Sony 3-286-590-13(1) (MANAGE MEDIA) category, Checking the media information, Touch, MEDIA INFO, MEDIA FORMAT, MOVIE MEDIA SET, PHOTO MEDIA SET, REPAIR IMG.DB F

Utilizing recording media

(MANAGE MEDIA) category

This category enables you to use the hard disk or a “Memory Stick PRO Duo” for various purposes.

(MANAGE MEDIA) category

Item list

MOVIE MEDIA SETYou can select the media for movies (p. 22).PHOTO MEDIA SETYou can select the media for still images (p. 23).MEDIA INFO

You can display the media information such as the recordable time, etc. (p. 62).

MEDIA FORMATYou can format the media and recover the recordable free space (p. 63).REPAIR IMG.DB F.You can repair the management information of the media (p. 65).

Checking the media information

You can check the remaining recordable time for each recording mode of the media selected on [MOVIE MEDIA SET] (p. 22), and the approximate free and used media space.

bNotes

•During Easy Handycam operation, you cannot check the media information. Cancel Easy Handycam operation (p. 28).

Touch (HOME) t (MANAGE MEDIA) t [MEDIA INFO].The remaining recordable time for each recording mode is displayed.

zTips

•You can check the recordable free space, etc. by

touching at the lower right on the screen.

To turn off the display

Touch .

bNotes

•The calculation for media space is 1 MB = 1,048,576 bytes. The fractions less than MB are discarded when the media space is displayed. The displayed size of the whole hard disk space will be slightly smaller than the size shown below despite displaying both free and used hard disk space.

–HDR-SR11E:

60,000 MB

–HDR-SR12E:

120,000 MB

•Since there is a management file area, the used space is not displayed as 0 MB even if you perform [MEDIA FORMAT] (p. 63).

zTips

•Only the information of the media selected on [MOVIE MEDIA SET] is displayed. Change the media setting if necessary (p. 22).

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