Preventing Accidental Erasure; P2 Card Access Leds And Status Of P2 Cards - Panasonic AJ-PX5000G Operating Instructions Manual

- Lift the eject button (Fig. 1), and press in. (Fig. 2)
f microP2 memory cards
- Press in the microP2 card further into the camera and let go.
- The microP2 memory card is released from the card slot, and the microP2 memory card can be removed.
@ NOTE
t After insertion, do not remove the P2 card while it is being accessed or recognized (the P2 card access LED is flashing orange). Doing so may result
in a malfunction.
t If the P2 card is removed while being accessed, [TURN POWER OFF] is displayed on the viewfinder screen, and the camera gives out a warning
indication by an alarm, <WARNING> lamp, etc. All P2 card access LEDs flash rapidly in orange. Turn off the power. (page 220)
t If the P2 card is removed while being accessed, clips on it may become irregular. Check the clips and restore them, if required. (page 121)
t If the P2 card being formatted is removed, formatting of the P2 card is not guaranteed. In this case, [TURN POWER OFF] is displayed on the
viewfinder screen displays. Turn off the power then back on again, and reformat the P2 card.
t If a P2 card is inserted into another slot during playback, the inserted card is not recognized and the P2 card access LED does not light. The P2 card
starts to be recognized when playback ends.
t Even if a P2 card is inserted in a vacant card slot during recording, the P2 card may not be recognized immediately in the following instance:
- Immediately after a pre-recording
- Immediately after a recording slot is switched
t The P2 card access LED can be set to off at all times in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC/PB SETUP] → [ACCESS LED]. In this case, turn off the
power before removing the card, or, after the card is inserted or after operation (recording, playback, etc.) has stopped, and wait for the charging to
complete before removing the card.

Preventing accidental erasure

To prevent the content of a P2 card from being accidentally erased, set the write-protect switch on the P2 card to the Protect (or LOCK) position.
@ NOTE
t Write-protect switch can be switched while the card is being accessed (during recording or playback), but does not take effect until accessing of the
card stops.

P2 card access LEDs and status of P2 cards

P2 card access LED
Is illuminated green
Is illuminated orange
Flashing orange
Flashing orange rapidly
Flashing green slowly
Chapter 3 Recording and Playback — P2 card
Write-protect switch
Recording possible Reading/writing are both possible.
Reading/writing are both possible. The card is currently
Recording target the recording target (including loop recording, interval
recording, and one-shot recording).
Accessing card Reading/writing are currently being performed.
The card is being
The P2 card is being recognized.
recognized.
There is no free space on the P2 card. Reading only is
Card full
possible.
The write-protect switch on the P2 card is at the Protect
Write protect
position. Reading only is possible.
Recording is not possible by the currently set recording
format since the SD memory card, etc. is inserted. To
Unrecordable card
record the card, change the recording format or use a
P2 card.
The card is inserted in a slot that is different from the
Slot that is not recording
slot selected in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC/PB
target
SETUP] → [REC MEDIA] ([P2] or [microP2])
P2 card status
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Write-protect switch
Mode check display*
[ACTIVE]
[ACTIVE]
[ACCESSING]
[INFO READING]
[FULL]
[PROTECTED]
[REC IMPOSSIBLE]
No display