Panasonic HDC-SX5P Finalizing a disc, Formatting SD cards, This is for initializing SD cards

Disc and card management

Formatting SD cards

This is for initializing SD cards.

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Please be aware that if an SD card is formatted, then all the data recorded on the card will be erased. Store important data on a computer, etc.

¬Rotate the mode dial to select or

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1Press the MENU button, then select [SETUP] # [FORMAT CARD] # [YES] and press the cursor button.

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2When the confirmation message appears, select [YES], then press

the cursor button.

≥When formatting is complete, press the MENU button to exit the message screen.

≥Use this unit to format SD cards. If an SD card is formatted on other products (such as a computer), the time spent for recording may become longer and you may not be able to use the SD card.

≥Depending on the type of SD card being used, it may take time to format.

≥Do not turn this unit off, while formatting.

≥When you format the SD card, use a battery with sufficient battery power or the AC adaptor.

≥Do not open the card slot cover while formatting.

Finalizing a disc

Finalizing a disc

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If you insert a DVD-RW, DVD-R or DVD-R DL disc recorded in this unit (that has not been finalized) into another device such as DVD recorder, computer, etc., the disc may become unusable.

Be sure to finalize the disc on this unit before inserting it in other devices.

To allow the disc to be played back on other devices that support AVCHD (HD mode)

Important Notice

Do not insert discs which have been recorded in AVCHD format into devices which do not support the AVCHD format. In some cases the disc may get stuck in the device. The disc will not play back on devices that do not support the AVCHD format.

DVD-RW, DVD-R and DVD-R DL:

≥After finalizing, the disc becomes play-only and you can no longer record.

≥When you un-finalize a DVD-RW, the disc can be used for recording again. (l 96)

DVD-RAM:

≥It is not necessary to finalize DVD-RAM.

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