Step 5: Preparing The Recording Media - Sony HXR-MC2500 Operating Manual

Step 5: Preparing the recording media

Types of memory cards you can use in
your camcorder
"Memory Stick PRO
Duo" media (Mark2)*
"Memory Stick PRO-
HG Duo" media*
"Memory Stick XC-HG
Duo" media
SD memory card*
SDHC memory card*
SDXC memory card*
*1 Described as "Memory Stick PRO Duo" media
in this manual.
*2 Described as SD card in this manual.
b Notes
• Operation with all memory cards is not assured.
• "Memory Stick PRO Duo" media, half the size
of "Memory Stick" media, or standard size SD
cards can be used for this camcorder.
• Use an SD card of Class 4 or faster. For standard
image quality (DV) recording, use an SD card of
Class 6 or faster, or an SD card of Class 10 or
faster.
• During the standard image quality (DV), images
cannot be recorded on "Memory Stick PRO
Duo" media.
• Do not attach a label or the like on memory card
or memory card adaptor. Doing so may cause a
malfunction.
• See page 93 for the recordable time of memory
cards.
• Movies recorded on "Memory Stick XC-HG
Duo" media or SDXC memory cards can be
imported to or played back on other equipment,
such as a computer or A/V device, by
connecting the camcorder to the equipment with
the USB cable. However, the equipment must
support the exFAT file system used for
"Memory Stick XC-HG Duo" media and SDXC
memory cards. Confirm in advance that the
connecting equipment is supporting the exFAT
file system. If you connect equipment not
supporting the exFAT file system and the
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Capacity (operation
verified)
1
32 GB
1
2
64 GB
2
2
format screen appears, do not perform the
format. All the data recorded will be lost.
Open the cover, and insert the
memory card with the notched edge
in the direction as illustrated until it
clicks into place.
Close the cover after inserting the
memory card.
Note the direction of
the notched corner
• If you insert a memory card into the slot in the
wrong direction, the memory card, the memory
card slot, or image data may be damaged.
To eject the memory card
Open the cover and lightly push the
memory card in once.
b Notes
• If [The image database file is corrupted. The
media must be restored to use again.] appears,
format the memory card (p. 59).
• When inserting or ejecting the memory card, be
careful of the memory card popping out and
dropping.
• Do not open the cover during recording.
Memory
card slot