User Manual

About SD Cards

Use ‘disk utility’ on Mac OS X to erase your SD card in the Mac OS extended (journaled) or exFAT format.

Preparing SD Cards on a Windows computer

The ‘format’ dialog box can format an SD card in the exFAT format on a Windows PC.

Remember to back up anything important from your media as all data will be lost when it is

formatted.

1 Plug an SD card into your computer’s SD card slot or via an SD card reader.

2 Open the ‘start menu’ or ‘start screen’ and choose ‘computer’. Right-click on

your SD card.

3 From the contextual menu, choose ‘format’.

4 Set the file system to ‘exFAT’ and the allocation unit size to 128 kilobytes.

5 Type a volume label, select ‘quick format’ and click ‘start’.

6 Your SD card will quickly be formatted and made ready for use.

Use the ‘format’ dialog box feature in Windows

toformat your SD card in the exFAT format