About The Sd Card - Icom ID-5100A Full Manual

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USING AN SD CARD

About the SD card

The SD and SDHC cards are not available from Icom.
Purchase separately.
An SD card of up to 2 GB, or an SDHC of up to 32 GB,
can be used with the ID-5100A/E.
Icom has checked the compatibility with the following
SD and SDHC cards.
(As of March 2014)
Brand
SanDisk ®
SDHC
• The above list does not guarantee the card's perfor-
mance.
• Throughout the rest of this document, the SD card
and an SDHC card are simply called SD cards.
• Icom recommends that you format all SD cards to
be used with the transceiver, even preformatted SD
cards for PCs or other uses.
Saving the factory default data is recommended.
Insert the card into the transceiver's slot, and then
➥
touch [MENU]. Touch "SD Card," and then "Save
Setting" to save.
Type Memory size
SD 2 GB
4 GB
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
NOTE:
• Before using the SD card, read the instructions of
the SD card thoroughly.
• If you do any of the following, the SD card data may
be corrupted or deleted.
- You remove the SD card from the transceiver while
accessing the SD card.
- You change the external power supply's voltage
while accessing the SD card.
- You start the vehicle engine while accessing the SD
card.
- You drop, impact or vibrate the SD card.
• Do not touch the contacts of the SD card.
• The transceiver takes a longer time to recognize a
high capacity SD card.
• The SD card will get warm if used continuously for a
long period of time.
• The SD card has a certain lifetime, so data reading
or writing may not be possible after using it for a long
time period.
• When reading or writing data is impossible, the SD
card's lifetime has ended. In this case, purchase a
new one. We recommend you make a backup file of
the important data onto your PC.
• Icom will not be responsible for any damage caused
by data corruption of an SD card.
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