Extender
  • Extender Manual
  • Introduction
    • Safety Precautions
    • Specifications
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • What's in the box
    • External features
    • System requirements
  • Getting started
    • Syncing real-time clock
    • Updating firmware
    • Formatting SD Card
  • Modes of operation
    • Power only mode and Trigger Input
    • SD card recording mode
    • Pass-through mode
    • USB drive mode
  • Extender Details
    • Extender Button Functionality
    • Extender LED Functionality
    • Extender Charging
  • Hardware Triggering
    • Trigger Input & Cable
    • Example 1: 1s Pulses
    • Example 2: Serial Triggering
    • Example 3: MATLAB
  • Data Access
    • Downloading recordings
    • Decrypting recordings
    • Exported data format
  • Troubleshooting
    • Hardware Reset
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  1. Getting started

Formatting SD Card

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Last updated 6 years ago

To record data to your Extender, you need to purchase, install and format a microSD card. The SD card must be between 4-32GB and formatted with FAT32.

Note: SD card not included with Extender.

Below are the instructions for formatting the SD card on Windows and Mac.

Windows

Power on Extender, insert the card into Extender and plug Extender into your PC.

Right click on Extender driver and select format.

Specify as FAT32 and press "Start" to format.

Your drive should now be ready for recording.

Mac

Power on Extender, insert the card into Extender and plug Extender into your Mac

Press command + space and type "disk utility". Open the Disk Utility setting window.

Partition or erase the disk and select the partition format as MS-DOS (FAT)

Press ERASE

Your disk should now be ready for use in Extender.