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Chapter 6 Reference
“Memory Stick”
Suitable “Memory Stick”
products
AIBO uses an entertainment-robot-dedicated
“Memory Stick” as media to record behavior
programs.
Programs created and edited with AIBO Master
Studio should be saved to the supplied
“Memory Stick” (including old version
accessories) or to a separately sold “AIBO
Programming Memory Stick” and then
executed on AIBO. The “Memory Stick” is the
interface between your AIBO and the PC.
In order to use either of the “Memory Sticks”
you first need to copy system files to it to use it
in AIBO Master Studio. For details, see “Making
a ‘Memory Stick’ appropriate for your AIBO
model” (page 21).
Handling procedures
About the safety switch
If the safety switch of the “Memory Stick” is set
to LOCK, data cannot be saved or erased.
Do not set the safety switch to LOCK when
using AIBO Master Studio.
Precautions on writing to the
“Memory Stick”
• Do not format the “Memory Stick” by using
the Windows or MS-DOS format commands.
If formatted, the “Memory Stick” may not be
correctly recognized.
• If you use the “Memory Stick” with the safety
switch set to LOCK, the symptoms below
may appear. These symptoms do not indicate
malfunction of the “Memory Stick” or the
“Memory Stick” drive.
– The message “Unable to write to disk in
drive D*: Data or files may be lost.”
appears on the PC screen. (* The drive
letter differs depending on your PC
system.)
– Icons for data that cannot be written
remain displayed on the PC screen. (The
icons will disappear when the “Memory
Stick” is removed.)
• Data stored in the “Memory Stick” may be
erased or damaged in the following cases:
– If the “Memory Stick” is removed or the
PC switched off while reading or writing
data.
– If the “Memory Stick” is used in a place
subject to static electricity or electric noise.