Selecting The Memory Card Slot To Be Used For Recording; Formatting An Xqd Memory Card; Checking The Remaining Time Available For Recording - Sony PXW-Z100 Operating Manual

Notes
• Data integrity is not guaranteed if the power is turned
off or a memory card is removed while it is being
accessed. Data on the card may be destroyed. Be sure
that its access lamp is lit in green or off when you turn
off the power or remove a memory card.
• An XQD memory card removed from the camcorder
after recording ended may be hot. This is not a
malfunction.
Selecting the memory card slot to
be used for recording
Press the A or B button of the memory card slot
where the memory card you want to record on is
inserted. The lamp of the selected slot lights up in
green.
Memory card slot A button
Memory card slot B button
Notes
• You can only select a slot that already has a memory
card inserted.
• While movies are being recorded on the memory card,
you cannot switch the slot even if you press the
memory card slot A/B buttons.
• When only one slot has a memory card inserted,
the slot that has the memory card is selected
automatically.
• If the memory card is fully recorded during
recording, the camcorder continues recording
automatically on the memory card inserted in
the other slot.

Formatting an XQD memory card

If an XQD memory card is not formatted, or was
formatted with another system, the message
"Media Needs to be Formatted" is displayed on
the LCD/viewfinder screen.
Format the card as follows.
Using "Format Media" (page 48) in the
Media menu, specify "Media(A)" (slot A) or
"Media(B)" (slot B) then select "Execute."
On a confirmation message, select
"Execute" again.
The in-progress message and status bar are
displayed, and the access lamp lights in red.
When formatting is complete, a completion
message is displayed. Press the SEL/SET dial to
hide the message.
If formatting fails
A write-protected XQD memory card or memory
card that cannot be used with this camcorder will
not be formatted.
As a warning message is displayed, replace the
card with an appropriate XQD memory card,
according to the instructions in the message.
Notes
• All the data, including recorded pictures and setup
files, are erased when a memory card is formatted.
Checking the remaining time
available for recording
While recording (or standing by to record), you
can check the remaining space for the XQD
memory cards loaded in the card slots on the A/B
slot media status/remaining space indication of
the LCD screen/viewfinder screen (page 12).
The available time for recording with the current
video format (recording bit rate) is calculated
according to the remaining space of each card and
displayed in time units of minutes.
Notes
• A icon appears if the memory card is write-
protected.
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