P00 USER

SAVE

 

ESC

DISPLAY

MODE

:

ALL

001.NEW FILE

002.NEW FILE

003.NEW FILE

004.NEW FILE

005.NEW FILE

4 Select the desired file number, and press the MENU knob.

The message “SAVE OK? YES b NO” appears.

P00

USER

SAVE

 

ESC

If a file number is

SAVE

OK?

YES

NO

followed by “NEW

DISPLAY

MODE

:

ALL

001

.NEW

FILE

 

 

FILE”, this means

002

.NEW

FILE

 

 

that the file is empty.

003

.NEW

FILE

 

 

004

.NEW

FILE

 

 

If data is stored in the

005

.NEW

FILE

 

 

 

 

file, the file number is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

followed by the file

 

 

 

 

 

name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 To carry out the save, select YES and press the MENU knob.

To cancel, press the MENU knob leaving b pointing to NO.

The access indicator lights. When the saving is completed, the message “COMPLETE” appears and the access indicator goes off.

If no “Memory Stick” has been inserted, the message “NO MEMORY STICK” will appear. Insert a “Memory Stick”, and carry out the operation once again.

If you select a file number where data has already been saved

The message “OVERWRITE OK? YES b NO” appears.

To stop overwriting, press the MENU knob leaving b pointing to NO.

To overwrite, select YES and press the MENU knob.

You can select the information displayed on each USER SAVE or USER LOAD page.

For details, see “To select the file information items to be displayed” on page 148.

About the USER menu settings to be saved in the “Memory Stick”

Settings for items on all pages of the USER menu are saved in the “Memory Stick” as a user file.

If data cannot be saved

If one of the following error messages appears during or after the save operation, then the data was not saved.

Error message

Cause

Action

NO MEMORY

No “Memory Stick”

Insert or reinsert

STICK (flashing)

is inserted.

the “Memory

 

 

Stick”.

 

 

 

MEMORY STICK

The LOCK switch

Set the LOCK

LOCKED

on the “Memory

switch to the write

 

Stick” is set to the

enable position.

 

write protect

 

 

position.

 

 

 

 

MEMORY STICK

Circuit or “Memory

Recheck and

ERROR (flashing)

Stick” fault.

consult your Sony

 

 

dealer.

 

 

 

To set the file ID

Before data is saved to a “Memory Stick”, it is useful to set a file ID for the “Memory Stick” to identify it.

When data is saved to a “Memory Stick”, the file ID is saved to the “Memory Stick” together with the data.

Note

Set the file ID before saving data in the “Memory Stick”. Otherwise, the file ID is not saved with the other data.

(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to the desired item.)

1 Display the USER FILE page of the FILE menu, and press the MENU knob.

For details on menu operations, see “Basic Menu Operations” on page 129.

2 Select F. ID, and press the MENU knob.

A character table appears.

F01

USER

FILE

 

TOP

USER

FILE

LOAD

:

EXEC

USER

FILE

SAVE

:

EXEC

F.ID

:?x

 

 

 

i#$%&'()*+,-./012345678 9:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP

QRSTUVWXYZ[

]abcdefghijk

lmnopqrstuvwxyz~

INS DEL RET

ESC END

3 Follow steps 3 and 4 described in “Setting the Shot ID” on page 137 to enter characters.

4 When you have finished entering the file ID, turn the MENU knob to move x to END, and press the MENU knob.

The entered file ID is now displayed.

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