Hi Carol, I think, that if you use cards by Sandisk, you can be relatively sure, that they work withthe the PTR1.
<*** Michael Lang ***> You wrote: > Hi All, > Please excuse my post to both the ACCESS-UK group (where I'd discussed this > matter when looking for cards) and the PTR list to which I'm subscribed and > would find this of interest. > You may recall that Rob Powell and myself were very interested in the higher > capacity Flash storage cards recently and that we found good prices at > www.7dayshop.com > In fact I purchased from there with no apparent problems when trying out the > card. Well, I have since discovered that the Flash cards (which originally > come from MagicStore in the States I think) are not compatible for use with > the PTR1. It's rather sad that it took me a little time to realise this as > I prepared the card for use and did a quick test of the "Title" and all > appeared fine. It wasn't until a few weeks later (in fact, earlier this > week) that I needed to use the card for recording that I discovered, ten > minutes into the recording, that the card appeared to be "incompatible". > (Incidentally, I did have a second card also of the same make and got the > same results, so it's not a faulty card so far as I can judge.) > I would be interested if anyone has knowledge of the size and types of > original formatting of Flash cards which the PTR1 can take, or those which > are known to be "off limits". > It certainly is worth bearing in mind that, just because the card appears to > work for the first ten minutes, doesn't mean it's compatible. > I hope this may save someone else from making the mistake I did! > -- > Carol > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
