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P2 Cards
Chapter 3 Recording and Playback
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Close the slide-out door.
<Note>
• To prevent cards from falling out, dust from entering
and reduce the risk of exposure to static electricity, do
not move the AG-HPX500P/E with the slide-out door
open.
• Format P2 cards on a P2 device or on a PC using P2
Viewer software.
Removing P2 Cards
1
While pressing the slide lock button,
move the slide-out door to the left.
2
Tilt down the EJECT button.
3
Then depress the eject button to
release the P2 card.
<Note>
• When a P2 card is being accessed or it is being
recognised after insertion (P2 CARD ACCESS LED
blinks in orange), do not remove the P2 card. Removing
a P2 card during access could damage it.
• If a P2 card being accessed is removed, the viewfinder
displays “TURN POWER OFF” and the AG-HPX500P/E
gives a warning using an alarm and the WARNING LED.
In addition, all P2 CARD ACCESS LEDs blink rapidly
in orange. If this is the case, turn the power off. For
more information on warning indications, see [Warning
System] (page 142).
• Removing a P2 card during access may corrupt clip
data. Check the clips and restore them if required.
For more information about how to restore clips, see
[Restoring Clips] (page 108).
• If a P2 card being formatted is removed, it may be not
be formatted properly. In this case, the viewfinder
displays “TURN POWER OFF”. If this message
appears, turn off the power, then restart the AG-
HPX500P/E to reformat the card.
• If a P2 card is inserted while another P2 card is being
played back, the inserted P2 card is not recognised and
the P2 CARD ACCESS LED for that card does not come
on. Card recognition starts when the playback ends.
• A P2 card inserted in an empty slot during recording
may not be immediately recognized during the
following events.
• Immediately following PRE REC operation
• Immediately before or after a recording that bridges
P2 cards in two slots (hot swap recording, etc.)
• The P2 CARD ACCESS LED can be set to stay off in the
setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, ACCESS
LED. When the camera is used in this way, remove
cards when the camera has been powered down or
a sufficiently long time after terminating recording,
playback and other operating modes.
• Removing a P2 card during thumbnail display
terminates the thumbnail display.
• A P2 card inserted in an empty slot during interval
recording or one-shot recording is not recognized
and cannot be used in the recording. The card will be
recognized when the recording is completed.
Tilt down the EJECT
button.
Depress the tilted-down
EJECT button to release
the P2 card.
