5-3 File Operations

5-3-1 Using a “Memory Stick”

You can use “Memory Stick PRO” media with this camera. “Memory Stick PRO Duo” can also be used without using a Memory Stick Duo adaptor.

The camera operations have been checked using “Memory Stick PRO” media up to 8GB.

Operations checked with:MSH-128MSX-512SMSX-M2GSMSX-M4GSMSX-M8GSFor details on “Memory Stick” media, see“About a “Memory Stick”” (page 93).Inserting a “Memory Stick”

Insert a “Memory Stick” with the label side up into the “Memory Stick” slot until it clicks and the access lamp lights in red. When the “Memory Stick” is properly set, the lamp illumination changes to green.

Access lamp

Label side

Memory Stick

If it does not fit into the slot properly or if there is some resistance when you insert it, the “Memory Stick” may be turned around or upside-down. Do not force the “Memory Stick” into the slot. Confirm the direction of the notch and arrow on the “Memory Stick” before inserting the “Memory Stick,” and then try inserting it again.

Removing the “Memory Stick”

Confirm that the access lamp is not lit in red, then lightly push in the “Memory Stick” to release the lock.

Note

If the access lamp is lit in red, data are being read from or written to the “Memory Stick” At this time, do not shake

the product or subject it to shock. Do not turn off the power to the product or remove the “Memory Stick.” This may damage the data.

Protecting saved data

To prevent accidental erasure of important setup data, use the LOCK switch on the “Memory Stick.”

Slide the switch right to the write protect position. This ensures that you cannot inadvertently overwrite data on the “Memory Stick.”

LOCK switch

Notes on using and storing the “Memory Stick”

• Avoid touching the connector of the “Memory Stick” or contacting it with a metal object.

• When attaching a label to the “Memory Stick,” use only
the label supplied for the “Memory Stick.”

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• Do not drop, bend, or submit the “Memory Stick” to

 

external shock.

 

• Do not disassemble or modify the “Memory Stick.”

Storage

• Avoid getting liquids on the “Memory Stick.”

 

• Avoid using or storing the “Memory Stick” in a location

and

subject to:

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place near a heater
—extremely high temperature such as the hot inside of a

 

car or the outdoors exposed to a burning sun, or a

 

—direct sunlight

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• When storing and carrying the “Memory Stick,” keep it

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in its original case to ensure protection of important data.

 

• Do not format the “Memory Stick” using a PC.

Data

Formatting of the “Memory Stick” can be performed on
the <FILE PRESET> page of the FILE menu.

 

To format a “Memory Stick”

Use the <FILE PRESET> page of the FILE menu.

1 Insert a “Memory Stick” you wish to format into the “Memory Stick” slot of the camera.

2 Call up the <FILE PRESET> page of the FILE menu.

3 Position the pointer to M.S. FORMAT and push on the MENU SEL/ENTER dial.

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