Selecting The Sd Card For Recordings; Dual Recording And Relay Recording - Canon XA50 Instruction Manual

Using SD Cards
IMPORTANT
• Initializing a card will permanently erase all recordings. Lost data cannot be recovered. Make sure you save
important recordings in advance (A 113).
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• Depending on the card, the initialization may take up to a few minutes.

Selecting the SD Card for Recordings

You can select the card on which clips and photos will be recorded.
Operating modes:
1 Select [Recording Media].
> [3 " Recording Setup] > [Recording Media]
2 Select the desired SD card ([6 Mem. Card A] or [7 Mem. Card B]) for recording clips
([v Rec Media for Movies]) and/or photos ([{ Rec Media for Photos]).
3 Select [X].
• After closing the menu, the icon of the SD card selected for recording clips will appear on the screen.

Dual Recording and Relay Recording

The camcorder features two convenient recording methods that can be used when both card slots contain a
card: dual recording and relay recording.
Dual recording: This function records the same clip simultaneously to both cards, which is a convenient way to
make a backup copy of your recordings while you record.
Relay recording: This function allows you to continue recording on the other card without interruption when the
card you are using becomes full.
Operating modes:
1 Select [Dual/Relay Recording].
> [3 " Recording Setup] > [Dual/Relay Recording]
2 Select [4 Dual Recording] or [
• When dual recording is activated, the status of both cards will appear at the top right of the screen. When
relay recording is activated, the card icon will change to
• Select [Standard Recording] to not use either function.
NOTES
• If a card becomes full during dual recording, recording on both cards will stop. On the other hand, if an error
occurs with one of the cards, recording will continue on the other card.
• After saving to a computer MP4 relay clips that were originally recorded on different SD cards, you can use
MP4 Join Tool to join the files and save them as a single clip (A 113).
• Relay recording is available from SD card slot A to SD card slot B, and vice versa, but the switch will be
performed only once.
• Dual recording and relay recording cannot be used together with slow & fast motion recording.
Relay Recording] (or [
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Relay Recording]) and then select [X].
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