Thanks, Michael. I'm not sure if they are available in the UK, so I'll have to check. I know that the "Simply" cards work with the BLT. Again, it may be the larger capacity that isn't compatible and that's something I would be very interested to know.
-- Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "carol pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 7:19 AM Subject: Re: 1 AND 2 GB FLASH STORAGE CARDS > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
