31lHandling card• Do not use cards other thanthe designated ones.• Do not touch the card terminalor allow it to touch metal.• Do not paste anything otherthan exclusive label on labelpasting portion.• Do not subject card to impact,bend card or drop it.• Do not disassemble card or modify it.• Do not expose card to water.• Do not use or store card in the following places:− Where the temperature is high, such as invehicle at high temperatures, in direct sunlightor near a heater.− Where humidity is high, or in dusty place• Keep the Memory Card out of reach of Children toprevent swallowing.• When the write-protect switch on SD MemoryCard is locked, no recording, deletion or editingwill be possible on the card.• miniSD memory cards must be inserted in aspecial card adapter in order to be used.lSuitable SD Memory CardOn the Camcorder, you can use SD Memory Cardsof the following capacity (from 8 MB to 1 GB).SD Memory Cards over 2 GB are not compatiblewith the Camcorder.• In order to maintain full compatibility, you mustformat the SD Memory Card using the Camcorder.• PC formatted SD Memory Cards are notcompatible with the Camcorder.• The Camcorder supports SD Memory Cardsformatted in FAT12 system (for SD Memory Cardof 8, 16, 32 and 64 MB) and FAT16 system (for SDMemory Card of 128, 256, 512 MB and 1 GB).Please confirm the latest information on thefollowing website:http://panasonic.co.jp/pavc/global/cslminiSD Memory Cards• Be sure to insert miniSD Memory Cards in thededicated card adapter before use. Inserting acard in the DVD Video Camera without theadapter may damage the camera or the card.• Do not insert an empty card adapter in the DVDVideo Camera. Do not leave the adapter in theDVD Video Camera while inserting or removingminiSD Memory Cards. This may cause the DVDVideo Camera to malfunction.lCommon cautions for disc and card• It is recommended that you create a backup filefor valuable data on hard disk of PC.• Do not do the following, or the data on card maybe damaged or lost:− Do not remove the card or turn DVD VideoCamera off during reading or writing of data− Do not use DVD Video Camera in a placesubject to static electricity or electrical noiseNote :• We recommend that you use a Panasonic brand SDMemory Card.• This DVD Video Camera can play back image datarecorded on other digital cameras conforming to the DCF(Design rule for Camera File system) standard which wasestablished by the Japan Electronics and InformationTechnology Industries Association (JEITA). The range ofimage data playable on this DVD Video Camera is thatwith pixels from 80 horizontal × 60 vertical to 4000horizontal × 3000 vertical.• DCF is an integrated image file format for digital cameras:Image files can be used on all digital devices conformingto DCF.• Image data edited on PC and certain types of image datamay not be viewable on this DVD Video Camera.• Image data recorded on another device may not beplayable on this DVD Video Camera.8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB,128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB (Maximum)TerminalWrite-protect switch Locked status
