Inserting The Microsd Card; About Using A Microsd Card; Format The Microsd Card - Icom ID-31A Instruction Manual

■ Inserting the microSD card

Turn OFF the transceiver.
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Lift OFF the [micro SD] slot cover on the side panel.
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With the terminals facing the front, insert the card into the
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slot until it locks in place, and makes a 'click' sound.
[micro SD] slot
microSD card
Terminals facing
the front
r Firmly close the [micro SD] slot cover.
BE CAREFUL!
• NEVER insert the card with the terminals facing the back
or NEVER insert it slanted. That will damage the card or
the slot.
• DO NOT touch the terminals.
• To remove the card, push in to release it, then carefully
pull the card out.
• While reading or writing data from and to the card, NEV-
ER remove the card. It will corrupt the data or damage
the card.

■ Format the microSD card

When using a preformatted brand new microSD card, format-
ting is not necessary. However, we recommend you format it
in the following way to get card's best performance.
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Slot cover
r Push D-pad(E) to select "Format,"
t Push D-pad(#) to select "YES," then
y Push [MENU]

ABOUT USING A MICROSD CARD

IMPORTANT!
Formatting a card erases all its data. Before formatting any
programmed card, make a backup file onto your PC.
Turn ON the transceiver.
Push [MENU]
to enter the
Menu screen.
Push D-pad( E) to select the root item
(SD Card), then push D-pad(Ent).
D-pad
(Ent)
(�)
then push D-pad(Ent).
• The confirmation screen "Format OK?"
appears.
push D-pad(Ent) to format.
• The formatting starts and the display
shows the formatting state.
• After formatting, the display automati-
cally returns to the SD CARD menu.
to return to the
frequency display.
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Formatting state
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