Micro SD Card Issue - JXD 509G

[MikeBravo]

Hello all,
This is my first post so bear with me.

My name is Mike and I am an absolute newbie to the world of Quadcopters.

I just bought a low cost drone to see how I liked and would get on with them, and I love it.
The one I purchased is the JXD 509G and I'm already looking to upgrade somewhat.

For now I am enjoying this and as it is so cheap I'd rather keep playing for a while before I crash anything of more value.

The issue I have is the Micro SD card - firstly, only the first video would play (AVI file). About 5 others seemed to have recorded but none would play, even with a file converter app. I tried formatting the card but now there is nothing on it and the drone will not write to it.
I imagine it was set up for the drone and I guess I have deleted this, but what can I do to fix it please?

 

[Jackson]

The Syma one I have will rewrite the needed folders, Photo and Video. Did you choose fat32 (do not use quick format) when you formatted?

About 5 others seemed to have recorded but none would play, even with a file converter app

Are you remembering to turn off the camera? That is when the files are saved.

 

[Quest]

After you turn off camera wait to unplug battery until after writting is complete.

 

[MikeBravo]

I have been turning the drone off and I don't tend to remove the Micro-SD for at least a few minutes.
I am using a Mac - Which option should I select on the format using Disk Utility? (image attached)

(http://www.dronesglobe.com/review/jxd-509g)

 

[Quest]

According to my google MS-DOS (FAT) is the same as FAT32 so that is what you should use and choose the Master Boot Record partitioning scheme. I am a Windows user and only have a little experience with Mac but the answer was easy enough to Google, Google is your friend.

 

[Jackson]

Also note, supplied SD cards are bottom rung and often cause problems.