SanDisk Compatibility Issues

[JustPJ]

Greetings,

I've been reading this forum for a few weeks now since picking up my Mavic Air. Fantastic forum- a lot of you guys (and ladies) are very helpful here. For what it's worth, thank you- even from many of us who just read, absorb, but don't post.

Anyway, my first post here.

I've had a SanDisk Extreme Pro MicroSD XC II U3 card (128 GB, in my Sony camera for about a year. Fantastic card, never an issue with it. Once I picked up the Mavic Air, and inserted the card into it- the card is not recognized (the Mavic behaves as is no card is inserted- and displays only internal storage). Basically, the card it seems, isn't recognized. I asked about this and was informed the Sony FDRX3000 camera is the culprit- Sony formats it into it's own format, which renders it useless in the Mavic.

Ok, no issues there. I bought a second card for the Mavic, and took a screen shot of the recommended/supported cards from the DJI website to the shop to ensure I'd get the right card. I'm confident I did get the right card:

SanDisk Extreme MicroSDXC UHS-I A1 V30

Inserted the card into the Mavic and... sadly, once again- card is not detected. I'm at a loss here. Am I doing something wrong?

Needless to say the card is inserted properly (yes, the pleasant task of inserting/removing SD cards from the Mavic (brutal engineering on that part...) was carried out a few times to ensure it's properly locked in).

Formatting a card that isn't recognized as being there, isn't an option, obviously. Returning a card- now that it's opened isn't an option either.

Any tips?

 

[NordicMan]

Try formatting the card on your PC first, before inserting it into the Air? At the same time, confirm the card is detected on the PC.

I just bought a MA last Friday & a 64Gb Sandisk Extreme U3 card. Had no problem whatsoever with that combo.
Inserted it directly into the MA & formatted it in there.

 

[JustPJ]

Morale of the story: most issues (as noted by reading these forums) really do come down to 'pilot error' in one way or another.

I played around with the settings a little more after posting this thread. I did find an option to format SD card- engaged it, and... lo and behold- card was formatted and subsequently recognized. Thus, the 'card not recognized' icon I saw, I suppose, meant "card not formatted". I wish that had been more clear, but- long story short... chalk this one up to another instance of pilot error. The unit in this case, operated as it was intended to. I was the issue here, not the Mavic.