Selecting A Suitable Memory Card - Samsung SMX-F40 User Manual

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SELECTING A SUITABLE MEMORY CARD

Compatible memory cards
• This camcorder can be used with SD
(Secure Digital) and SDHC (Secure Digital
High Capacity) cards. It is recommended
to use an SDHC (Secure Digital High
Capacity) card. SD cards up to 2GB are
supported with this camcorder. Normal
operation is not guaranteed with SD cards
bigger than 2GB.
• MMC (Multi Media Card) and MMC Plus
are not supported.
• Compatible memory card capacity:
SD 512MB ~ 2GB, SDHC 4 ~ 32GB
• Use compatible memory card brands. Others
are not guaranteed to work. Check the
compatibility when buying a memory card.
- SDHC/SD cards: Panasonic, SanDisk,
TOSHIBA
• To record videos, use a memory card
supporting at least 2MB/s.
• SD/SDHC memory cards have a
mechanical write-protection switch. Setting
the switch prevents accidental erasure
of files recorded on the card. To enable
writing, move the switch up in the direction
of the terminals. To set write protection,
move the switch down.
Usable memory cards
Terminals

Protection tab
<SD/SDHC>
SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards
• SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity)
memory card
- An SDHC card is a higher version (Ver.2.00)
of SD card and supports capacity above
2GB.
- Cannot be used with current SD
enabled host devices.
Common cautions for memory cards
• Damaged data may not be recovered. It
is recommended you make a back-up of
important data separately on the hard disk
of your PC.
• Turning the power off or removing a
memory card during an operation such
as formatting, deleting, recording, and
playback may cause data loss.
• After you modify the name of a file or folder
stored in the memory card using your PC,
your camcorder may not recognize the
modified file.
Handling a memory card
• It is recommended that you power off
before inserting or removing the memory
card to avoid data loss.
• It is not guaranteed that you can use a
memory card formatted by other devices.
Be sure to format your memory card using
this camcorder.
• You have to format newly-purchased
memory cards, memory cards with data
that your camcorder cannot recognize or
has been saved by other devices. Note
that formatting erases all data on the
memory card.