[LAU] Problem with SD card and new Zoom H5

Faheem Mitha faheem at faheem.info
Wed Jun 6 01:45:40 CEST 2018


Hello everyone,

In my testing of my new Zoom H5, I foolishly did not test the standalone 
recording capabilities, which require a working SD card.

I tried using the included SD card. When I tried to format it, I got an 
error. When I tried the quick performance test, it alternately gave me NG, 
and just froze part of the way through.

I have like one day left to return this to Amazon India. Should I do so or 
not. I just checked my account and it says returnable till July 7th. It's 
now the morning of the 6th (local time is IST = UTC+5.30). So I don't have 
a lot of time to think about it.

Even assuming it is a corrupt SD card, should the Zoom freeze like that? 
And if it is not corrupt, something is clearly wrong. I don't have any 
other way to test the SD card. Should I buy another SD card and try it 
with that. As you can see, I don't have much time.

Thanks in advance for any advice. Please CC me on any reply.

Regards, Faheem Mitha


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