Nikon COOLPIXP500BK Format Memory/Format Card, Formatting Internal Memory, Formatting Memory Card

Setup Menu

Format Memory/Format Card

Press the dbutton Mz(Setup menu) (A186) MFormat memory/Format card

Format the internal memory or a memory card.

Formatting permanently deletes all data in the internal memory or

memory card. The deleted data cannot be recovered.

important pictures to a computer before formatting.

Formatting Internal Memory

To format the internal memory, remove the memory card from the camera. The Format memory option is displayed in the setup menu.

Be sure to transfer

Format memory

All images will be deleted! OK?

Format

No

Basic Camera Setup

Formatting Memory Card

To format the memory card, insert it in the camera. The Format card option is displayed in the setup menu.

BFormatting Internal Memory and Memory card

Format card

All images will be deleted! OK?

Format

No

• Album icon settings (A127) are reset to their default settings (number icons) when the internal memory or memory card is formatted.

• Do not turn off the camera or open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover during formatting.

• The first time you insert a memory card that has been used in another device into this camera, be

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sure to format it with this camera.