Sony HDR-SR5E Checking the hard disk information, Touch, [FORMAT], 4 Touch [YES] t [YES], To turn off the display, 1 Turn on your camcorder

Formatting the “Memory Stick Duo”Formatting deletes all images on a “Memory Stick Duo.”

1 Turn on your camcorder.

2 Insert the “Memory Stick Duo” to be formatted into your camcorder.3 Touch (HOME) t (MANAGE HDD/MEMORY) t

[ FORMAT].

4 Touch [YES] t [YES].

5 When [Completed.] appears, touch .

bNotes

•Even the still images protected with another device against accidental deletion are also deleted.

•Do not attempt the following operations when [Executing...] is on the screen:

–Operate the POWER switch or buttons

–Remove the “Memory Stick Duo”

Checking the hard disk information

You can display the hard disk information, and check the approximate amount of free hard disk space.

Touch (HOME) t (MANAGE HDD/MEMORY) t [ INFO].To turn off the display

Touch .

bNotes

•The calculation for hard disk space is 1MB = 1,048,576 bytes. The fractions less than MB are discarded when the hard disk 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-SR5E:

40,000 MB

–HDR-SR7E:

60,000 MB

–HDR-SR8E:

100,000 MB

•Since there is a management file area, the used

space is not displayed as 0 MB even if you perform [ FORMAT] (p. 57).

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