Andrew, The error announced by the PTR1 was something like "Uncompatible card". I ended up with two cards (long story) one of which says Fat 32 and the other FAT. I tried to reformat one of them on my PC, doing a complete reformat and not a quick one, but the format didn't appear to happen because my Title announcement still remained.
I really don't think, after the period of time that has elapsed and the decision I had reached that the cards were OK, I can now send them back, especially having played with the formatting. It's more than annoying! -- Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 7:37 AM Subject: RE: 1 AND 2 GB FLASH STORAGE CARDS Hi Carol, I would be interested to know the error you got when attempting this - also, what was physically on the card (if you can read it using a card reader or somesuch). Furthermore, was it formatted to FAT/FAT32? Andrew. > -----Original Message----- > From: carol pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 June 2004 06:57 > To: PTR1 Users > Subject: 1 AND 2 GB FLASH STORAGE CARDS > > 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]
