Ericsson MC 218 - Additional Disks and Programs

31 Working with the MC 218
To see information about total memory usage:
• Select Memory on the Information menu.
Which files use the most memory?
Certain types of files use more memory than others.
Sound files can become very large, so you should take care to delete unwanted
Record and Voice note files so that they do not use up space on the Internal
disk.
When recording a sound (either using Record directly or via the voice note
buttons), the MC 218 will allow you to continue recording until the ‘Time
available’ runs out. Even if the Time available is zero, the Record program
will always leave approximately 100 kilobytes of free memory.
If you find that the amount of free memory is suddenly reduced, it is a good
idea to check the size of any Record files. It is also advisable to check the size
of the Voice note file in the standard folder. The voice notes you record using
the external voice note buttons are stored one after the other in this file.
Calendar files can also become very large. You should tidy your Calendar
periodically in order to remove entries; see the “Calendar” chapter for more
details.
What will happen when the memory is full?
When the memory is nearly full, you will see warning dialogs when running
programs to indicate that the MC 218’s memory is almost full, and there is not
enough memory to perform some tasks.
Many of the things you do need just a little free memory in order to work -
displaying dialogs, menus, etc. These can fail with a message like ‘Memory
full’. Don’t worry though, the MC 218 will not allow you to use all of the
available memory; it will always set aside enough memory for you to close a
program or save an open file to a Memory disk.
Files saved on the Internal disk and ‘open’ programs both use memory. So, if
the memory is nearly full you should be able to free some memory by closing
some programs. You can use List open files on the File menu on the Desktop
screen to check which programs are running, and close the programs or files
that you do not need to have open at the moment.
You can also delete any unwanted files from the Desktop screen, or move files
to a Memory disk to free more memory.
Disks
You can insert Memory disks (CompactFlash) into the slot on the right hand
side of the MC 218. You might use them as additional memory for storing
files, or to add more programs to the MC 218.
ADDITIONAL DISKS AND PROGRAMS