting may be required before using an SxS
memory card with this camcorder. For an SxS
memory card that is not formatted or that was
formatted with another system, a message to