[LAU] Problem with SD card and new Zoom H5

[robertlazarski]

On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 23:51 Faheem Mitha <faheem at faheem.info> wrote:

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> On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Faheem Mitha wrote:
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> > On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, David Kastrup wrote:
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> >> Faheem Mitha <faheem at faheem.info> writes:
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> >>> 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.
> >
> >> How did you try to format it?  Some devices are not happy about cards
> >> formatted other than with the device itself.
> >
> > I tried using the H5's own formatting function, of course.
>
> Just to be clear, I wrote:
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> "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."
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> Both the formatting and the quick performance tests are built-in functions
> of the H5, accessible from the menu. My question is whether the H5
> freezing is an indication of a defect of the H5, or not. Even assuming the
> SD card is defective, should that happen?
>
> Regards, Faheem Mitha
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I have the Zoom Q8 and F8. While I had no such problems on a variety of
cards, I settled on Transcend class 10 SD, which is also supported on the
H5.

TS32GSDHC10

If the card you are using is in this list in their pdf the unit may be
defective.

H5 Operation Confirmed SDHC Cards.

Regards,
Robert

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