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Question

Sony HDR CX240 device name & filename oddness

Sep 3, 2014 10:25AM PDT

I bought a Sony HDR CX240 at the begginning of the summer. When I would connect via USB to my Win8.1 laptop, it would show up as "CX240" under "ThisPC" and if expanded, would show folders for each seperate day that video was shot.(IE: 2014-08-31) Each MTS file in each folder had a filename which read like a time stamp (IE: 201483113527.MTS)

I have two SanDisk Extreme microSDHC cards. I removed one to lookup something on the other. It showed a C:13:01 error and would not format. When I reinserted the first card, something also wasn't right so I reformatted it.

Now when I hookup the camera via USB to the same laptop, I'm showing "E: internal media" and "F:pmhome" Shotting a few test videos, I'm no longer getting the dated folders and each mts file reads sequentially like "00001.MTS"

Sorry this got so long. Any suggestions as to what to do to get the dated folders and filenames back? TIA.

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Short of letting Sony fix it.
Sep 3, 2014 10:29AM PDT
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Thanks I tried that webpage...
Sep 3, 2014 10:36AM PDT

Thanks Bob for the quick reply. I actually found that exact webpage before and tried those things but nothing worked. I spoke w someone at the local BestBuy and I'll be able to exchange it.

However I'm still concerned about the other card which is working, but all the other oddness about the camera not showing up as a device like before I reformatted the card, and why I'm not getting the dated folders or "timestamp" mts filenames.

Is there something I can reset in the camera itself, or is this microsd card faulty too?

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When I find a flaky card I move it out of service.
Sep 5, 2014 8:00AM PDT

I know folk that have gone bald or bodmin. I've put them into some USB adapter to be used for temp copies and let them fail where it does not matter. If one card works the other does not, well that's it for me.
Bob

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I should also mention...
Sep 3, 2014 11:12AM PDT

I should also mention that these are the teeny-tiny microSD cards which seem to be super-fragile compared to the old bigger SD cards. HTH.