Introduction: Recording, Playback and P2 Card Handling 33Introduction◆ NOTE:• Do not remove P2 cards during access or during recognitiondirectly after insertion (when the P2 card access LED flashesorange).1 Press the STOP button.When the P2 card access LED of a card to be removedflashes orange, press the STOP button to stop theflashing.2 Set the card lock to OFF and raise the EJECT button.3 Press the EJECT button to eject the P2 card.◆ NOTE:• Removing a P2 card in the thumbnail screen automatically closesthe thumbnail screen.• Do not remove P2 cards during access or during recognitiondirectly after insertion (when the P2 card access LED flashesorange); otherwise the P2 cards may be damaged. If a P2 card byany chance is removed during access, [E-30] appears on the LCDmonitor and the LCD panel displays the [AUTO OFF] warning. All P2card access LEDs will flash rapidly in orange. Turn off the power,and then turn it back on.• The clips on a P2 card that was removed during access may nolonger be in the right order. Check the clips and perform thenecessary repair operation.➝ For details, refer to “Repairing Bad Clips” (page 48).• Removing a P2 card during formatting will in most cases destroy theformatting. Reformat the card after restarting the PC.Set the write-protection switch to [PROTECT] to preventaccidental deletion of data recorded on a P2 card.◆ NOTE:• Switching the write-protection switch during recording, playback orother access operation will not take effect until after these accessoperations (playback, recording, etc.) complete.Removing P2 CardsPreventing Accidental DeletionWrite-protectionswitchPROTECT
