Using the Set-up Menu (Cont’d)

Formatting a Memory Card

-Formatting a card returns it to the initial state (when it was purchased).

-Caution: Formatting erases all data, even images that are protected (p.79).

-Always format cards inside the camera. If a card is formatted by a computer it may not perform normally.

 

 

 

1. Select “FORMAT”and press ￿; you will be

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prompted to select the media type. Use ￿

 

 

 

or ￿ to choose which media type to format

 

 

 

and then press either ￿ or the MENU/SET

 

 

 

button.

 

 

 

• If you press ￿, the setting is invalidated and you

 

 

 

return to the set-up menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2.You will be asked for confirmation. To execute formatting, select “YES” with ￿ or

￿and press the MENU/SET button.

•If you decide not to format, select “NO” and press the MENU/SET button.

3.Once formatting starts, the message “Now FORMAT…” will appear.

When formatting is complete, the camera returns to the set-up menu mode.

During formatting be sure not to open the battery/card cover as damage to the card may result.

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