Device menu [Device Menu]
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Device menu [Device Menu]
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Formatting a recording media [Format]
Formatting a recording media erases all existing files saved on it. Be sure to transfer all important files to a PC before formatting. For
1Press the +/– button to select the recording media to be formatted.
[Internal memory]:
Formats the internal memory. [microSD card]*:
Formats the microSD card. *
2Press the `OK button.
3Press the + button to select [Start], then press the `OK button.
4Press the + button to select
[Start] again, then press the `OK button.
•[Formatting!] appears, and formatting starts.
•[Format done] appears when the process has finished.
TIP
•To reset all the voice recorder’s settings to their default values, use the [Reset Settings] operation (☞ P.47).
NOTE
•Never format the voice recorder from a PC.
•Formatting erases all the existing data, including locked files and
•Before formatting, replace the battery to ensure it will not run out before the process has finished. The formatting process can sometimes take over 10 seconds to complete. To prevent the risk of damage to data, never attempt to perform any of the following processes before a formatting process has finished:
1 Removing the battery
2 Removing the microSD card (if the recording media to be initialized is a [microSD card])
VN-722PC model only:
•If there is a microSD card in the voice recorder, make sure [Internal memory] or [microSD card] has been correctly selected as the recording media to erase (☞ P.46).
•Even when formatting or erasing (☞ P.32) is performed, only the file management information of the internal memory and/or microSD card is updated and the recorded data is not completely erased.
When disposing of a microSD card, be sure to destroy the card, format the card and record silence until the recording time runs out, or perform a similar operation in order to prevent the leakage of personal information.
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