User Manual

SimpleTech SD Card User Guide
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The SimpleTech SD Card is available in several capacities for your specific applications. Also, the
SimpleTech SD Card Adapter is available for using SD Card in PC Card (PCMCIA) slots. Visit
www.simpletech.com
for details.
Installation Requirements
The following are the minimum requirements for using the SD Card:
• A host (e.g., a computer or other devices such as digital camera, MP3 Audio Player/Recorder, PDA that uses SD
Cards as a storage device) with one of the following sockets:
- A SD Card socket
- A PC Card Type I or II (PCMCIA) socket when using the SD Card with the SD Card Adapter
• One of the following operating systems:
- MS-DOS 5.0 or higher, Windows 3.x, and Card and Socket Services compatible with PCMCIA Release 2.1 or
higher
- Windows CE
- Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/XP or 2000
- Windows NT 3.5.1 /Win NT 4.0
- OS/2 Warp!
- Mac OS 8.6 or higher
- Other hosts with firmware that support ATA data storage, and DOS file/FAT standards (e.g., digital camera,
PDA, MP3, etc.)
Installing the SD Card
A. Digital Cameras/MP3 Players/Digital Camcorders/Printers
Attach the SD Card to the
Digital Cameras/MP3 Players/Digital Camcorders/Printers
as follows:
1. Please refer to your System Manual for proper orientation of the SimpleTech SD Card in your system. Please
note that if the SD Card is improperly inserted, the system will not recognize the card.
2. Formatting the SD Card in your system:
All SimpleTech SD Cards are factory-formatted in DOS/Windows Operating Systems. Most devices do not
require additional drivers to support SD Card. If your device does not recognize the SD Card when inserted, you
would need to format the SD Card in the devices. Please refer to the User Guide of your device for basic
formatting instructions of the SD Card.
B. PC Computers /PDA (Handheld Device, Palmtop)
If you are planning to use the SD Card in the PC Card slot of your PDA/Computer, you would need to insert the SD
Card in the PC Card adapter. Please refer to Attaching the SD Card to the SD Card Adapter section.
If you are planning to access the SD Card through USB or Parallel port SD Card reader, please refer to the following
section titled Attaching the SD Card to USB SD Card Reader.
1) Attaching the SD Card to the SD Card Adapter (If Applicable)
Attach the SD Card to the SD Card Adapter as follows:
1. Orient the SimpleTech logos on both the SD Card and the SD Card Adapter facing upwards.
2. With the “Insert” arrow on top of the SD Card pointing towards the SD Card Adapter, place the SD Card onto the
rails of the SD Card Adapter.
3. Slide the SD Card all the way into the SD Card Adapter until the connector on the SD Card fully docks with the
connector on the SD Card Adapter.