Panasonic AJ-PX380G - Preventing Accidental Erasure; P2 Card Access Leds and Status of P2 Cards

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Chapter 3 Preparation — P2 card

f P2 memory cards

- Lift the eject button (Fig. 1), and press in. (Fig. 2)

f microP2 memory cards

- Press in the microP2 memory card further into the camera and let go.

- The microP2 memory card is released from the card slot, and the microP2 memory card can be removed.

NOTE

t After insertion, do not remove the P2 card while it is being accessed or recognized (the P2 card access LED is ashing orange). Doing so may result

in a malfunction.

t If you remove the P2 card while it is being accessed, [E-30] [TURN POWER OFF] is displayed in the viewnder and the camera informs you of

warning via the tally lamp, etc. All P2 card access LEDs ash rapidly in orange. Turn off the power. (page 212)

t If the P2 card is removed while being accessed, clips on it may become irregular. Check the clips and restore them, if required. (page 117)

t If the P2 card is removed while it is being formatted, formatting of the removed P2 card is not guaranteed. In this case, [E-30] [TURN POWER OFF] is

displayed in the viewnder. Turn the power off and then on again, and reformat the P2 card.

t If a P2 card is inserted into another slot during playback, the inserted card is not recognized and the P2 card access LED does not light up. The P2

card will be recognized when playback ends.

t Even if a P2 card is inserted in a vacant card slot during recording, the P2 card may not be recognized immediately in the following instance:

- Immediately after a pre-recording

t The P2 card access LED can be set to continuously off in the main menu → [OTHER FUNCTIONS] → [ACCESS LED]. In this case, turn off the power

before removing the card, or after the card is inserted or after operation (recording, playback, etc.) has stopped, and wait for the charging to complete

before removing the card.

Preventing accidental erasure

In order to prevent erasing the recorded contents of the P2 card by mistake, turn the write protect switch on the P2 card to the Protect side (or the LOCK

side).

Write-protect switch Write-protect switch

NOTE

t Write-protect switch can be switched while the card is being accessed (during recording or playback), but does not take effect until accessing of the

card stops.

P2 card access LEDs and status of P2 cards

P2 card access LED P2 card status Mode check display*

Is illuminated green Recording possible Reading/writing are both possible. [ACTIVE]

Is illuminated orange Recording target

Reading/writing are both possible. The card is currently

the recording target (including loop recording).

[ACTIVE]

Flashing orange Accessing card Reading/writing are currently being performed. [ACCESSING]

Flashing orange rapidly

The card is being

recognized.