Casio QV-700 Formatting a Memory Card, To format a memory card, Memory Card Precautions, Memory Card Folder Precautions, Note, values, CAMERA, display, Important, Important

Memory Cards Getting Acquainted

To remove a memory card from the camera					Formatting a Memory Card
1.	Open the memory card slot cover.				You can format a memory card to delete all of the data stored on it.
2.	Unfold the eject button.				Important!
3.	Press the eject button straight down.				Data deleted by a memory card format operation cannot be recov-
4. Remove the memory card.					ered! Be sure to carefully check and confirm that you no longer need
					the data stored in a memory card before formatting it.
5.	Close the memory card slot cover.
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	To format a memory card
					1.	Slide the function switch to the PLAY position.
					2.	Press MENU.
						• When there are no images on the
						memory card, the display shows
						MENU in place of MENU 1.
		Eject button
Note
To ensure proper performance, be sure to use only CASIO brand					3.	Use [+] and [–] to select FORMAT, and then press the shut-
memory cards: CF-2V (2MB), CF-4V (4MB), CF-10V (10MB), or CF-						ter button.
15V (15MB).
						• FORMAT is located in MENU 3.
Important!

•Insert only memory cards into the memory card slot. Inserting any other type of card can cause malfunction.

•Should water or any other foreign matter get into the memory card slot, immediately turn off power, unplug the AC adaptor, and con-

tact your original retailer or nearest CASIO Service Provider.	4. Use [+] and [–] to select FORMAT, and then press the shut-
	ter button.
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Memory Cards	Getting Acquainted
Memory Card Precautions	• When calculating remaining memory capacity, the camera com-
• Images cannot be recorded with this camera unless a memory card	pares the total capacity of the memory card with the number of im-
	ages that can be stored			in each folder. The value indicating the
is installed in it.
	number of images that still can be recorded is the lower of these two
• Be sure to use only CASIO memory cards. Proper operation with
	values.
other memory cards is not guaranteed.
	• Images in camera memory are assigned names that are generated
• Static electricity, electrical noise, and other electrical phenomena
	according to the following format:
can cause corruption or even total loss of the data stored on a
memory card. Because of this, you should always make backup	<First 5 characters of folder name> + <3-digit number> + .CAM
copies of important images on other media (magnetic optical disk,
floppy diskette, computer hard disk, etc.).	The 3-digit number starts with 001 and is incremented for each ad-
• Memory card problems can be corrected by reformatting the	ditional image. Deleting or moving images causes all following im-
memory card (page 18). Reformatting a memory card deletes all	ages to be renamed (renumbered) so there are never any breaks in
images stored on the card, but you can use a computer to copy the	the sequential numbering.
images you want to keep to the computer’s hard disk before
reformatting your card. If you plan to be recording images where	Folder Names
you do not have access to a computer, it is a good idea to take
	Folders are named: CAMERA, BUSINESS, PRIVATE,
along an extra memory card or two just in case you experience an
unexpected memory card problem.					AAAAA, BBBBB, CCCCC.
Memory Card Folder Precautions	Renaming After Deletion
• The folders (directories) (page 20) are automatically created if the
card you are using does not already have similarly named folders		CAMERA
(page 68).
			CAMER001.CAM
• Any folders (created on the memory card by a personal computer)			CAMER002.CAM
other than those shown on page 20 do not appear on the camera’s			CAMER003.CAM				Delete
			CAMER004.CAM			Renamed
display.			CAMER005.CAM
• You can store up to 250 images in a single folder. Any images
above this number (placed in the folder using a personal computer)
are not displayed by the camera.

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