How to load decorative frames onto the M20 SD card

Hello Everyone,

The M20 comes with 3 decorative frames in it's memory. I've downloaded the other frames from the Pentax website to my computer. The instructions on the website say to copy the frames to the root directory in the SD card. I don't have a card reader from which to access the card. So, I access the SD card in the camera by connecting the camera to my computer via USB. When I download the pictures to my computer from the camera there are always 2 folders present on the card. One has the pictures in it. But I don't know how get to the root directory like that in order to copy the decorative frames into it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

The root directory comes from olden times, it is the highest level directory.

Directory is another word for folder, a synonym.

SO keep going up through the folders/directories until you can go no further, you are at the root.

It might be if you put the frames files with the two folders it will work.
But using the cable may only give you access to the DCIM folder? I only use a card reader and can't check. This DCIM folder is held in the root directory.

Integral are reliable SDHC/SD readers and are cheap, a few euros from ebay.

Alternatively does the display have a cable? That might give you access to the root.

Hi Doug,

Thank you for the response. Along with your explanation I was able to figure it out. On the card there are two folders, one is DCIM and the other is FRAME. I've just realized that the FRAME folder is the one to copy the frames into. I simply copied most of the 90 frames into the folder and they are there. Thanks again.
Regards,
Angelo

no probs, you got there.

some of these devices create their own folders "on the fly" so if you use your card in several things you end up with junk folders. I have a little MP4 player that does this and the old Palm PDAs did this too.

I've tried to add another decorative frames made by someone using photoshop. I loaded it into the FRAME folder. When I tried to access it, as you normally would any other frame in the menu, it didn't show up with the other frames that you can choose from. However when I checked the FRAME folder by connecting the camera to my computer, it was there. Are the frames that Pentax provides the only ones that can be used in the camera(M 20), or am I doing something wrong? Do the frames need to be made using a proprietary software? Any thoughts? Thanks.