H501a won't record

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H501a won't record

Post by 153158796984846 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:44 pm

Hi , got my drone a couple of weeks ago and been using 32 gig SD card without problems till Sunday , made a couple of recordings and when I put SD card in pc it said insert disc , put it back in drone and no recordings on it

Dead SD card :cry:

Bought anew 64 gig formatted to exfat , works ok in pc but drone won't let me record or take pictures , it knows a card is in because when I remove it it tells me no card

So help what can I do , is drone faulty

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Re: H501a won't record

Post by justjarhead » Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:56 pm

I think you have 2 problems with the new SD card. If I remember correctly the H501A does not support SD cards larger than 16GB.
Bigger problem is the format of the SD card needs to be FAT32 not the exfat format you have. Using your PC, select SD card, select format(right click) and use fat32 and partition size of under 16gb. hope this helps. ;)

Try re-formatting your SD card before you buy another one.
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Re: H501a won't record

Post by 153158796984846 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:12 pm

Thanks for quick reply , yes I thought I read 64 as maximum but it actually says less than 64 ie 32 , damn only got 64 cos it was on offer on prime day for the same price as 32 lol

Have to get another 32 now

Also just read that h501s should be format to exfat and 501a should be fat 32 , I wonder why that is

Thanks again for clarification I'm glad I don't have to send drone back

Actually I'm going to play it safe and get 16gig
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Re: H501a won't record

Post by justjarhead » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:16 pm

153158796984846 wrote:
Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:12 pm
Thanks for quick reply , yes I thought I read 64 as maximum but it actually says less than 64 ie 32 , damn only got 64 cos it was on offer on prime day for the same price as 32 lol

Have to get another 32 now

Also just read that h501s should be format to exfat and 501a should be fat 32 , I wonder why that is

Thanks again for clarification I'm glad I don't have to send drone back
Your welcome. Happy to share info. Don't buy another SD card just re-format one you have to fat32 with a smaller partition size of 16gb. ;)

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Re: H501a won't record

Post by 153158796984846 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:21 pm

Ahhhh good idea , I'll try that

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Re: H501a won't record

Post by 153158796984846 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:11 pm

Formatted 16gig to fat 32 and left rest unallocated and it's working now

Thanks again

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