So, I got the Transcend card, and I figured since it was around $5 more, I'd get the 4gb SDHC Class 6 card, which would be the fastest possible card just in case I find another use for it in another device that might need faster speeds.
I guess you're not supposed to do this, but i assumed the card came preformatted in some useable state (oops) and put it in the R-09 to test it out... and it recorded for about 10 seconds then told me the SD card wasn't formatted.. Oops. I try to use the internal format function, no dice. I try putting the card in my PC's card reader, and it doesn't do jack. Hmmm.
Is there something I'm not understanding about SDHC that's NOT backwards compatible (even though everything on the web seems to indicate it is...), did I get a bum card, or did I accidentally permanently corrupt the card when I tried using it without formatting it?
I'm off to bestBuy to get a different 4gb card and hopefully I'll get one that doesn't suck this time... but I figure if I've got 2 cards that definitely won't be a bad thing and i'd like to use the one I got. (there wasn't anything in the FAQ about this sort of thing, so I'm assuming that I broke it. I can't even format the card using the device through windows as a reader, but it'll read the demo card it came with... so I dunno. blah blah blah.)