Chapter 5

Formatting Memory or Picture Card

You may need to format the camera’s internal memory if it becomes corrupted. You may need to format a Picture Card if it becomes corrupted or if it was used in a different camera. When formatting is necessary, an error message appears on the LCD screen. See page 63 for error messages.

CAUTION:

Formatting erases everything, even protected pictures, from the internal memory or Picture Card. Removing the Picture Card during formatting may damage the card.

1Turn the Mode dial to Setup .

2Highlight the Format menu, then press the Select button.

3Highlight the Format option you want to use:

FORMAT CARD—erases all of the information on the Picture Card and reformats the card for use in the camera.

CANCEL FORMAT—exits without making a change.

FORMAT MEMORY—erases all of the information in the camera’s internal memory and reformats the memory.

4Press the Select button.

5Highlight Continue Format, then press the Select button.

6When the formatting is complete, the Setup menu is automatically redisplayed.

NOTE: Once formatting begins, it is completed even if you turn off the camera or change the Mode dial position.

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Kodak DX3600 manual Formatting Memory or Picture Card, Cancel FORMAT-exits without making a change