
Now connect the SD card to your computer and re-open the software. Once you are ready to continue, if you haven’t already done so, unplug the SD card from your PC.Ĭlick on the drop down menu inside the Green box, and take a note of the letters listed in there, and then close the program. Make sure you back up any data you have on your SD card as the following steps will delete the entire contents of the drive. They’ve been put there so we can reference their contents. You might have noticed your version doesn’t have those coloured boxes. Once downloaded go ahead and open the software. This software is called FAT32 Format, and can be downloaded from ĭownload the software, making sure you know where you are saving it, because we will need to open and close this software a couple of times. To format in FAT32 we first need to download some software to do the formatting for us. This is the most common cause for issues with our SD card based units. If the card you’ve bought seems to cheap to be true, it’s probably a fake and won’t last very long, if it works at all.

We sell cards that have been tested with our equipment.ĭon’t use a Class 4 SD card. They’ll probably be too slow and cause corruptions of your recordings.

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We recommend using a reputable brand from a reputable seller. We recommend using Class 10 or above speed SD cards. We’ll go through the process in this guide.ĭouble check your unit will support 64GB or 128GB, as the maximum for many cameras is 32GB. This is done by connecting the SD card to your PC.
