5
Supported Media
The reader/writer supports the following
media:
“Memory Stick” media
• “Memory Stick” (without MagicGate)
• “MagicGate Memory Stick”
• “Memory Stick” (with MagicGate)
*1
• “Memory Stick Duo” (without MagicGate)
• “MagicGate Memory Stick Duo”
• “Memory Stick Duo” (with MagicGate)
*1
• “Memory Stick PRO”
*1
• “Memory Stick PRO Duo”
*1
• “Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo”
*1
• “Memory Stick Micro” (“M2”)
*1*2*3
SD memory cards
• SD Memory Card
• SDHC
TM
Memory Card
• miniSD
TM
card
• miniSDHC
TM
card
• microSD
TM
card
*3
• microSDHC
TM
card
*3
Other memory cards
• MultiMediaCard
• RS-MMC
• MMCplus
• MMCmobile
• MMCmicro
*3
*1 4-bit parallel data transfer is supported. It,
however, varies depending on each medium
how long it takes to read/write data.
*2 “M2” is an abbreviation of “Memory Stick
Micro.” In this document, hereinafter, the
abbreviation “M2,” is used.
*3 With adaptor (not supplied) only.
Notes
• Not all memory cards are guaranteed to work.
Operation is not assured if non-supported
memory cards are used.
• “MagicGate” is the general name of a copyright
protection technology developed by Sony.
• Recording or playback of MagicGate data that
uses MagicGate technology is not supported.
• The capacity of a file to be recorded/played back
is smaller than 4 GB per file according to the
specifications of the system incorporated in
“Memory Stick.”
• Although operation check of this product has
been performed with up to 8 GB “Memory
Stick,” please note that the operation is not
guaranteed for every type of “Memory Stick.”
• Recording or playback of data that uses SD
technology is not supported.
• In this manual, all types of media listed in
“Supported Media” are generically called
memory cards.
• I/O cards that are not memory cards, such as
GPS cards, are not supported.
• MultiMediaCards and SD Memory Cards use the
same slot, so you cannot use them at the same
time.
• The “Memory Stick” media all use the same slot,
so you cannot use them at the same time.
• Only DOS format is supported. Memory cards in
other formats are not supported.