Preventing Accidental Erasure; Status Of The Card Access Lamp And The Memory Card; Memory Cards - Panasonic AJ-CX4000G Operating Instructions Manual

f For microP2 card or SD card
- Press in the microP2 card or SD card further inside and let go.
- Remove the microP2 card or SD card when it comes out from the slot.
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NOTE
t Do not remove the memory card while it is being accessed or while the card access lamp is flashing in orange after it is inserted. Doing so may result
in a malfunction.
t Turn off the power once when the memory card being accessed is removed.
t The clips may become invalid on the memory card that was removed while being accessed. Check the clips and restore them, if required. (page 172)
t The format of the removed memory card cannot be guaranteed when the memory card being formatted is removed. Turn off the power then back on
again, and reformat the memory card.
t If a memory card is inserted into another card slot during playback, the inserted card is not recognized and the card access lamp does not illuminate.
Recognition of the memory card will start after the playback ends.
t In following conditions, the memory card is not immediately recognized even if a memory card is inserted into a vacant card slot during recording:
- Immediately after a pre-recording
- Immediately after switching the recording target card slot
t The card access lamp can be set to off at all time by the [OTHERS] menu → [LED] → [ACCESS LED]. In such case, remove the memory card after
turning off the power or after inserting the card or the operation (recording, playback, etc.) has stopped and sufficient time has passed.

Preventing accidental erasure

To prevent inadvertently erase the recording contents on the memory card, set the write-protected switch on the memory card to the Protect side or the
LOCK side.
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NOTE
t Set the write-protected switch before inserting the card. This will not operated when the write-protected switch is toggled after inserting the card.

Status of the card access lamp and the memory card

Card access lamp
Is illuminated green
Is illuminated orange
Flashing orange
Flashing orange rapidly
Flashing green slowly
Off
Chapter 3 Preparation — Memory cards
Write-protected switch
Recording possible
Recording target
Accessing card
Recognizing memory card
Error
No remaining memory card capacity
Write-protected
Unrecordable memory card
Card slot that is not recording target
Illegal format
No memory card inserted
Invalid memory card
Setting to the [NETWORK] menu →
[NETWORK FUNC] → [NDI|HX]
P2 card formatted with encryption with
CPS password
During card reader mode
Write-protected switch
Memory card status
Both loading/writing are permitted.
Both loading/writing are permitted. Current recording target.
Loading/writing are currently being performed.
The memory card is being recognized.
An error has occurred.
This will flash even if the memory card is not inserted when an error has
occurred.
Memory card has no remaining capacity.
Only loading is possible.
The write-protected switch on the memory card is set to the Protect side or the
LOCK side. Only loading is possible.
It cannot record with the recording format that is currently set.
Change the recording format or use a memory card compatible with the
recording format.
A memory card is inserted into the card slot not selected in the [RECORDING]
menu → [REC MEDIA].
Only loading is possible.
The memory card is not properly formatted. Reformat the card.
A memory card has not been inserted.
This is a memory card such as MMC (Multi Media Card) that cannot be used
with the camera.
Cannot record and play back. The functions other than recording and playback
(loading of the scene file, etc.) can be used.
Cannot be used with the camera. When formatted with the camera, it can be
used as a P2 card that is not encrypted.
The card access lamp is turned off unless accessing.
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