JVC GZ-MG70AS, GZ-MG70AA, GZ-MG70AH, GZ-MG70AG, LYT1496-001A manual Formatting a Recording Medium

20 EN GETTING STARTED

	Formatting a Recording Medium							To make it more
								difficult to recover the
								data on the hard disk
You can format (initialise) the built-in hard disk
								Even if you format the
(HDD) or SD cards. You have to format the
								hard disk or erase the
newly-purchased SD cards with this camera
								data on the hard disk,
before using them. This enables stable speeds
								sometimes the erased
and operation when accessing the recording
								data can be recovered by using data recovery
medium. Be aware that all files and data
								software etc. that are commercially available.
including protected files will be erased.
								By pressing the 49 button while selecting
( pg. 38)
								[HDD] and holding down the button in step 5,
1 Set the power switch to					or .
								you can erase the data on the hard disk in a
2 Press MENU. The menu screen appears.								format that is difficult to recover. Moreover, by
3 Press			/	to select				repeating this procedure, you can make the data
						DIS		even more difficult to recover.
[REC MEDIA SETTING],						CAMERA SETTING		● When formatting in this way, a formatting progress
then press 49.						BASIC SETTING
								bar is displayed.
						REC MEDIA SETTING
						DISPLAY		● If the formatting progress bar does not appear,
						QUALITY		select [CANCEL] and try again from step 4.
						WIDE MODE
4 Press			/	to select				CAUTION:
[FORMAT], then press							VIDEO MODE	Do not remove the SD card or perform any other
							IMAGE MODE	operation (such as turning off the power) during
49.
							FORMAT	format. Also, be sure to use the provided AC
5 Press			/	to select
							CLEAN UP	adapter, as the data on the recording medium may
[HDD] or [SD], then							COPY/MOVE	be corrupted if the battery becomes exhausted
press		49	.					during format. If the data on the recording medium
6 Press			/ to select [EXECUTE], then					becomes corrupted, format it again.
								NOTE:
press 49.

●To cancel the formatting, select [CANCEL], then press 49.

Do not format the recording medium on the PC. Make sure to format the recording medium on the camera.