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Types of Usable SD Card

The following SD cards can be used on this unit.

Operations are confirmed on the SD cards from the following manufacturers.

Panasonic

TOSHIBA

SanDisk

Use a Class 4 or higher compatible SDHC card (2 GB).

Use a Class 4 or higher compatible SDHC card (4 GB to 32 GB).

Use a Class 4 or higher compatible SDXC card (Max. 64 GB).

Using SD cards (including SDHC/SDXC cards) other than those specified above may result in recording failure or data loss.
This unit is not guaranteed to operate with all SD cards, even when using the ones specified above. Some SD cards may not work due to specification changes, etc.
To record videos with “VIDEO QUALITY” set to “UXP”, use of a Class 6 or higher compliant SDHC/SDXC card is recommended.
Class 4 and Class 6 are guaranteed to have a minimum transfer rate of 4 MB/s and 6 MB/s respectively during reading or writing of data.
You can also use a Class 10 compliant SDHC/SDXC card.
To protect the data, do not touch the terminals of the SD card.
UHS-I SDHC/SDXC cards can be used in the same manner as standard SDHC/SDXC cards.
UHS Speed Class is not supported.

Confirm and update the OS of your computer.

Windows XP / Windows XP SP1	Necessary to update to SP2 or higher.
Windows XP SP2 / Windows XP SP3	Necessary to download the update software. (KB955704) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1cbe3906-ddd1-4ca2-b727-c2dff5e30f61&displaylang=en
Windows Vista	Necessary to update to SP1 or higher.
Mac OS	Not compatible.

Windows XP / Windows XP SP1	Necessary to update to SP2 or higher.
Windows XP SP2 / Windows XP SP3	Necessary to download the update software. (KB955704) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1cbe3906-ddd1-4ca2-b727-c2dff5e30f61&displaylang=en
Windows Vista	Necessary to update to SP1 or higher.
Windows Vista SP1 / Windows Vista SP2	Necessary to download the upgrade software. (KB975823) 32 bit version http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2d1abe01-0942-4f8a-abb2-2ad529de00a1 64 bit version http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d54c53f-017c-4ea5-ae08-34c3452ba315
Windows 7	Necessary to download the upgrade software. (KB976422) 32 bit version http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=3ee91fc2-a9bc-4ee1-aca3-2a9aff5915ea 64 bit version http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=73f766dd-7127-4445-b860-47084587155f
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger / Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard	Not compatible.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard	Necessary to upgrade to 10.6.5.