Handling SxS Memory Cards
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Removing an SxS memory card
1
Open the cover, once press the EJECT
button to release the lock, then pull the
button out.
2
Press the EJECT button again to
remove the card.
Notes
• Data are not guaranteed if the power is turned
off or a memory card is removed while the card
is being accessed. All data on the card may be
destroyed. Be sure that the ACCESS lamps are
lit in green or off when you turn off the power
or remove memory cards.
• When you turn the camcorder on by setting the
power switch to MEDIA (Media mode), a
display to show that an SxS memory card is
being confirmed appears in the viewfinder.
The display automatically changes to the
thumbnail screen
when a valid
memory card is inside, but it remains on the
screen if no valid memory card is loaded.
When SxS memory cards are loaded in both card
slots A and B, press the SLOT SELECT button to
select the card you wish to use.
If a card becomes full during recording, switching
to the other card is automatically executed.
Notes
• The SLOT SELECT button is disabled while
playback is in progress. Switching is not
executed even if you press the button. The
button is enabled on the thumbnail screen
.
• The SLOT SELECT button becomes
temporarily inoperable after you press it to use
another slot (with an optional SxS memory
card, PHU-220R Professional Hard Disk Unit,
or MEAD-MS01/SD01 Media Adaptor inside).
To switch the slot again, wait several seconds
before you press the SLOT SELECT button.
Formatting may be required before using an SxS
memory card with this camcorder. For an SxS
memory card that is not formatted or that was
formatted with another system, a message to
Lamp
Slot statuses
Lights in
red
Accessing the loaded SxS memory card
(writing/reading data)
Lights in
green
Standby (ready for recording or
playback using the loaded SxS memory
card)
Off
• No SxS memory card is loaded.
• The loaded card is invalid.
• An SxS memory card is loaded, but
another slot is active.
SDI OUT
GE
TC IN
HDV
EL
PICTURE
PROFILE
CAMERA
OFF
MEDIA
AM
TO
PMW
-EX3
CH-1
AUT
O
MANU
AL
IN
EXT
AUT
O
MANU
AL
IN
EXT
CH-2
AUD
IO
LEV
EL
SLO
T S
ELE
CT
AUD
IO
SEL
ECT
AUD
IO
IN
A
B
OPEN
ACC
ESS
ASSIG
N
STOGR
AM
ON
TC/U-BIT/DUR
ATION
Press and unlock the button.
SDI OUT
GE
TC IN
HDV
EL
PICTURE
PROFILE
CAMERA
OFF
MEDIA
AM
TO
PMW
-EX3
CH-1
AUT
O
MANU
AL
IN
EXT
AUT
O
MANU
AL
IN
EXT
CH-2
AUD
IO
LEV
EL
SLO
T S
ELE
CT
AUD
IO
SEL
ECT
AUD
IO
IN
A
B
OPEN
ACC
ESS
ASSIG
N
STOGR
AM
ON
TC/U-BIT/DUR
ATION
Switching Between SxS Memory
Cards
Formatting an SxS Memory Card
