Sony HDR-CX350V, HD-RCX300 Items for recording media, Media Settings, Media Info, Media Format

MANAGE MEDIA

(Items for recording media)

See “Using menus” (p. 61) on the operation.

MEDIA SETTINGS

See page 17.

MEDIA INFO

You can check the remaining recordable time for each recording mode of the recording media for movies and the approximate free and used media space of the recording media.

To turn off the display

Touch .

Notes

Since there is a management file area, the used space is not displayed as 0 % even if you perform [MEDIA FORMAT] (p. 79).

Tips

Only the information of the medium selected on [MOVIE MEDIA SET] (p. 17) is displayed. Change the medium setting if necessary.

MEDIA FORMAT

Formatting deletes all the movies and photos to recover recordable free space. Select the recording media to be formatted, touch [YES]  [YES]  .

Notes

Connect your camcorder to the wall outlet (wall socket) using AC Adaptor supplied for this operation (p. 14).

To avoid the loss of important images, you should save them before formatting the recording media.

Protected movies and photos will also be deleted.

While [Executing…] is displayed, do not close the LCD screen, operate the buttons on the camcorder, disconnect the AC Adaptor, or eject

the memory card from your camcorder (The access lamp is lit or flashing while formatting memory card.).

To prevent data on the internal recording media from being recovered

[EMPTY] allows you to write unintelligible data onto the internal recording media of the camcorder. In this way it may become more difficult to recover any original data. When you dispose of or transfer the camcorder, it is recommended that you perform [EMPTY].

When the internal recording media is selected on the [MEDIA FORMAT] screen, touch [EMPTY].

Notes

Connect the AC Adaptor to the wall outlet (wall socket). You cannot perform [EMPTY] unless you connect the AC Adaptor to the wall outlet (wall socket).

To avoid the loss of important images, they should be saved on a computer or other devices before performing [EMPTY].

Disconnect all cables except the AC Adaptor. Do not disconnect the AC Adaptor during the operation.

While deleting data, do not apply any vibrations or shocks to your camcorder.

The actual performing time for deleting data is as follows;

HDR-CX300E/CX305E: about 2 minutes

HDR-CX350E/CX350VE: about 3 minutes

HDR-CX370E: about 6 minutes

HDR-XR350E/XR350VE: about 80 minutes

If you stop performing [EMPTY] while [Executing…] appears, be sure to complete the operation by performing [MEDIA FORMAT]

Customizing your camcorder

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