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Martie Posted on Jan 18, 2014

Memory card locked

When I start the camera "memory card locked" appears on the screen

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 26, 2008

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Hi everyone,

Here's the solution, I just had the same problem LOL!
1. take the memory card out
2.On the memory card there is a little switch (it will be the little tiny piece on the side of the card thats a different color) slide it up.

That's it!

Bye

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Tim Babcock

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  • Posted on Jul 04, 2008

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Take the card out. On the left side of the card is a tiny white switch. Reverse the position.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 13, 2008

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I had the same problem - just put the lock button of the card to the lock position and than again to the unlock position

drifterK

Catalin Turcu

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  • Posted on Dec 17, 2009

SOURCE: Memory Card locked: I changed the memory card in

if we are talking about an SD card ...see that in a side ..the card has a slide like button with 2 positions ...locked and unlocked... just unlock it cause it might have been locked when handling it...

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CameraR

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  • Posted on Dec 25, 2009

SOURCE: Loaded new memory card, and screen reads memory

I'm guessing you bought a new 4GB SDHC card. Although it looks exactly the same as a standard SD card, the format the card uses is very different. If your camera is more than a few couple years old, it's likely it was designed before the SDHC format came out. Sorry, but a SDHC card will not work with older cameras.
For older cameras, you'll need to use standard SD cards (usually those 2GB or less). But if you really want to use a 4GB card, do a Google search for 4GB SD "non HC", with the non HC in quotes. Believe Transcend makes one.

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