Precautions When Using A Memory Card On A Computer - Casio QV-5700 User Manual

CONNECTING TO EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT
Precautions when Using a Memory Card
on a Computer
• This camera uses management files to manage the se-
quence and attributes of image files. Because of this, if you
use your computer to modify or delete memory card files, to
change management file contents, or to change image file
sequence and attributes and then transfer the images back
to the camera, you may end up with the wrong image se-
quence, ungrouped panorama images, and slow image
scrolling.
• Note that the folder named "DCIM" is the parent (top) folder
of all the files on a memory card. When transferring
memory card contents to a hard disk, floppy diskette, MO
disk, or other external storage, treat all the contents inside
a DCIM folder as a set and always keep them together.
Also, never use your computer to edit or delete the man-
agement files (those whose file names have the extension
QVS) inside a DCIM folder. You can change the name of
the DCIM folder on your computer. Changing the name to a
date is a good way to keep track of multiple DCIM folders.
However, be sure you change the name of the DCIM folder
back to "DCIM" before you copy it back to a memory card
for playback on the camera. The camera does not recog-
nize any folder name other than DCIM.
• The above is also true about the names of folders inside
the DCIM folder. These folders must be returned to the
names assigned to them by the camera whenever you
copy the folder back to the memory card for playback on
the camera.
• We also strongly recommend that after transferring data
from a memory card to other external storage you re-format
the memory card and delete its contents before using it to
record more images.
• The camera formats memory cards using ATA format,
which means that a Macintosh sees all memory card files
as text files. To view memory card files on a Macintosh, use
PC Exchange to associate the files on the memory card
(which are .JPG, .JPE, or .TIF files) with an application that
is able to open JPEG/TIFF files.
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