FORMATTING THE CF CARD

New CF cards must be formatted before use. Additionally, cards with corrupt or incompatible file systems may need to be formatted before use.

TO FORMAT THE CF CARD

1

Make sure the camera is turned on.

2

Press the ＜ MENU＞ button on the back of the camera to display the Camera Set-up Menu. (See P.96)

3

Use ＜／＞ arrows on the 4-way controller to select “Format CF Card…”.

4

Press ＜ ＞ arrow or ＜ OK＞ to open the confirmation dialog.

5

Press ＜

 

OK＞ to format the CF card or

＜

 

CANCEL ＞ to close the

confirmation

dialog

without formatting the card.

 

 

 

CAUTION !!

￿Formatting erases all card contents, including locked SD9 images and all non-SD9 files. Review card contents carefully before formatting. The card usage graphic on the formatting page will indicate how much space on the CF card is being taken up by SD9 images and other files.

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￿Cards formatted in other cameras or devices may not operate correctly in the SD9 camera or may have reduced capacity. To store the maximum number of SD9 images, format the CF card in the SD9 camera before use.

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