Sony DCR-TRV, DCR-TRV16, DCR-TRV18, DCR-TRV25, DCR-TRV27, TRV18, TRV25TRV27 –Operate buttons, –Switch the POWER switch, –Eject the “Memory Stick”, You cannot format the “Memory Stick” if the, Mode, POWER, switch, FORMAT, Meaning

Changing the menu settings

				POWER
Icon/item		Mode	Meaning	switch
MEMORY SET (except DCR-TRV16)
	PRINT MARK	ON	To write a print mark on recorded still images	VCR
			you want to print out later (p. 151)	MEMORY
		zOFF	To cancel print marks on still images
	PROTECT	ON	To protect selected still images against	VCR
			accidental erasure (p. 148)	MEMORY
		zOFF	To not protect still images
	SLIDE SHOW	—	To play back images in a continuous loop	MEMORY
			(p. 147)
	PHOTO SAVE	—	To copy mini DV still pictures on “Memory	VCR
			Stick”(p. 135)
	FILE NO.	zSERIES	To assign numbers to file in sequence even if the	VCR
			“Memory Stick” is changed	MEMORY
		RESET	To reset the file numbering each time the
			“Memory Stick” is changed
	DELETE ALL	—	To delete all unprotected images (p. 150)	MEMORY
	FORMAT	zRETURN	To cancel formatting	MEMORY
		OK	To format an inserted “Memory Stick”
			Formatting erases all information on the

“Memory Stick”.

Check the contents of the “Memory Stick” before formatting.

1. Select FORMAT with the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial.

2. Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select OK, then press the dial.

3. After “EXECUTE” appears, press the SEL/ PUSH EXEC dial. “FORMATTING” flashes during formatting. “COMPLETE” appears when formatting is finished.

Notes on formatting (except DCR-TRV16)

•Supplied or optional “Memory Stick”s have been formatted at factory. Formatting “Memory Stick”s on your camcorder is not required.

•Do not do any of the following while FORMATTING is displayed:–Switch the POWER switch–Operate buttons–Eject the “Memory Stick”

•You cannot format the “Memory Stick” if the write-protect tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK.

•Format again if the message “ FORMAT ERROR” appears.•Formatting erases protected image data on the “Memory Stick.”

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