I would first check to see if the SD card is locked, then see if the card is to large for the camera, a coworker has a hp camera and it is limited in the size of memory card it can take.
Put the card in the camera, then go into the MENU and find FORMAT. Surely your brand new camera came with a user manual? Look up 'Format' or 'Memory Card' in the Index. It will show you how to do it. If the camera will not allow you to format the car...
Yup sadly that camera only supports cards up to 2GB. It comes down to the number of memory spaces the camera can address. Camera chips were made to go to a maximum of 2GB before such large cards were invented. Now because cards are bigger, the camera...