Formatting (Initializing) SDHC Cards

When the following cards are inserted,

AFORMATTING REQUIREDB appears. Format the card using the camera recorder menu.

●Unformatted SDHC cards

●SDHC cards formatted under different specifications

*For details of the menu operation, see

[Basic Operations in Menu Screen] (A Page 70).

Note :

●Be sure to format the SDHC card on this camera recorder. SDHC cards formatted on a PC and other peripheral equipment cannot be used on this camera recorder.

Memo :

●To cancel the message display, press the [CANCEL] button. A [!] mark appears at the remaining media display area when an SDHC card that requires formatting is inserted.

1 Select [Format Media] in the [Media] menu. (A Page 97)

2 Select the slot of the SDHC card to be formatted and press the Set button (R).

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3 The status of the selected SDHC card appears.

4 Select [Format] and press the Set button (R).

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5 Formatting starts.

6 Formatting is complete.

ACompleteB appears when formatting is complete.

Memo :

●If you do not want to format the card, select [Cancel] or press the [CANCEL] button to return to the previous screen.

●If you remove the SDHC card during formatting,

AFormat Error!B appears and the camera recorder returns to the previous screen.

●During formatting, menu operation is unavailable but you can start recording. However, this is only available when a recordable SDHC card is inserted in the other slot.

●Formatting cannot be performed in the following cases.

●Recording is in progress on the SDHC card to be formatted.

●SDHC card is not inserted.

●Write-protect switch of the SDHC card is set ( is displayed).

Note :

●If you format the SDHC card, all data recorded on the card, including video data and setup files, will be deleted.

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